The Lake Braddock Bruins will be playing in front of their home fans against the West Potomac Wolverines at 6:30 p.m. on Monday. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Lake Braddock has eight straight wins, West Potomac has five straight defeats), but none of that matters once you're on the field.
In what's become a running theme this season, Lake Braddock gave their fans yet another huge victory on Friday. They never let Alexandria City onto the board and left with a 10-0 win.
Mackenzie Verdejo made a splash while hitting and pitching. She looked comfortable on the mound, not allowing a single earned run while striking out 15 over six innings pitched. Verdejo has been nothing but reliable: she hasn't tossed less than five strikeouts in 14 consecutive pitching appearances. Verdejo was also big at the plate, getting on base in all four of her plate appearances with.
In other batting news, the team relied heavily on Sonia Singh, who scored two runs and stole two bases while getting on base in all three of her plate appearances. Nora Abromavage was another key contributor, scoring two runs while going 2-for-4.
Meanwhile, it was a hard-fought contest, but West Potomac had to settle for a 5-4 loss against West Springfield on Saturday. That's two games in a row now that West Potomac has lost by just one run.
Lake Braddock pushed their record up to 15-2 with that victory, which was their ninth straight at home. As for West Potomac, their defeat dropped their record down to 3-11.
Everything went Lake Braddock's way against West Potomac when the teams last played on April 5th as Lake Braddock made off with a 9-0 win. Will Lake Braddock repeat their success, or does West Potomac have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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