Georgetown Day is ranked highly in their home state and on Saturday they took on another highly ranked team in the form of St. James. The Georgetown Day Mighty Hoppers' pitcher stepped up to hand the St. James Saints a 9-0 shutout. The result was nothing new for Georgetown Day, who have now won three contests by seven runs or more so far this season.
Leo Cohen made a big impact no matter where he played. On the mound, he kept things locked down with no earned runs or hits while striking out nine over seven innings pitched. Cohen has been consistent recently: he hasn't given up more than one walk in three consecutive pitching appearances. Cohen was also solid in the batter's box, scoring two runs while going 1-for-3.
In other batting news, Matt Del Guercio was excellent, scoring a run while getting on base in three of his four plate appearances.
The win made it two in a row for Georgetown Day and bumps their season record up to 3-7. As for St. James, they dropped their record down to 1-5 with that loss, which was their 11th straight on the road dating back to last season.
Georgetown Day will take on Potomac School at 4:30 p.m. on Thursday. Potomac School will roll in looking for their eighth straight victory, something Georgetown Day surely won't give up without a fight. As for St. James, they will look to defend their home field on Wednesday against St. Andrew's Episcopal at 4:30 p.m. St. James is facing St. Andrew's Episcopal at the right time seeing as St. Andrew's Episcopal is stuck on a five-game losing streak.
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