Andover: 1 Dexter: 4
Andover Baseball suffered a loss against Dexter Southfield in its second game of the season. Despite the team’s defensive prowess, Andover fell short on overturning the bases into runs.
Mikah Krystrofolski ’27 credited Ariel Miranda ’24 and Luke Gallo ’25 for their offensive performances. Miranda began the offensive approach with a double and Gallo followed by scoring a run, which boosted team morale.
“Luke Gallo and Ariel Miranda really stood out today. Ariel led us off with a double down the line, which really got the momentum going. Luke had a [run batted in] (RBI) single up the middle, which helped out crucially,” said Mikah Krystrofolski.
Mikah Krystrofolski continued, describing an offensive play made by Cam Willems ’24, which helped the team push through an initial standstill and continue building confidence throughout the game.
“Cam Willems had a single over the shortstop’s head and then he came around to score, which really helped out and got the train moving. He broke the ice. That helped out with the team morale as well as the overall spirit in the dugout,” said Mikah Krystrofolski.
The team’s struggle was primarily with in-game situations, noted Krystrofolski. He highlighted that Andover was able to get a lot of runners on base, but had a hard time following through to score runs. Krystrofolski hopes that future practices can focus more on practicing offensive strategies.
“The team as a whole in the past couple of years has struggled with situational hitting. I think going forward, finding a new mindset of how to approach an at bat with runners on base would be very helpful,” said Krystrofolski.
Marek Krystrofolski ’25 shared similar sentiments, noting that the team came short when the bases were loaded and mainly struggled to convert runners into points.
“The atmosphere was fine, we just didn’t produce in the moments that we had to. We did well in the game, but just when it counted, we came up short. We left a lot of runners in scoring position,” said Marek Krystrofolski.
Despite the offensive weaknesses, Krystrofolski highlighted the team’s cohesive in-field defense, which was a strength throughout the game, something the team hopes to maintain in future games.
“We worked on being really smooth in the infield and not making many mistakes, and I think that translated well into the game… Sometimes we can get a little sidetracked which affects our gameplay,” said Marek Krystrofolski.
Andover Baseball will play Belmont Hill this Friday.
