Baseball Recap: Make It Six in a Row for Greenfield

Knights

Previous 6 Games

03/21/25 vs South Wake	12-1
03/19/25 vs Coastal Christian	14-0
03/19/25 vs Coastal Christian	12-0
03/14/25 vs New Life Camp	9-2
03/11/25 vs Epiphany	29-0
03/08/25 vs Westchester Country Day	1-0

Greenfield entered their tilt with South Wake on Friday with five consecutive wins, and they'll enter their next game with six. They put the hurt on the Sabres with a sharp 12-1 victory. That's more bragging rights for the Knights, who also won the pair's last head-to-head.

Zach McKenzie made a splash no matter where he played. He looked comfortable on the mound, not allowing a single earned run over four innings pitched. He has been consistent recently: he hasn't given up more than two walks in three consecutive appearances. He was also big at the plate, scoring a run while going 1-for-2.

In other batting news, Greenfield got a big performance out of Simon Quinn, who scored a run and stole a base while going 2-for-3. Christopher Tankersley was another key player, scoring two runs and stealing a base while going 2-for-3.

Greenfield hit smart and finished the game with only two strikeouts. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now struck out at most five strikeouts in six consecutive games.

Greenfield pushed their record up to 8-2 with the win, which was their sixth straight at home. Those victories came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 0.5 runs on average over those games. As for South Wake, their loss dropped their record down to 1-4.

Coming up, Greenfield will head out on the road to face off against Wilson Christian Academy at 6:30 p.m. on Tuesday. Greenfield is facing Wilson Christian Academy at the right time seeing as Wilson Christian Academy is stuck on a five-game losing streak. South Wake has already played their next match (against Non Varsity Opponent), but no score has been uploaded at the time of writing.