With seniors Connor Wilson, Andrew Austen, Matt Schaefer, Martin Connor, Jack Collins and Pat Scheri taking their positions for possibly the final time at home for a game, Jordan placed the ball in junior Will Hoysgaard’s hand to try and stifle a Harriton line-up that has been scoring plenty of runs as of late.
With his teammates providing constant chatter, Hoysgaard delivered a memorable performance allowing just two runs on three hits over five innings before giving way to Pat Lofton to close the door in a 6-3 Radnor win.
Jordan said, “The seniors have been with me the past four years of this program – and the past three years of our American Legion program. They have laid it on the line for our program and they deserve all of the credit for keeping this season afloat. We lost two of our top pitchers essentially for the year – and our best player – Connor Wilson – just came back last week. There are many teams that would have packed it in – but it’s just in these guys’ character DNA. They take turns picking each other up at practice and in games. They are a lot of fun to be around – and they know the time is running out to have the privilege of putting on a high school baseball uniform. This program will miss these boys – most of whom are the last of their families who will ever play for Radnor baseball again.”
Radnor senior Andrew Austin said, “As seniors we talk to the team about playing for each other and not for your yourself and I think we have done that. Getting a win on senior day was awesome. We started off slow but have strung together some good wins lately so to get a win on senior day means a lot.”
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