Pinkerton 11, Trinity 1
- Updated: April 30, 2024
Thoughts and observations from Pinkerton Academy’s 11-1 triumph over Trinity on Monday:
— It was a complete perfomance by Pinkerton, which scored in every inning and received five strong innings from Leo Boucher. The Astros trailed 1-0 before scoring two runs in the first, two in the second, one in the third, one in the fourth, two in the fifth and three in the sixth. The three-run sixth inning ended the game early because of the 10-run rule. Boucher limited the Pioneers to a run on six hits in five innings. He struck out four and walked three. Jake Adrien tossed a scoreless sixth. Elijah Sharp collected three of Pinkerton’s 11 hits. Brendan Horne had two hits and two RBIs, and Jackson Marshall hit what had to have been one of the longest home runs in the history of Pinkerton baseball.
“I thought Leo was great,” Pinkerton coach Steve Campo said. “I also tip my hat to that Trinity team. They battle. They went up to bat looking to attack and attack and attack.”
— The victory improved Pinkerton’s Division I record to 9-0, and the Astros have limited their opponents to 13 runs in those nine games. No team has scored more than three runs against the Astros, who are the only unbeaten team in the division.
“We returned a lot of (pitchers) with varsity experience,” Campo said. “We were expecting to have some growing pains losing our one and two (top pitchers) from last season, but these guys have worked real hard and they’re stepping up to the challenge and it’s been fun to watch. I don’t think we expected them to progress as quickly as they have.”
— Trinity went to battle against what may be the best team in Division I with four freshmen in its starting lineup. The Pioneers didn’t have their best day in the field (four Pinkerton runs were unearned) and also lost first baseman Calen Lucier to a hand injury early in the game.
“I think losing Cal early on hurt us momentum-wise,” Trinity coach Matt Bouchard said. “He’s been our hardest hitter at the plate. He’s been a tough out. He’s been our best first baseman. We don’t know if it’s broken. He’s going to go have it checked out.
“Listen, we weren’t our best today. We didn’t compete with two strikes, which is unlike us. That’s probably the best team in the state. Balance top to bottom. No easy outs. They have pitching for days, and they’re strong in the field.”
— Trinity starter Brady Sirois gave up six runs and struck out four in four innings. Logan Whitney pitched the final two innings.
“The last couple games I’ve been very happy with the (offensive) approach,” Campo said. “It’s been take what the pitcher gives us and if we keep that up we can put up some runs.”
— The Pioneers scored their only run in the first, when Jack Service was forced in on a bases-loaded walk to Tristan Hasselbach. Service and Tristan Lucier each had two hits in the loss, which dropped Trinity’s record to 5-5.
— Trinity won four of its first five games, but is 1-4 since then. Three of the team’s losses have come by one run.
“Our goal is to make the playoffs,” Bouchard said. “I think starting 4-1 didn’t help our mentality because it put some undue pressure on us. Those three one-run losses sting. Every game we’re going to get better. I’m not unhappy with the team. I think if you asked them they’d like to have a better record, but our goal is to make the playoffs and we’re still on track to do that.”
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