Ethan Rose ’24 knew his responsibility when he came on in relief Wednesday night.
The sophomore did a lot more than finish what Mac Kimel ’22 started.
Ethan struck out five Rabun Gap (Ga.) batters in two innings, including a punchout to conclude a 2-0 home win that keeps the Greenies (7-9, 3-1) tied for first place in the Carolinas Athletic Association.
“We fought hard this game. Mac pitched his tail off and he put me in a great position to come in and close it out for the team. I was feeling it tonight,” Ethan said.
“Everybody is relaxed right now and gung ho.”
Mac was razor-sharp for his second start in eight days, allowing just four hits and a walk to go along with eight strikeouts in five innings. The senior struck out Eagle batters to end the second, third, fourth, and fifth innings.
The Greenies only had a single base hit, and it was leadoff Johno Pierce ’23 reaching on an infield single in the bottom of the first inning. The shortstop later came around to score on a wild pitch.
Jakob Iwanek ’24 got on the base in the bottom of the fifth inning with a walk and was able to put Christ School up 2-0 thanks to a Rabun Gap throwing error.
Wednesday was much different than the first meeting between the teams – a 13-3 win by the Eagles on March 29. More photos from Wednesday's game can be viewed at this link.
JV Greenies 7, Rabun Gap 6
JV Baseball rallied for three runs in the bottom of the seventh inning to defeat the Eagles.
Riley Shuler ’25 tied Wednesday's game with a two-run double, setting up Ben Reece ’25 for a walkoff single.
The next games for Greenie baseball are Saturday – a JV/Varsity doubleheader with visiting Knoxville (Tenn.) Catholic that begins at 2 p.m.