Baseball Recap: Menlo School Knights vs. Half Moon Bay Cougars
Menlo School's found some homefield redemption this week after a overtime loss to El Camino on Tuesday. The Menlo School Knights sure made it a nail-biter, but they managed to escape with a 5-3 win over the Half Moon Bay Cougars. That result was just more of the same for these two, as Menlo School also won the last time the pair played back in March of 2023.
Menlo School got a great performance from Ryan Schnell as he struck out six batters over six innings while giving up just two earned runs off five hits (and only one walk). Schnell has been consistent recently: he hasn't pitched less than five innings in eight consecutive pitching appearances.
On the hitting side, the team relied heavily on Mikey McGrath, who scored a run and stole a base while going 1-for-4. Another player making a difference was Garrett Tran, who scored two runs and stole a base while going 1-for-2.
On Half Moon Bay's side, Riley Jackson was cooking despite his team's loss, going 3-for-3 with a triple, two RBI, and a run.
Menlo School's victory bumped their record up to 15-9. As for Half Moon Bay, they are on a six-game losing streak that has dropped them down to 7-15.
Menlo School will have a chance to go back-to-back against Half Moon Bay: the pair's next game is a rematch scheduled at 4:00 p.m. on Thursday.
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