Phillips Academy has been on the road for two straight, but on Tuesday they'll finally head home. They will take on the Austin Prep Cougars at 4:45 p.m. on Tuesday. The pair have allowed few runs on average, (Phillips Academy: 4, Austin Prep: 1.8) so any runs scored will be well earned.
Phillips Academy is coming in off a wild two-game stretch: after soaring to 13 runs on Tuesday, they were much more limited against Deerfield Academy on Saturday. They fell just short of the Big Green by a score of 3-2. The loss continues a trend for Phillips Academy in their matchups with Deerfield Academy: they've now lost three in a row.
Robert Brown was a force to be reckoned with on the mound despite the final result: he didn't allow a single earned run while striking out six over six innings pitched.
At the plate, Phillips Academy saw six different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Luke Gallo, who scored a run while going 1-for-3.
Meanwhile, Austin Prep put another one in the bag last Saturday to keep their perfect season alive. They had just enough and edged Stony Brook out 3-2. Despite the victory, that was the fewest runs Austin Prep has scored all season.
Phillips Academy's defeat dropped their record down to 7-10. As for Austin Prep, they pushed their record up to 17-0 with that win, which was their tenth straight on the road dating back to last season.
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