Baseball Recap: St. Paul's snaps nine-game streak of wins at home

By Team Reports Mar 27, 2024, 2:18pm

Baseball Recap: St. Paul's Big Red vs. Phillips Exeter Academy Lions

St. Paul lost against Phillips Exeter Academy back in March of 2022, and unfortunately they wound up with the same result on Wednesday. The St. Paul's Big Red suffered a rough 10-4 loss at the hands of the Phillips Exeter Academy Lions. St. Paul's has not had much luck with Phillips Exeter Academy recently, as the team's come up short the last two times they've met.

For Phillips Exeter Academy's part, Landon Penney made a splash while hitting and pitching. He looked comfortable on the mound, striking out six batters over two innings while giving up just two earned runs off one hit (and only one walk). Penney was also big at the plate, scoring a run while getting on base in all three of his plate appearances.

In other batting news, Jake Fredericks was a standout: he scored two runs while going 1-for-3. Will Cooke was another key contributor, scoring two runs and stealing a base while going 1-for-2.

St. Paul's defeat ended a nine-game streak of wins at home dating back to last season and dropped them to 0-2-1.

St. Paul's will take on Pingree at 2:30 p.m. on Saturday. As for Phillips Exeter Academy, they will challenge Governor's Academy at 1:15 p.m. on Saturday.

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