Baseball Recap: Mount Desert Island Trojans vs. John Bapst Memorial Crusaders
There's no place like home for Mount Desert Island, who bounced back after a loss on the road last Tuesday. Their pitchers stepped up to hand the John Bapst Memorial Crusaders a 5-0 shutout on Thursday. That's more bragging rights for Mount Desert Island, who also won the pair's last head-to-head.
Colin Sullivan made a splash while hitting and pitching. He looked comfortable on the mound, keeping things locked down with no earned runs or hits while striking out 16 over six innings pitched. Sullivan has been consistent recently: he hasn't given up more than one hit in three consecutive pitching appearances. Sullivan was also big at the plate, scoring two runs while going 2-for-4.
In other pitching news, Spencer Grierson looked comfortable as he pitched an inning while giving up no earned runs or hits. He has been consistent recently: he hasn't given up more than two walks in three consecutive pitching appearances.
Sullivan wasn't the only one making solid contact as six players wound up with at least one hit. One of them was Jacob Shields, who went 1-for-3 with a stolen base, two RBI, and a double. Shields has been hot recently, having posted at least one stolen base the last four times he's played. Another player making a difference was Cal Hodgdon, who scored a run and stole a base while going 1-for-4.
Mount Desert Island's victory was their third straight at home, which pushed their record up to 7-4. As for John Bapst Memorial, they haven't won a game yet this season and fell to 0-12.
Mount Desert Island will head out on the road to challenge Caribou at 12:00 p.m. on Saturday. The two teams have allowed few runs on average, (Caribou: 3.7, Mount Desert Island: 3.7) so any runs scored will be well earned. As for John Bapst Memorial, they will be playing in front of their home fans against Ellsworth at 7:30 p.m. on Friday. Ellsworth will roll in looking for their eighth straight win, something John Bapst Memorial surely won't give up without a fight.
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