Baseball Recap: Eastern Comes Up Short in High-Profile Matchup with School Without Walls

Eastern faced School Without Walls in a battle between two of the state's top teams on Monday. The Ramblers fell 5-2 to the Penguins. The Ramblers haven't had much luck with the Penguins recently, as the team has come up short the last nine times they've met.

Wesley Hanks

Stolen Base

04/07/25 @ School Without Walls	2
04/05/25 @ DC International	1
04/04/25 vs Coolidge	2
04/02/25 vs Woodson	3
03/26/25 @ Phelps Architecture, Construction & Engineering	1
+ 3 more games

Wesley Hanks made the most of his time at bat despite the final result and scored a run and stole two bases while going 1-for-2. He has been hot, having posted at least one stolen base the last eight times he's played.

Eastern's loss was their first in the league, dropping their league record down to 5-1 and their overall record down to 7-4-1. As for School Without Walls, their win was their fifth straight at home, which pushed their record up to 8-6.

Eastern has already played their next game, a 10-5 victory against Roosevelt on the 9th. As for School Without Walls, they also didn't take long to hit the field again: they've already played their next contest, a 20-0 win against Ballou on the 9th.