The Loomis Chaffee School Pelicans will take on the Taft School Big Red at 3:00 p.m. on Wednesday. Loomis Chaffee School is coming into the matchup on a three-game losing streak.
Loomis Chaffee School is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Connecticut's top teams: Avon Old Farms, who was ranked eighth at the time (Loomis Chaffee School was ranked 24th). The Pelicans might be feeling deja-vu: they lost 4-3 to the Beavers, which was the same score (and result) they got the week prior.
Meanwhile, Taft School made easy work of Kent School on Monday and carried off a 12-2 victory. The Big Red might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won four contests by six runs or more this season.
Evan Douglas tossed a big game, striking out eight batters over five innings while giving up just two earned runs off two hits (and only one walk).
On the hitting side, Cayden Van Dolah and Owen Palmer did most of the damage at the plate: Van Dolah scored four runs and stole three bases while going 2-for-3, while Palmer went 2-for-3 with two triples, three runs, and one RBI. Van Dolah is becoming a predictor of Taft School's success: when he posts at least two runs the team is undefeated (and 1-2 when he doesn't). Another player making a difference was Parker Woods, who scored a run while going 1-for-1.
Taft School was getting hits left and right and finished the game having posted a batting average of .524. They are a perfect 3-0 when they post a batting average of .375 or better.
Taft School pushed their record up to 4-2 with the win, which was their third straight at home. The home victories came thanks in part to their hitting performance across that stretch, as they averaged 12.3 runs over those games. As for Loomis Chaffee School, their defeat dropped their record down to 4-4.
Loomis Chaffee School came out on top in a nail-biter against Taft School when the teams last played back in May of 2024, sneaking past 7-5. Will the Pelicans repeat their success, or do the Big Red have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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