Bruins Baseball Surging To Postseason

Broadneck’s baseball team had its blip: a one-run loss at home to Severna Park on April 7. But since then, they’ve ripped off eight straight wins to improve to 16-1 on the season. That run included four shutouts (10-0 over Annapolis, 5-0 over Parkside, 13-0 over Southern and 35-0 over Meade), as well as hard-fought wins over South River (8-3) and La Plata (7-4). The Bruins also topped Montgomery Blair 14-1 and North County 9-3.

During the stretch, Broadneck has gotten contributions from up and down the lineup, and throughout the bullpen.

They employed six pitchers, led by Noah Forman’s three-win, 20-inning effort, in which he struck out 19 batters and allowed a combined three earned runs. Chase Hannon started three games, going 1-1 and striking out 13 in 18 1/3 innings. Cooper Mengel picked up three wins, fanning 18 and allowing one earned run in 13 innings.

At the plate, the Bruins had nine players drive in five or more runs, led by Mike Swick, who plated 15 — he tripled twice and knocked in seven against Blair alone. Cade Schuetter and Nick Cicale drove in 11 runs, while Forman and Kobe Owen each scored nine. Cicale had three hits and four RBIs in the win over North County.

Broadneck played Arundel at home on April 28 and has two games remaining in the regular season: at Chesapeake on April 30 and home to Glen Burnie on May 2. As of April 27, the Bruins were tied for first place in the county standings, so a three-game sweep would put them in the county championship on May 6 at Joe Cannon Stadium.