The Bristol Eastern Lancers will face off against the Simsbury Trojans at 3:45 p.m. on Monday. Each of these teams will be battling to keep a three-game winning streak alive.
Bristol Eastern is headed in fresh off scoring the most runs they have all season. Their pitchers stepped up to hand Northwest Catholic a 23-0 shutout on Saturday. The Lancers might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won nine contests by six runs or more this season.
Madison Foertsch and Allyson Mckenna did most of the damage at the plate: Foertsch went 3-for-4 with three runs and two RBI, while Mckenna went a perfect 1-for-1 with four runs and one stolen base. Those two RBI gave Foertsch a new career-high. Lyla Wegiel was another key player, getting on base in all three of her plate appearances with two RBI and one run.
Bristol Eastern always had someone on base and finished the game having posted an OBP of .750. That's the best OBP they've posted all season.
Meanwhile, Simsbury was able to grind out a solid win over Manchester on Saturday, taking the game 6-1.
Simsbury's victory was their eighth straight at home, which pushed their record up to 11-2-1. Those home wins came thanks in part to their hitting performance across that stretch, as they averaged 10.4 runs over those games. As for Bristol Eastern, their victory bumped their record up to 12-5.
Everything went Bristol Eastern's way against Simsbury when the teams last played back in April of 2024, as Bristol Eastern made off with a 15-7 win. Will the Lancers repeat their success, or do the Trojans have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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