Baseball Preview: Kingswood Oxford Wyverns vs. Trinity-Pawling School Pride
Kingswood Oxford and Trinity-Pawling School are an even 3-3 against one another since April of 2015, but likely not for long. The Kingswood Oxford Wyverns will be playing in front of their home fans against the Trinity-Pawling School Pride at 2:00 p.m. on Wednesday. Both teams took a loss in their last game, so they'll have plenty of motivation to get the 'W'.
Kingswood Oxford is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Connecticut's top teams: Westminster School, who was ranked 17th in their home state at the time (Kingswood Oxford was ranked eighth). Kingswood Oxford took a 10-7 hit to the loss column at the hands of Westminster School on Monday. It was the first time this season that Kingswood Oxford let down their fans at home.
John Kumpa was cooking despite his team's loss, going 3-for-3 with a home run, three RBI, and two runs. The team also got some help courtesy of Nathan Bowes, who went 2-for-4 with a home run and three runs.
Meanwhile, Trinity-Pawling School was not able to break out of their rough patch on Monday as the team picked up their third straight defeat. They lost 22-8 to Taft School.
Kingswood Oxford's loss ended a ten-game streak of wins at home dating back to last season and dropped them to 9-4. As for Trinity-Pawling School, their defeat dropped their record down to 3-8.
Kingswood Oxford was able to grind out a solid win over Trinity-Pawling School in their previous meeting back in April of 2023, winning 6-3. Does Kingswood Oxford have another victory up their sleeve, or will Trinity-Pawling School turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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