Baseball Recap: Thursday's Win Is Poly Prep Country Day's 11th in Last 12 Outings

Poly Prep Country Day won against Long Island Lutheran on Monday with four runs and they decided to stick to that run total again on Thursday. The Blue Devils skirted past the Ketcham Storm 4-3. The Blue Devils have seen this before: they got the W the last time they saw the Storm, too.

David Hinojosa tossed a big game, striking out eight batters over 5.1 innings while giving up just one earned (and two unearned) runs off five hits. He has been nothing but reliable on the mound: he hasn't given up more than one earned run in five consecutive appearances.

Poly Prep Country Day has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won 11 of their last 12 matchups. That's provided a nice bump to their 15-9 record this season. The victories came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 1.0 run on average over those games. As for Ketcham, their loss dropped their record down to 15-4.

Poly Prep Country Day wasted no time getting back out on the field and has already played their next contest, a 1-0 win against Ranney on the 18th. As for Ketcham, they have also already played their next game, a 3-1 victory against Fox Lane on the 18th.