2003-2004 Season Summary: Varsity Baseball

The baseball team's record belies the competitive nature of the young team (12 of 14 members were underclassmen). In the term's final week alone, the team lost in extra innings to Taft, 10-9, and Westminster, 5-4, then played competitively before falling to league champion Avon and their ace pitcher, losing by a 4 run margin (10-6) in the season finale. The high point of the season was a come-from-behind 6-4 win over Choate (and their top pitcher) who traveled to Kent with a 9-1 record. Leading the way in that game and throughout much of the season was 5 th form captain Ben Silver. Ben hit a home run in the sixth inning and drove in the winning runs with a single in the sixth while also getting the win in a relief pitching stint as he retired all 4 batters he faced to close out the game.

Brett O'Neill ('05) was a threat every time he stepped to the plate, hitting just shy of .500 for the year and leading the team with 3 homeruns. 6 th former Jordan Thesserault was also productive at the plate, and gave his teammates a chance to win each time he stepped to the mound, establishing himself as the ace of the staff. Senior captain Taylor Killian provided strong leadership and under formers Taylor Donner, Alex Shipper, Joe Alaniz, Denis Desjardin, Brendan Lavery, Marc-Andre Mireault and Andrew Wolinski provide much hope for the 2005 season.