Baseball Game Preview: Smithtown Christian Knights vs. Greenport Porters

The Smithtown Christian Knights will head out to face off against the Greenport Porters at 3:00 p.m. on Monday. Smithtown Christian knows how to get runs on the board -- the team has finished with ten runs or more in their past three matches -- so hopefully Greenport likes a good challenge.

Smithtown Christian is headed in fresh off scoring the most runs they have all season. Everything went their way against Southold on Thursday as they made off with a 15-1 win. The Knights haven't had any issues with the Settlers recently, as the game was their fourth consecutive victory against them.

Erick Aristy

Batters Struck Out

05/01/25 @ Southold	16
04/21/25 @ Amityville Memorial	5
03/31/25 @ Freeport	6

Erick Aristy made a splash while hitting and pitching. He kept things locked down with no earned runs or hits while striking out 16 over six innings pitched. He has been consistent recently: he hasn't tossed less than five strikeouts in three consecutive appearances. He was also solid in the batter's box, going 2-for-4 with two runs, one stolen base, and one RBI.

In other batting news, Quincy Gibbs and Isaiah Gibbs did most of the damage at the plate: Quincy went 3-for-4 with three runs, one triple, and one stolen base, while Isaiah got on base in four of his five plate appearances with three stolen bases, two runs, and one double. Quincy has been hot recently, having posted at least one stolen base the last three times he's played. Luke Ruggiero was another key player, going 2-for-4 with one stolen base, two RBI, and one run.

Smithtown Christian was getting hits left and right and finished the game having posted a batting average of .438. The last time their batting average was this high was back in May of 2024.

Meanwhile, Greenport fell victim to Amityville Memorial and their airtight pitching crew on Monday. They lost 11-0 to the Warriors. That's two games in a row now that the Porters have lost by exactly 11 runs.

Greenport's loss dropped their record down to 0-2. As for Smithtown Christian, their record now sits at 9-1.

Smithtown Christian might still be hurting after the 9-3 defeat they got from Greenport when the teams last played back in May of 2017. Can the Knights avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.