Baseball Preview: Canterbury School Saints vs. Kent School Lions
The Canterbury School Saints will be playing in front of their home fans against the Kent School Lions at 4:30 p.m. on Friday. The timing is sure in Canterbury School's favor as the squad sits on five straight wins at home while Kent School has been banged up by six consecutive losses on the road.
Canterbury School is hoping to deliver their fans another blowout on Friday, just like they did against Berkshire School (and have done all season long). Everything went Canterbury School's way against Berkshire School on Wednesday as Canterbury School made off with a 12-1 victory. With that win, Canterbury School brought their scoring average up to 6.3 runs per game.
Myles Gythfeldt was a major factor no matter where he played. He looked comfortable on the mound, tossing an inning while giving up no earned runs or hits. Gythfeldt was also solid in the batter's box, scoring three runs while getting on base in three of his four plate appearances.
In other pitching news, Canterbury School got a great performance from Andrew Rondini as he struck out ten batters over six innings while giving up just one earned run off five hits. Rondini has been consistent recently: he hasn't pitched less than five innings every time he's pitched this season.
Back at the plate, Cole Silvia was a standout: he went 3-for-4 with three runs, a triple, and an RBI. The team also got some help courtesy of Carter Heagle, who scored two runs while getting on base in three of his four plate appearances.
Meanwhile, Wednesday just wasn't the day for Kent School's offense. They lost 9-0 to Taft School on Wednesday.
Canterbury School is on a roll lately: they've won six of their last seven contests, which provided a nice bump to their 12-4 record this season. As for Kent School, their loss dropped their record down to 2-12.
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