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The baseball team (12–3) was shut out 1–0 by the defending state champions Gaithersburg Trojans in a defensive showdown on Tuesday.

Through the first five innings, the game was scoreless. The only run scored was in the bottom of seventh when Gaithersburg delivered a walk-off rbi single.

Throughout the game, pitcher Sean Cook consistently made clutch pitches to get the Vikes out of jams. In the fifth inning, Cook got out of a bases loaded, no outs jam by striking out three consecutive batters.

“Our pitcher Sean Cook was absolutely ridiculous,” pitcher Matthew Trant said. “He was throwing hard strikes and the best team in the state couldn’t touch him. Our middle infield of Sean Hannegan and Ian Atkinson made some crucial plays as well.”

Despite the stellar defense, the Vikes’ offense couldn’t get anything going as the Trojans pitcher only allowed two hits during the entire game.

“They were throwing their ace Nick Pantos who is a University of Maryland commit, so we really had to capitalize any mistakes that he made which were few and far between,” Trant said.

The team’s next game is home against the Wootton Patriots Thursday at 7 pm.