Baseball Game Preview: Barrington Leaves Home

By Team Reports Apr 28, 2024, 9:15am

Baseball Preview: Barrington Fillies/Broncos vs. Conant Cougars

Barrington is 10-0 against Conant since April of 2018, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Monday. The Barrington Fillies/Broncos will head out on the road to face off against the Conant Cougars at 4:45 p.m. Each of these teams will be fighting to keep a win streak alive as Barrington comes in on three and Conant on seven.

Barrington is headed into the match fresh off scoring the most runs they have all season. They blew past Whitney Young 15-2.

Barrington's victory was truly a team effort as four different players contributed at least one hit. One of them was Michael Audino, who went 2-for-3 with a stolen base and an RBI. Jackson Cavaliero was another key contributor, scoring two runs and stealing a base.

Meanwhile, Conant earned a 6-2 win over Glenbard South on Saturday.

Connor Kehoe looked comfortable as he pitched 3.1 innings while giving up just two earned runs off four hits.

At the plate, Jacob Szpiganowicz was incredible, scoring two runs and stealing three bases while going 2-for-3.

Barrington is on a roll lately: they've won seven of their last eight contests, which provided a nice bump to their 14-6-1 record this season. As for Conant, they pushed their record up to 15-3 with that victory, which was their fifth straight at home.

Barrington was able to grind out a solid win over Conant when the teams last played back in April of 2023, winning 8-5. Will Barrington repeat their success, or does Conant have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.

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