Baseball Recap: Providence Country Day Knights vs. Scituate Spartans
Providence Country Day won a close one the last time they played, but unfortunately they suffered a serious change of fortune on Saturday. They lost 24-4 to the Scituate Spartans.
For Scituate's part, Travis Howman and Jackson Scanlon were a major factor while hitting and pitching. On the mound, Howman pitched two innings while giving up no earned runs off one hit. Meanwhile, Scanlon 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 four consecutive pitching appearances. At the plate, Howman scored two runs and stole a base while getting on base in three of his four plate appearances, while Scanlon scored four runs and stole a base while going 2-for-4.
In other batting news, Kaiden Durand and Drake Dumont did most of the damage at the plate: Durand got on base in five of his six plate appearances with three runs, four RBI, and a stolen base, while Dumont went 2-for-2 with a home run, five RBI, and two runs. Durand has been hot recently, having posted at least one stolen base the last four times he's played. Another player making a difference was Paul Zolkos, who scored two runs while going 3-for-3.
Providence Country Day's loss dropped their record down to 5-8. As for Scituate, they have been performing incredibly well recently as they've won eight of their last nine matches, which provided a nice bump to their 8-6 record this season.
Providence Country Day will head out on the road to face off against Scituate at 4:30 p.m. on Tuesday. As for Scituate, they will be playing in front of their home fans against Hope at 4:45 p.m. on Monday. Scituate is strutting in with some hitting muscle as they've averaged 8.8 runs per game this season.
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