Baseball Preview: Brookfield Bobcats vs. Bethel Wildcats
Brookfield is on a seven-game streak of home wins, while Bethel is on a three-game streak of away wins: one of those streaks is about to end. The Brookfield Bobcats will take on the Bethel Wildcats at 4:15 p.m. on Friday. The two teams have allowed few runs on average, (Brookfield: 2.9, Bethel: 1.9) so any runs scored will be well earned.
While Brookfield's victory against Immaculate wasn't quite the blowout they won the last time the pair played, they still came away the winners. Brookfield had just enough and edged Immaculate out 4-2.
Mike Graham looked comfortable as he tossed 2.2 innings while giving up no earned runs off one hit.
On the hitting side, Brookfield's win was truly a team effort as five different players contributed at least one hit. One of them was Thad Balzi, who scored two runs and stole a base while going 2-for-3.
Meanwhile, Bethel put their dominant pitchers on display in the team's fourth consecutive shutout on Wednesday. They never let Bunnell onto the board and left with an 11-0 victory. The result was nothing new for Bethel, who have now won five contests by six runs or more so far this season.
Brookfield's win bumped their record up to 11-3. As for Bethel, they have been performing incredibly well recently as they've won seven of their last eight matches, which provided a nice bump to their 10-3 record this season.
Brookfield skirted past Bethel 1-0 in their previous meeting back in May of 2023. Does Brookfield have another victory up their sleeve, or will Bethel turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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