The Georgetown Day Mighty Hoppers will venture away from home to challenge the Episcopal Maroon at 4:30 p.m. on Friday. Georgetown Day will aim to continue their three-game streak of scoring more runs each matchup than the last.
Georgetown Day can't be too worried about heading out to take on Episcopal: they just beat Model Secondary School for the Deaf at home, who had been dominant on their own field up to that point. The Mighty Hoppers put the hurt on the Eagles with a sharp 21-8 victory on Thursday. The result was nothing new for the Mighty Hoppers, who have now won seven contests by ten runs or more so far this season.
Natalie Ogden made a splash while hitting and pitching. She looked comfortable on the mound, pitching four innings while giving up just two earned runs off five hits. She has been consistent recently: she hasn't given up more than one walk in three consecutive appearances. She was even better at the plate, going 2-for-4 with three stolen bases, two runs, and two RBI. That's the most stolen bases she has posted since back in March of 2025.
Georgetown Day was getting hits left and right and finished the game having posted a batting average of .385. That was just more of the same: they've now posted a batting average of .308 or higher in nine consecutive games.
Meanwhile, Thursday just wasn't the day for Episcopal's offense. They took a 4-0 hit to the loss column at the hands of Trinity Christian last Thursday. The Maroon have now taken an 'L' in back-to-back games.
Georgetown Day's win was their fifth straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 8-2. The road victories came thanks in part to their hitting performance across that stretch, as they averaged 17.6 runs over those games. As for Episcopal, their defeat dropped their record down to 3-6.
Everything went Georgetown Day's way against Episcopal in their previous meeting back in April of 2025, as Georgetown Day made off with a 15-0 win. The rematch might be a little tougher for the Mighty Hoppers since the team won't have the home-field advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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