The Brandywine Bobcats will venture away from home to square off against the Berrien Springs Shamrocks at 12:00 p.m. on Saturday. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Brandywine has five straight victories, Berrien Springs has four straight losses), but none of that matters once you're on the field.
Brandywine is headed in fresh off scoring the most runs they have all season. They blew past South Haven 16-3 on Thursday. The team's explosion at the plate also rewarded the Bobcats with their most commanding win of the season.
Mason Simmons and Kaeden Warfield did most of the damage at the plate: Simmons went 2-for-3 with five stolen bases, two runs, and two RBI, while Warfield got on base in all three of his plate appearances with three stolen bases, three runs, and one RBI. That's the most RBI Simmons has posted over his last 14 contests. Emerson Gogley was another key player, getting on base in all three of his plate appearances with two runs and two RBI.
Brandywine always had someone on base and finished the game having posted an OBP of .731. That's the best OBP they've posted all season.
Meanwhile, Berrien Springs came up short against Buchanan on Tuesday and fell 9-5.
Ethan McCrary and Brody Brewer did some serious damage despite the final result: McCrary went a perfect 2-for-2 with one stolen base and one run, while Brewer went 2-for-3 with three RBI. Another player making a difference was Micah Mcfarland, who went 1-for-3 with two runs.
Brandywine's win was their third straight at home, which pushed their record up to 15-7. The home victories came thanks in part to their hitting performance across that stretch, as they averaged 10.3 runs over those games. As for Berrien Springs, their defeat dropped their record down to 4-9.
Brandywine beat Berrien Springs 4-0 when the teams last played back in April. Will the Bobcats repeat their success, or do the Shamrocks have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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