The Brownstown Central Braves will challenge the Southwestern Rebels at 12:00 p.m. on Monday. Both teams are coming into the match red-hot, with Brownstown Central sitting on three straight wins and Southwestern on six.
Brownstown Central is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Thursday. They came out on top against Austin by a score of 7-4.
Brownstown Central saw seven different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Ethan Garland, who scored two runs and stole a base while going 1-for-4.
Meanwhile, Southwestern stacked a 13th blowout win onto their ever-increasing hoard on Thursday. Their pitcher stepped up to hand Switzerland County an 8-0 shutout.
Jamison Lewis made a splash no matter where he played. On the mound, he didn't allow a single earned run and only two hits while striking out 13 over seven innings pitched. Lewis has been nothing but reliable: he hasn't pitched less than five innings in ten consecutive pitching appearances. Lewis was also stellar in the batter's box, scoring two runs and stealing two bases while going 2-for-3.
In other batting news, the team relied heavily on William Stockdale, who scored two runs and stole two bases while going 1-for-4. He has been hot recently, having posted at least one stolen base the last three times he's played.
Brownstown Central's victory bumped their record up to 15-11. As for Southwestern, they have been performing incredibly well recently as they've won eight of their last nine contests, which provided a nice bump to their 19-7 record this season.
Everything went Brownstown Central's way against Southwestern in their previous matchup back in May of 2023 as Brownstown Central made off with a 13-5 win. Will Brownstown Central repeat their success, or does Southwestern have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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