The Greenwich Country Day Tigers will head out on the road to take on the Hopkins Hilltoppers at 4:30 p.m. on Thursday. Hopkins took a loss in their last matchup and will be looking to turn the tables on Greenwich Country Day, who comes in off a win.
Greenwich Country Day will head into Tuesday's contest hoping to keep the good times rolling: they proved they can win big on Thursday (they won by six) but on Tuesday they proved they can win the close ones too. They narrowly escaped with a win as the team sidled past Rye Country Day 4-2.
Harley Goodner was a major factor no matter where he played. He looked comfortable on the mound, tossing 1.2 innings while giving up no earned runs or hits. Goodner was also stellar in the batter's box, going 3-for-4 with a home run, two stolen bases, and three RBI.
In other pitching news, Bryce Hill looked comfortable as he tossed two innings while giving up no earned runs off one hit.
Back at the plate, the team relied heavily on Aidan Becton, who went 2-for-3 with two stolen bases and an RBI. Another player making a difference was Bailey Gendason, who scored two runs and stole a base while going 1-for-3.
Hopkins lost 9-1 to Brunswick School on Wednesday. Hopkins has now taken an 'L' in back-to-back games.
Hopkins saw three different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Rocco DeMaio III, who went 1-for-3 with a stolen base, a double, and an RBI. DeMaio III has been hot recently, having posted at least one stolen base the last three times he's played.
Greenwich Country Day has been performing well recently as they've won three of their last four games, which provided a nice bump to their 4-8-1 record this season. As for Hopkins, their defeat dropped their record down to 3-14.
Greenwich Country Day came up short against Hopkins in their previous matchup back in April, falling 7-2. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Hopkins' Sean Studley, who pitched seven innings while giving up just one earned (and one unearned) run off four hits. Now that Greenwich Country Day knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? Check MaxPreps.com after the match to find out.
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