Eagles Dominate the Hawks 9-1 After the Bats Come to Life in the 5th Inning
The St. John’s Prep baseball team was set to face the 0-3 Xaverian Hawks on Wednesday afternoon. The first pitch was scheduled for 4 pm and occurred just a bit later with perfect weather. The Eagles looked to get their third straight win and improve to 4-1 while the Hawks were looking to earn their first victory of the young season. The beginning of the game was very even due to dominant pitching by SJP’s Connor Remly and X’s John Haynes. The first four innings from both pitchers were nothing short of exceptional, with Connor Remley racking up four strikeouts and John Haynes racking up three himself. That does not seem like much, but when contact was made, it was very minimal. Remley let up only one hit and Haynes let up four. However, this is deceiving because three of them came in the bottom of the fifth inning. The Prep would go on to score seven runs in that inning. The Prep headed into the bottom of the 5th being down 1-0 after a Will Ferrara (Hawks left fielder) s...