Baseball Game Preview: Bethel Wildcats vs. E.O. Smith/Tolland Bucks

The Bethel Wildcats will square off against the E.O. Smith/Tolland Bucks at 3:30 p.m. on Monday. Bethel will be looking to extend their current seven-game winning streak.

Bethel is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Connecticut's top teams: Joel Barlow, who was ranked 16th at the time (Bethel was ranked third). The Wildcats sure made it a nail-biter, but they managed to escape with a 4-3 win over the Falcons on Wednesday. The game snapped a strange streak: the last five times these teams have met, it?s been the away team that?s taken home the W.

Meanwhile, E.O. Smith/Tolland can bid farewell to their three-game losing streak thanks to their game on Wednesday. They came out on top against New Britain by a score of 6-1.

Bethel pushed their record up to 19-2 with the victory, which was their fifth straight at home. The home wins came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 2.0 runs on average over those games. As for E.O. Smith/Tolland, their victory bumped their record up to 6-12.