Baseball Game Preview: E.O. Smith/Tolland Bucks vs. Bethel Wildcats

The E.O. Smith/Tolland Bucks will head out to face off against the Bethel Wildcats at 3:30 p.m. on Monday. E.O. Smith/Tolland will aim to continue their three-game streak of scoring more runs each contest than the last.

Having struggled with three losses in a row, E.O. Smith/Tolland turned things around against New Britain on Wednesday. They came out on top against the Golden Hurricanes by a score of 6-1.

Meanwhile, Bethel waltzed into their match on Wednesday with six straight wins... but they left with seven. They came within a single run of losing the streak, but they secured a 4-3 W against the Falcons. The game snapped a strange streak: the last five times these teams have met, it?s been the away team that?s taken home the W.

Bethel pushed their record up to 19-2 with the victory, which was their fifth straight at home. Those home wins came thanks in part to their hitting performance across that stretch, as they averaged 6.8 runs over those games. As for E.O. Smith/Tolland, their victory bumped their record up to 6-12.