The Poly Prep Country Day Blue Devils will square off against the Ketcham Storm at 3:00 p.m. on Thursday. The two teams have allowed few runs on average (Poly Prep Country Day 3.1, Ketcham 3.1) so any runs scored will be well earned.
Ketcham will be up against a hot Poly Prep Country Day squad: the team just extended their winning streak to four. The Blue Devils' pitchers stepped up to hand Long Island Lutheran a 4-0 shutout on Monday. The Blue Devils' pitching crew has been rock solid lately; the team hasn't given up a run in their last three matches.
Poly Prep Country Day saw two different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Jack Roventini, who went 1-for-3 with one RBI.
Meanwhile, Ketcham faced John Jay in a battle between two of the state's top teams on Tuesday. The Storm blew past the Patriots 12-2. The Storm might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won seven contests by ten runs or more this season.
John Esposito tossed a big game, pitching five innings while giving up just two earned runs off four hits.
Ketcham is on a roll lately: they've won nine of their last ten games. That's provided a nice bump to their 15-3 record this season. Those victories came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 2.6 runs on average over those games. As for Poly Prep Country Day, they pushed their record up to 14-9 with the win, which was their fourth straight at home.
Poly Prep Country Day came out on top in a nail-biter against Ketcham when the teams last played back in May of 2024, sneaking past 7-6. Do the Blue Devils have another victory up their sleeve, or will the Storm turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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