The Beaver Country Day Beaver will head out on the road to face off against the Landmark Vikings at 4:00 p.m. on Monday. Both squads will be entering this one on the heels of a big victory.
Beaver Country Day took a loss when they played away from home on Wednesday, but their home fans gave them all the motivation they needed on Friday. Their pitchers stepped up to hand Bancroft a 12-0 shutout.
Landmark never got on the board in their matchup on Wednesday, but that sure wasn't the case in their game against Concord Academy on Friday. They were the clear victor by a 20-12 margin over Concord Academy.
Ben Merrill made a big impact no matter where he played. On the mound, he tossed 2.2 innings while giving up just one earned run off two hits. Merrill was even better at the plate, scoring a run while getting on base in four of his six plate appearances.
In other batting news, William Terrien was a standout: he scored three runs and stole a base while going 4-for-6. The team also got some help courtesy of Miles Parker, who scored four runs and stole a base while going 2-for-4.
Beaver Country Day pushed their record up to 7-6 with that win, which was their fifth straight at home. As for Landmark, their victory ended a three-game drought on the road and puts them at 5-8.
Everything went Beaver Country Day's way against Landmark in their previous meeting last Friday as Beaver Country Day made off with a 12-4 win. The rematch might be a little tougher for Beaver Country Day since the squad won't have the home-field advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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