Baseball Game Preview: North Broward Prep Eagles vs. Boca Raton Bobcats

The North Broward Prep Eagles will face off against the Boca Raton Bobcats at 6:30 p.m. on Friday. The timing is sure in North Broward Prep's favor as the squad sits on five straight wins at home while Boca Raton has been banged up by nine consecutive losses on the road dating back to last season.

On Thursday, North Broward Prep sure made it a nail-biter, but they managed to escape with a 2-1 win over Pine Crest. For those keeping track at home, that's the closest victory the Eagles have posted against the Panthers since May 1, 2017.

Jack Rostock

Batters Struck Out (Career)

03/20/25 vs Pine Crest	5
03/04/25 vs Archbishop McCarthy	3
02/13/25 vs American Heritage	3
03/13/25 vs Miller School of Albemarle	2
02/18/25 vs Stoneman Douglas	1

Jack Rostock tossed a big game, not allowing a single earned run over 4.2 innings pitched. The dominant performance also gave him a new career-high in strikeouts (five).

On the hitting side, North Broward Prep saw four different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Anthony Mestre, who scored a run while going 2-for-3. Adrian Rodriguez also deserves some recognition as he snagged his first stolen base of the season.

Meanwhile, it was a proper cat-fight when Boca Raton duked it out with Chaminade-Madonna on Tuesday. Boca Raton took an 8-3 hit to the loss column at the hands of Chaminade-Madonna.

Aidan Donnelly was cooking despite his team's loss, scoring a run while going 2-for-3.

North Broward Prep has been performing well recently as they've won four of their last five matches. That's provided a nice bump to their 11-5 record this season. Those victories came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 2.0 runs on average over those games. Boca Raton's loss dropped their record down to 2-12.

North Broward Prep beat Boca Raton 9-4 when the teams last played back in April of 2022. Will North Broward Prep repeat their success, or does Boca Raton have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.