Baseball Game Preview: McLean Highlanders vs. Centreville Wildcats
By Team Reports
May 27, 2025, 7:44am
Baseball Preview: McLean Highlanders vs. Centreville Wildcats
McLean hasn't had much luck against Centreville recently, but that could start to change on Tuesday. The Highlanders will host the Wildcats at 6:30 p.m. McLean will be looking to extend their current six-game winning streak.
McLean proved they can win big on Tuesday (they won by ten) and on Friday they proved they can win the close ones too. They came out on top in a nail-biter against Herndon, sneaking past 6-5. For those keeping track at home, that's the closest win the Highlanders have posted since March 25, 2024.
Meanwhile, it was a proper cat-fight when Centreville duked it out with Oakton on Tuesday. The Wildcats fell 5-1 to the Cougars. The Wildcats haven't had much luck with the Cougars recently, as the team has come up short the last five times they've met.
Centreville saw five different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Mason Kees, who went a perfect 1-for-1 with one RBI.
McLean's victory was their 12th straight at home, which pushed their record up to 14-4. Those home wins came thanks in part to their hitting performance across that stretch, as they averaged 7.8 runs over those games. As for Centreville, their loss dropped their record down to 11-10.
McLean couldn't quite get it done against Centreville in their previous matchup back in May of 2019 as they fell 6-3. Can the Highlanders avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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