Baseball Game Preview: Conant Heads Out

By Team Reports May 1, 2024, 9:23am

Baseball Preview: Conant Cougars vs. Barrington Fillies/Broncos

Conant is 0-10 against Barrington since April of 2018 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Wednesday. The Conant Cougars will head out on the road to challenge the Barrington Fillies/Broncos at 4:45 p.m. Conant is strutting in with some hitting muscle as they've averaged 8.6 runs per game this season.

Conant lost 9-2 to Buffalo Grove on Tuesday. Conant has now taken an 'L' in back-to-back games.

Conant got a good showing from Adrian Ramirez, who pitched two innings while giving up no earned runs off one hit.

At the plate, Cooper Hanson was cooking despite his team's loss, going 1-for-2 with a home run.

Meanwhile, Barrington scored the most runs they've had all season to find success on Tuesday. Everything went their way against Wheeling as Barrington made off with a 16-1 victory. Considering Barrington has won seven contests by more than five runs this season, Tuesday's blowout was nothing new.

Conant's defeat ended a three-game streak of away wins and brought them to 15-5. As for Barrington, their win was their fourth straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 16-6-1.

Conant suffered a grim 13-7 defeat to Barrington when the teams last played on Monday. Can Conant avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.

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