The Brennan Bears will take on the O'Connor Panthers at 4:45 p.m. on Wednesday. The two teams are sauntering into the matchup backed by comfortable wins in their prior games.
O'Connor will be up against a hot Brennan squad: the team just extended their winning streak to four. Brennan was the clear victors by a 12-2 margin over Southwest Legacy on Wednesday.
Meanwhile, after only two runs in their last game, O'Connor made sure to put some runs up on the board against Harlan on Thursday. O'Connor put the hurt on Harlan with a sharp 12-2 victory. The Panthers might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won four matchups by six runs or more this season.
Dalton Blake made a splash while hitting and pitching. On the mound, he struck out eight batters over 6.2 innings while giving up just one earned (and one unearned) run off three hits. The dominant performance gave him a new career-high in strikeouts. He was also solid in the batter's box, going 3-for-5 with four RBI.
In other batting news, Ryan Mason was incredible, scoring two runs while going 4-for-5. He is becoming a predictor of O'Connor's success: when he posts at least two runs the team is undefeated (and 3-6 when he doesn't). Another player making a difference was Cali-Evan Billela, who went 1-for-4 with two runs, one triple, and two RBI.
Brennan's win was their third straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 6-5. Those victories came thanks in part to their hitting performance across that stretch, as they averaged 8.7 runs over those games. As for O'Connor, they now have a winning record of 7-6.
Brennan suffered a grim 9-1 defeat to O'Connor when the teams last played back in April of 2024. Can Brennan avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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