Baseball Preview: O'Connor Eagles vs. Brophy College Prep Broncos
The O'Connor Eagles will head out on the road to challenge the Brophy College Prep Broncos on Saturday. Both teams are coming into the game red-hot, with O'Connor sitting on four straight wins and Brophy College Prep on five.
O'Connor is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Arizona's top teams: Liberty, who was ranked eighth in their home state at the time (O'Connor was ranked fifth). O'Connor skirted past Liberty 4-3.
Chris Peronace looked comfortable as he pitched 2.2 innings while giving up no earned runs off three hits. He has been nothing but reliable on the mound: he hasn't given up more than two walks in six consecutive pitching appearances.
On the hitting side, O'Connor saw five different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Carter Daly, who went 3-for-3 with a double and an RBI.
Meanwhile, Brophy College Prep stacked a tenth blowout win onto their ever-increasing hoard on Tuesday. Everything went their way against Hamilton as Brophy College Prep made off with a 15-0 victory. Brophy College Prep's win was all the more impressive since Hamilton was averaging only 3.83 runs allowed on the season.
O'Connor is on a roll lately: they've won seven of their last eight matches, which provided a nice bump to their 21-7 record this season. As for Brophy College Prep, they pushed their record up to 23-5 with that victory, which was their eighth straight at home.
O'Connor came up short against Brophy College Prep in their previous meeting back in March, falling 6-3. Can O'Connor avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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