Broomfield entered their tilt with Erie with three consecutive wins but they'll enter their next game with four. They walked away with an 8-4 victory over the Erie Tigers on Thursday. That's more bragging rights for Broomfield, who also won the pair's last head-to-head.
Broomfield got a great performance from Ethan Zufall as he struck out seven batters over six innings while giving up just one earned (and one unearned) run off three hits. Zufall has been consistent recently: he hasn't tossed less than five strikeouts in three consecutive pitching appearances.
On the hitting side, Brendan Fritch was excellent, going 2-for-4 with a triple, two RBI, and a run. Another player making a difference was Bailey Smith, who went 1-for-3 with a triple and two RBI.
On Erie's side, Taylor McMaster was cooking despite his team's loss, going 2-for-4 with a triple, a run, and an RBI. The team also got some help courtesy of Merek Shannon, who scored two runs while getting on base in all three of his plate appearances.
Broomfield has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won six of their last seven matches, which provided a nice bump to their 14-7 record this season. As for Erie, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 10-13.
Broomfield will head out on the road to challenge Fairview at 11:00 a.m. on Saturday. Broomfield is strutting in with some hitting muscle as they've averaged 8.5 runs per game this season. Erie does not have any more games scheduled as of now.
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