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Baseball Posts Third Straight Shutout, Faces O’Connor in Semifinals

The Brophy baseball team posted a 5-0 shutout over O’Connor to advance in the AIA 6A Conference playoffs on May 4. The Broncos will face No. 6 O’Connor in the semifinals on Friday at 4 p.m. at Hohokam Stadium in Mesa. The Eagles won an elimination game on Tuesday over No. 3 Liberty.

Brophy (24-5) is looking to make its first AIA semifinal since 2012, when the Broncos played Chaparral in the final.

Johnny Casale (8-1) pitched five scoreless innings, allowing just three hits, and Benton Hickman closed the game with two scoreless innings.

Brandon Wirtz knocked in the first run with a second-inning single to score Jack Ryan. Wirtz finished 2-for-3. Matt Niezgodzki had the big hit in the fifth. After loading the bases with walks to Casale and Meissner and a single by Cornejo-Farner, Niezgodzki singled to plate two runs, recording his 28th and 29th runs batted in on the season. They added a fourth run on a wild pitch.

The game can be seen on the NFHS Network.



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