Baseball Game Preview: Weston Trojans vs. Brookfield Bobcats

The Weston Trojans will take on the Brookfield Bobcats at 4:15 p.m. on Wednesday. The two teams have allowed few runs on average (Weston 4.1, Brookfield 2.9) so any runs scored will be well earned.

The home team had won the previous five meetings between Weston and Immaculate, and Immaculate kept the tradition alive. The Trojans might be feeling deja-vu: they lost 4-3 to the Mustangs, which was the same score (and result) they got the week prior.

Meanwhile, Brookfield entered their tilt with Bunnell on Monday with three consecutive wins, and they'll enter their next game with four. They never let the Bulldogs get on the board and left with a 12-0 win. That's two games straight that the Bobcats have won by exactly 12 runs.

Jack Murray was a major factor no matter where he played. On the mound, he didn't allow a single earned run and allowed only one hit over four innings pitched. He has been consistent recently: he hasn't given up more than one earned run in three consecutive appearances. He was also big at the plate, going 1-for-4 with two RBI, one run, and one double. Those two RBI gave him a new career-high.

In other batting news, Connor Jordan and Jack Ponte did most of the damage at the plate: Jordan got on base in all four of his plate appearances with two runs, one stolen base, and two RBI, while Ponte went 2-for-3 with three stolen bases, three RBI, and two runs. Ponte is on a roll when it comes to stolen bases, as he's now snagged at least one in each of the last four games he's played. Another player making a difference was Matt McDowell, who got on base in three of his four plate appearances with two stolen bases and two runs.

Brookfield always had someone on base and finished the game having posted an OBP of .559. That was just more of the same: they've now posted an OBP of .500 or higher in four consecutive contests.

Weston's defeat was their third straight on the road, which dropped their record down to 5-6. As for Brookfield, their victory bumped their record up to 9-1.