Baseball Recap: Hamden Hall Country Day Has No Trouble Against Hopkins

Hornets

Margin (Wins)

03/11/25 @ Apex Friendship	10
03/28/25 @ Rye Country Day	8
04/15/25 @ Hopkins	7
04/04/25 vs King	7
04/09/25 vs Greenwich Country Day	6

Hamden Hall Country Day won the last time they faced Hopkins and things went their way on Tuesday too. The Hornets blew past the Hilltoppers 9-2. The Hornets might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won five matches by six runs or more this season.

Amato Civitello made a splash while hitting and pitching. He kept things locked down with no earned runs or hits over four innings pitched. He also allowed no hits, which is notable because Hamden Hall Country Day is undefeated when he allows at most two hits, but 4-6 otherwise. Civitello was also big at the plate, going a perfect 3-for-3 with one home run, three runs, and one double.

In other batting news, Jey Scanlon was incredible, scoring three runs and stealing a base while going 2-for-3. That's the most runs he has posted since back in March. Another player making a difference was Billy Cole, who scored a run and stole two bases while going 2-for-3.

Hamden Hall Country Day is on a roll lately: they've won five of their last six games. That's provided a nice bump to their 9-6 record this season. The wins came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 2.0 runs on average over those games. As for Hopkins, they dropped their record down to 4-5 with the loss, which was their third straight at home.

Coming up, Hopkins will square off against Northfield Mount Hermon at 3:30 p.m. on Wednesday. Hamden Hall Country Day will be paying especially close attention to the Hilltoppers' contest: after the Hilltoppers faces off against the Hoggers, they'll take on Hamden Hall Country Day again at 4:30 p.m. on Thursday.