The Buckingham Browne & Nichols Knights will venture away from home to face off against the Noble & Greenough Bulldogs at 3:30 p.m. on Wednesday.
On Monday, Buckingham Browne & Nichols and Lawrence Academy finished up their matchup with a 3-3 tie.
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Noble & Greenough). Everything went their way against St. Sebastian's School on Saturday as they made off with a 13-1 win. The team's explosion at the plate also rewarded the Bulldogs with their most commanding win of the season.
Noble & Greenough got a big performance out of Emilio Manz, who went a perfect 3-for-3 with two RBI, one run, and one double. Those three hits gave Manz a new career-high. Oscar Parkinson also deserves some recognition as he scored his first run of the season.
Noble & Greenough always had someone on base and finished the game having posted an OBP of .625. That's the best OBP they've posted all season.
Noble & Greenough is on a roll lately: they've won five of their last six contests. That's provided a nice bump to their 13-4 record this season. The victories came thanks in part to their hitting performance across that stretch, as they averaged 7.0 runs over those games. With that draw, Buckingham Browne & Nichols' record moves to 10-10-2.
Buckingham Browne & Nichols couldn't quite get it done against Noble & Greenough in their previous meeting two weeks ago as they fell 6-2. Can the Knights avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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