The Summit Country Day Silver Knights will head out on the road to square off against the Batavia Bulldogs at 5:00 p.m. on Monday. The two teams each escaped (but just barely!) with wins against their previous opponents.
The scorekeeper got an easy start on Thursday as neither Summit Country Day nor Roger Bacon made it on the board until the eighth inning. The Silver Knights narrowly escaped with a victory as the squad sidled past the Spartans 4-3. The win continues a trend for the Silver Knights in their matchups with the Spartans: they've now won five in a row.
The team relied heavily on Bryce McNair, who went 3-for-4 with two RBI. That's the most hits he has posted over his last eight matchups. The team also got some help courtesy of Jack Phillabaum, who went 2-for-4 with one run and one double.
Meanwhile, Batavia entered their tilt with Western Brown on Wednesday with four consecutive wins, and they'll enter their next game with five. They never let the Broncos get on the board and left with a 1-0 victory.
Not much got past Derek Richardson, who gave up just two hits and racked up nine Ks to keep Western Brown off the board. Richardson has been nothing but reliable on the mound: he hasn't tossed less than five strikeouts in four consecutive appearances.
On the hitting side, Batavia saw two different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Brayden Schmittou, who went 2-for-3 with one run and one double.
Batavia pushed their record up to 15-3 with the win, which was their fourth straight at home. The team dominated over that stretch too, winning by an average of 8.5 runs. As for Summit Country Day, their record now sits at 9-7.
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