The Brophy College Prep Broncos will face off against the O'Connor Eagles on Saturday. The two teams each escaped (but just barely!) with wins against their previous opponents.
Brophy College Prep is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Thursday. They came out on top in a nail-biter against Queen Creek, sneaking past 2-1.
Meanwhile, O'Connor faced Perry in a battle between two of the state's top teams on Thursday. The Eagles skirted past the Pumas 5-4.
Ayden McGinnis was excellent, going 1-for-3 with one home run and four RBI. Those four RBI gave him a new career-high.
Brophy College Prep is on a roll lately: they've won five of their last six games. That's provided a massive bump to their 16-12 record this season. The wins came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 2.7 runs on average over those games. As for O'Connor, their victory bumped their record up to 20-11.
Brophy College Prep couldn't quite get it done against O'Connor when the teams last played back in March as they fell 3-0. Can the Broncos avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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