Baseball: Glavin pitches Darien to first victory

By Ahmed Mustafa

The wait is over; Darien High School finally played their first game of baseball, a battle against New Fairfield on a cold Friday afternoon on April 5th. Senior Mackenzie Glavin took the mound after a year of experience in varsity last year going 2-3, ERA 1.86, striking out 28 batters. With the a lineup made up of 8 out of 9 players new to varsity this year, how would they do on their first game? 

The offense got hot at the very 1^st  inning, when DHS scored 2 runs, including an RBI single from Senior Nick Petit. In the bottom of the 2^nd, Junior Brendan Donahue hit an RBI single, giving Darien a 3-0 lead. Glavin got a little shaky in the top of the 4^th inning, giving up 2 runs, but then struck out 2 batters to get out of bases loaded threat. In the bottom of the 4^th, Petit came through again, hitting a 2 RBI double, scoring 2 runs, giving DHS a 5-2 lead. Glavin was done after the 5^th inning, going 5 innings, giving up 3 runs, striking out 4 batters. 

Junior Luke Mangan came in to make his varsity debut, going 2 innings, giving up 2 runs, but closed out the game, giving Darien its first victory of the season with a score of 7-4. Glavin was pleased over his start.

“It was good, nice to get the first win out of the way; the team came up big with clutch hits, so overall a great Win.”-Glavin Said

Mangan was a little shaky, but still very effective, and closed the game for DHS. He was still satisfied with his appearance.

“ I thought I was good, I was a little nervous and I was shaking because it was my varsity debut, but things slowly went my way, and I finished the game, which all that matters. Mack did really good, got the first Win and there is a reason why we call him captain” Mangan said.

The offense did come up big, led by Petit and his 3 RBIs. He was happy with the results.

“It was good, got some big and clutch hits to help the team win, Mack was really good, he led the team to victory today, he’s our ace," said Petit.

Overall, DHS baseball team is off to a good start winning in their home opener, and hopefully the team will  take off from here with more wins.