Baseball Recap: Potomac School extends home winning streak to four

By Team Reports Apr 12, 2024, 11:13am

Baseball Recap: Potomac School Panthers vs. Maret Frogs

Potomac School is ranked highly in their home state, and on Thursday they took on another highly ranked team in the form of Maret. The Potomac School Panthers put the hurt on the Maret Frogs with a sharp 17-4 win. Winning may never get old, but Potomac School sure is getting used to it with their sixth in a row.

Tony Diller looked comfortable as he struck out eight batters over 2.2 innings while giving up no earned runs off two hits (and not a single walk).

At the plate, Will Piester was incredible, firing off three home runs and four RBI while going 3-for-3. Owen Peterson was another key contributor, going 2-for-4 with a home run, four RBI, and two runs.

Potomac School pushed their record up to 8-3 with that victory, which was their fourth straight at home. Those good results were due in large part to their hitting performance across that stretch, as they averaged 10.5 runs per game. As for Maret, their loss dropped their record down to 3-6.

Potomac School will stay at home for another game and welcome Bishop O'Connell at 4:30 p.m. on Friday. Bishop O'Connell's pitching crew has only allowed 3.5 runs per game this season, so Potomac School's hitters will have their work cut out for them. As for Maret, they are on the road again in their first game on Saturday to play Jackson-Reed at 9:00 a.m.

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