Baseball Recap: Key Extends Winning Streak to Four

After losing to Park School the last time they met, Key decided to demonstrate that turnabout is fair play. The Obezags walked away with a 5-2 victory over the Bruins on Wednesday. The win was nothing new for the Obezags as they're now sitting on four straight.

Alex Neenan was incredible, getting on base in all four of his plate appearances with two runs, one triple, and one stolen base. He has become a key player for Key: the team is undefeated when he posts at least two runs, but 2-5 otherwise. Wyatt Dowton also deserves some recognition as he hit his first double of the season.

Key was getting hits left and right and finished the game having posted a batting average of .400. That was just more of the same: they've now posted a batting average of .400 or higher in four consecutive matchups.

Key pushed their record up to 8-5 with the victory, which was their third straight at home. Those home wins came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 1.0 run on average over those games. As for Park School, their loss ended a ten-game streak of away wins dating back to last season and brought them to 8-3.

Both teams will have to hit the road in their upcoming games. Key will challenge Friends at 7:30 p.m. on Friday. The Quakers have struggled to contain batters this season (they've allowed 9.88 runs per game on average), something the Obezags will no doubt try to take advantage of. As for Park School, they will take on Pallotti at 3:30 p.m. on Thursday. The Bruins' pitchers better be ready for this one: the Panthers have averaged an impressive 7.4 runs per game this season.