If Saint Mary's Hall was riding high off their 24-2 takedown of St. Anthony last Tuesday, their most recent game may have dampened their spirits a bit. The Saint Mary's Hall Barons wound up on the wrong side of a tough 9-3 walloping at the hands of the TMI-Episcopal Panthers on Friday. Saint Mary's Hall has not had much luck with TMI-Episcopal recently, as the team's come up short the last three times they've met.
Augie Grohman was huge no matter where he played even without the win. He looked comfortable on the mound, striking out six batters over four innings while giving up three earned (and two unearned) runs off three hits. Grohman has been nothing but reliable: he hasn't tossed less than six strikeouts in three consecutive pitching appearances. Grohman was also solid in the batter's box, scoring a run while going 2-for-4.
In other batting news, Elijah Olivo was cooking despite his team's loss, getting on base in all four of his plate appearances with two RBI.
Like Saint Mary's Hall, TMI-Episcopal also got a great game from a two-way player: Ankith Padala. On the mound, he struck out seven batters over six innings while giving up just one earned run off eight hits. Padala was also big at the plate, scoring a run and stealing a base while getting on base in three of his four plate appearances.
In other batting news, the team relied heavily on Brody Worrich, who went 2-for-4 with three RBI, a triple, and a stolen base.
Saint Mary's Hall now has a losing record at 8-9. As for TMI-Episcopal, the win (which was their fifth in a row) raised their record to 13-9-1.
Saint Mary's Hall will look to defend their home field on Tuesday against St. Augustine at 4:30 p.m. Saint Mary's Hall is facing St. Augustine at the right time seeing as St. Augustine is stuck on a seven-game losing streak. As for TMI-Episcopal, they will head out on the road to challenge St. Joseph at 4:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Both teams will come into the game having just posted big wins, so someone is set to suffer a big change in fortunes.
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