Baseball Recap: Make It Four in a Row for Brookfield

Brookfield waltzed into their game on Monday with three straight wins... but they left with four. Their pitchers stepped up to hand the Bunnell Bulldogs a 12-0 shutout. That's two games straight that the Bobcats have won by exactly 12 runs.

Jack Murray

Runs Batted In (Career)

04/28/25 @ Bunnell	2
04/25/25 vs Stratford	1
04/24/25 vs Lakeview	1
04/19/25 @ Xavier	1
04/16/25 @ New Fairfield	1

Jack Murray made a splash no matter where he played. He didn't allow a single earned run and allowed only one hit over four innings pitched. He has been consistent recently: he hasn't given up more than one earned run in three consecutive appearances. He was also solid in the batter's box, going 1-for-4 with two RBI, one run, and one double. Those two RBI gave him a new career-high.

In other batting news, Connor Jordan and Jack Ponte did most of the damage at the plate: Jordan got on base in all four of his plate appearances with two runs, one stolen base, and two RBI, while Ponte went 2-for-3 with three stolen bases, three RBI, and two runs. Ponte has been hot recently, having posted at least one stolen base the last four times he's played. The team also got some help courtesy of Matt McDowell, who got on base in three of his four plate appearances with two stolen bases and two runs.

Brookfield always had someone on base and finished the game having posted an OBP of .559. That was just more of the same: they've now posted an OBP of .500 or higher in four consecutive contests.

Brookfield's record is now 9-1. As for Bunnell, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 7-4.

We've got plenty of inter-league action coming up soon. Brookfield is set to face off against their familiar foe Weston at 4:15 p.m. on Wednesday. The two teams have allowed few runs on average (the Bobcats 2.9, the Trojans 4.1) so any runs scored will be well earned. Meanwhile, Bunnell will square off against rival Stratford at 4:15 p.m. on Wednesday.