Baseball Game Preview: Berman Hebrew Academy Cougars vs. McLean

Cougars

Runs

04/14/26 @ Field	4
03/29/26 @ Spencerville Adventist Academy	11
03/25/26 @ St. Anselm's Abbey	10

The Berman Hebrew Academy Cougars will look to take advantage of their home field for the first time this season as they take on McLean at 5:00 p.m. on Wednesday. Berman Hebrew Academy is strutting in with some hitting muscle as they've averaged 6.2 runs per game this season.

Berman Hebrew Academy easily dispatched Spencerville Adventist Academy back in March, but unfortunately both the margin and the ultimate result were a different story in this one. The Cougars fell just short of Field by a score of 6-4 on Tuesday.

James Sohl made the most of his time in the batter's box despite the final result and went 1-for-4 with two stolen bases, one triple, and one run. Sohl is crushing it when it comes to stolen bases: he's snagged at least two every time he's taken the field this season. Eitan Schwartz was another key player, going 1-for-2 with one stolen base, one run, and one double.

Meanwhile, McLean came up short against St. Andrew's Episcopal on Thursday, falling 10-3.

McLean saw two different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Zach Jacobson, who got on base in three of his four plate appearances with one stolen base and one RBI.

McLean's loss dropped their record down to 0-2. As for Berman Hebrew Academy, their defeat dropped their record down to 2-2.

Everything went Berman Hebrew Academy's way against McLean when the teams last played back in April of 2022, as Berman Hebrew Academy made off with an 18-2 victory. Do the Cougars have another victory up their sleeve, or will McLean turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.