The Austin Prep Cougars will venture away from home to square off against the Tilton School Rams at 4:30 p.m. on Tuesday. Austin Prep's pitching crew has only allowed 1.7 runs per game this season, so Tilton School's hitters will have their work cut out for them.
Austin Prep is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Massachusetts' top teams: Belmont Hill, who was ranked 16th at the time (Austin Prep was ranked tenth). The Cougars put the hurt on the Sextants with a sharp 15-4 victory on Thursday. The Cougars might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won seven matchups by eight runs or more this season.
Meanwhile, after only one run in their last game, Tilton School made sure to put some runs up on the board against Gould Academy on Saturday. The Rams walked away with an 11-6 win over the Huskies. The high-scoring performance was a welcome turnaround for the Rams' hitters, who had struggled in the games prior.
Tilton School secured the victory behind a pair of hitters. One of them was Matt Weitzman, who went 3-for-4 with five stolen bases, three runs, and two doubles. With that strong performance, Weitzman is now averaging an impressive 2 stolen bases per game.
Tilton School always had someone on base and finished the game having posted an OBP of .579. That's the best OBP they've posted all season.
The win made it two in a row for Austin Prep and bumps their season record up to 9-1. Those victories came thanks in part to their hitting performance across that stretch, as they averaged 13.5 runs over those games. As for Tilton School, their win ended a five-game drought at home dating back to last season and bumped them up to 2-4.
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