Kent School takes hard loss to Taft, 12-4

KENT — It was a tough home game for the Kent School varsity baseball team Wednesday, May 5, as the Taft School left the field with a 12-4 victory in seven innings.

In the first inning, senior Jacob Jablonski of Gales Ferry, Conn., hit a sacrifice fly to bring in the first run for Kent. Taft answered with three runs in the bottom of the first.

Kent’s David Harnett of Brooklyn, N.Y., went two for four, and Matt Lambrecht of Stuart, Fla., had two deep doubles to center field.

In the fourth inning, Taft scored eight runs while holding Kent to only one.

Nick Radcliffe of Randolph, Mass., was the Kent starting pitcher and threw 84 pitches in four innings with two strikeouts. Connor Smith of Groton, Mass., relieved him in the fifth inning and threw 40 pitches with one strike out for the rest of the game.

Michael Martinez of Hamburg, N.Y., was the starting catcher and was relieved by Stephan Michalek of Richmond, Texas.

Christine Drpich, the team’s manager and a senior on the Kent diving team, said the first time Kent played Taft it was a much closer game.

“I think they got lucky today,� she said. “We had a rained-out practice yesterday.�

Kent’s next game is at home Wednesday, May 12. They will host The Hotchkiss School at 2:30 p.m. The Kent team is now 4-6 for the season with four games remaining.

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