The Bloomfield Bobcats are on the road again on Thursday to play the Goddard Rockets at 9:30 a.m. Both teams come into the matchup bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
Bloomfield is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Saturday. They walked away with a 9-5 victory over Valley. Nine seems to be a good number for Bloomfield as the team scooped up a win with the same number of runs in their previous game.
Meanwhile, Goddard put the finishing touches on their tenth blowout victory of the season on Friday. They never let Kirtland Central onto the board and left with a 10-0 victory. The win made it back-to-back victories for Goddard.
Ryan Alsup made a splash no matter where he played. On the mound, he didn't allow a single earned run and only two hits while striking out 11 over five innings pitched. Alsup has been nothing but reliable: he hasn't pitched less than five innings in nine consecutive pitching appearances. Alsup was also big at the plate, going 4-for-4 with a home run, two runs, and a triple.
In other batting news, the team relied heavily on Abraham Vandenburg, who scored two runs and stole a base while going 1-for-1. Another player making a difference was Cameron Brown, who scored a run while going 2-for-3.
Bloomfield's record is now 19-5. As for Goddard, they have been performing incredibly well recently as they've won 15 of their last 16 matches, which provided a nice bump to their 22-6 record this season.
Bloomfield suffered a grim 10-0 defeat to Goddard in their previous matchup back in March of 2022. Thankfully for Bloomfield, Lucas Wright (who didn't allow a single earned run and only two hits over four innings pitched) won't be suiting up this time. Will that be enough to change the final result? There's only one way to find out.
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