The Bacon Academy Bobcats will face off against the Plainville Blue Devils at 3:30 p.m. on Monday. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Bacon Academy has three straight victories, Plainville has five straight defeats), but none of that matters once you're on the field.
Bacon Academy proved they can win big on Wednesday (they won by six) and on Friday they proved they can win the close ones too. They skirted past Montville 3-1. For those keeping track at home, that's the closest win the Bobcats have posted against the Wolves since April 30, 2021.
Kagan Ruszala tossed a big game, tossing five innings while giving up just one earned run off six hits.
Eli Chiaverini
| 05/30/25 @ Montville | 2 |
| 05/28/25 vs Griswold | 1 |
| 05/19/24 vs Montville | 3 |
On the hitting side, Eli Chiaverini and Ethan Creutz did most of the damage at the plate: Chiaverini went 2-for-3 with one stolen base and one run, while Creutz went 1-for-3 with one stolen base, one run, and one RBI. That's the most hits Chiaverini has posted since back in May of 2024.
Meanwhile, Plainville fell victim to Farmington and their airtight pitching crew on Wednesday. They took a 5-0 hit to the loss column at the hands of the River Hawks.
Plainville's loss dropped their record down to 8-14. As for Bacon Academy, their victory bumped their record up to 13-7.
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