Baseball Recap: Scituate Sets Scoring Season-High Against Paul Cuffee

Spartans

Previous 5 Games

04/16/25 vs Paul Cuffee	13-3
04/15/25 @ North Smithfield	2-0
04/11/25 @ Ponaganset	3-10
04/09/25 vs Mt. Pleasant	8-3
04/05/25 vs Hope	8-9

Winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Scituate). Everything went their way against Paul Cuffee on Wednesday as they made off with a 13-3 win. With that victory, the Spartans brought their scoring average up to 7 runs per game.

Quinn Liptrot and Jackson Scanlon were a major factor no matter where they played. Throwing, Liptrot pitched two innings while giving up just one earned (and one unearned) run but no hits. Meanwhile, Scanlon tossed two innings while giving up no earned runs off one hit. The dominant performance also gave Liptrot a new career-high in strikeouts (four). At the plate, Liptrot scored a run while getting on base in all three of his plate appearances, while Scanlon went a perfect 1-for-1 with one triple and one run. That triple marked the first that Scanlon hit this season.

In other batting news, Travis Howman was incredible, going a perfect 1-for-1 with one home run, three RBI, and two runs. That's the most RBI he has posted since back in May of 2024. Drew Hurley was another key player, scoring two runs and stealing a base while going 2-for-3.

Scituate always had someone on base and finished the game having posted an OBP of .667. They are a perfect 3-0 when they post an OBP of .513 or better.

Scituate has been performing well recently as they've won three of their last four matchups. That's provided a nice bump to their 4-3 record this season. The wins came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 4.0 runs on average over those games. As for Paul Cuffee, they dropped their record down to 0-6 with the defeat, which was their fourth straight on the road dating back to last season.

We've got plenty of inter-league action coming up soon. Scituate is set to take on their familiar foe Providence Country Day at 4:00 p.m. on Monday. Meanwhile, Paul Cuffee will face off against rival North Smithfield at 2:00 p.m. on Friday.