Baseball Recap: Summit Country Day Silver Knights vs. Cincinnati Country Day Nighthawks
After a string of five wins, Summit Country Day's good fortune finally ran out on Wednesday. They lost 9-3 to the Cincinnati Country Day Nighthawks. The result was an unpleasant reminder to Summit Country Day of the 4-3 loss they experienced in the pair's previous head-to-head fixture back in April of 2023.
Grayson Houchen was huge while hitting and pitching even without the win. He looked comfortable on the mound, pitching 2.2 innings while giving up no earned runs or hits. Houchen was also solid in the batter's box, getting on base in three of his four plate appearances with an RBI.
Houchen wasn't the only one making solid contact as six players wound up with at least one hit. One of them was Pete Sherman, who scored a run while going 1-for-3. Bryce McNair was another key contributor, scoring a run while getting on base in three of his four plate appearances.
Summit Country Day's defeat ended a four-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 12-10. As for Cincinnati Country Day, they have been performing well recently as they've won ten of their last 12 games, which provided a nice bump to their 14-6 record this season.
While Summit Country Day had to take the loss, they won't have to wait long to give it another shot: the pair's next game is a rematch scheduled at 5:00 p.m. on Thursday.
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