The Mount St. Mary Rockets will square off against the Douglass Trojans at 4:00 p.m. on Wednesday. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Mount St. Mary has four straight victories, Douglass has 14 straight losses), but none of that matters once you're on the field.
Mount St. Mary's hitters will try to repeat the strong performance they gave on Tuesday, when they got past Sulphur's usually-dominant pitching crew. The Rockets were the clear victors by a 12-1 margin over the Bulldogs. The Rockets might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won ten contests by six runs or more this season.
Will Grayson was a major factor while hitting and pitching. He struck out seven batters over five innings while giving up just one earned run off five hits (and not a single walk). That's the most strikeouts he has posted since back in March. He was also big at the plate, scoring two runs and stealing a base while getting on base in all three of his plate appearances.
Harry Tesio
| 04/15/25 vs Sulphur | 6 |
| 04/12/24 vs Henryetta | 4 |
| 04/12/24 vs Henryetta | 3 |
| 03/15/25 @ Crossings Christian | 2 |
| 04/15/24 vs Prague | 2 |
In other batting news, Harry Tesio was incredible, firing off two home runs and six RBI while going 2-for-2. Those six RBI gave him a new career-high. Sam Grayson was another key player, getting on base in all three of his plate appearances with two RBI.
Mount St. Mary hit smart and finished the game with only one strikeout. The team has now struck out at least four batters in five consecutive games.
Meanwhile, Douglass scored the most runs they've had this season on Friday, but it wasn't enough. They came up short against Capitol Hill, falling 14-4. That's two games in a row now that the Trojans have lost by exactly ten runs.
Mount St. Mary's win bumped their record up to 17-7. As for Douglass, their defeat dropped their record down to 0-8.
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