The Gilmour Academy Lancers will look to defend their home field on Tuesday against the Kenston Bombers at 5:00 p.m. Gilmour Academy's pitching crew has only allowed three runs per game this season, so Kenston's hitters will have their work cut out for them.
Gilmour Academy's pitching crew heads into the match hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Saturday. They blew past Conneaut 10-0. The high-flying hitting performance was a huge turnaround for Gilmour Academy considering their one-run performance the contest before.
Meanwhile, Kenston was not able to break out of their rough patch on Monday as the team picked up their fourth straight loss. They fell just short of North by a score of 7-5.
Kenston got a good showing from Jacob Maniawski, who tossed two innings while giving up no earned runs or hits.
At the plate, Hunter Kestranek was cooking despite his team's loss, going 2-for-4 with two stolen bases and two RBI. The team also got some help courtesy of Bridger Bischof, who scored two runs while going 1-for-3.
Gilmour Academy's victory bumped their record up to 11-6. As for Kenston, their defeat dropped their record down to 6-11-1.
Gilmour Academy couldn't quite finish off Kenston when the teams last played back in June of 2023 and fell 4-2. Thankfully for Gilmour Academy, Parker Munday (who struck out 14 batters over seven innings while giving up just one earned (and one unearned) run off three hits) won't be suiting up this time. Will that be enough to change the final result? Check MaxPreps.com after the match to find out.
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