The Malden Catholic Lancers will take on the Brookline Warriors at 4:00 p.m. on Friday. Malden Catholic has now lost ten straight, leaving the team hunting for their first win since April 10.
On Thursday, Malden Catholic didn't have quite enough to beat Boston English and fell 6-5.
Meanwhile, Brookline hadn't done well against Braintree recently (they were 2-7 in their previous nine matchups), but they didn't let the past get in their way on Thursday. The Warriors sure made it a nail-biter, but they managed to escape with a 4-2 win over the Wamps. That's two games straight that the Warriors have won by exactly two runs.
Brookline got a great performance from Kyu Miller as he pitched five innings while giving up just one earned (and one unearned) run off five hits. Miller has been consistent recently: he hasn't given up more than one earned run in four consecutive appearances.
At the plate, Brookline's victory was truly a team effort as four different players contributed at least one hit. One of them was Elias Brendel, who went 2-for-4 with one stolen base, one run, and one RBI. Wally Lawrence also deserves some recognition as he got his first hit of the season.
Brookline has been performing well recently as they've won three of their last four games. That's provided a nice bump to their 9-7 record this season. They've had to fight for that success though, as they only beat their opponents by an average of 1.67 runs across that stretch. As for Malden Catholic, their loss dropped their record down to 1-13.
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