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Into Guers . . . Germantown Academy routs Penn
Charter This story appeared in the Daily News 4/15/10. By TED SILARY The recent word from
coach John Duffy to
outfielder Greg
Guers was that he
deserved to start,
but would have to
wait because no one
was slumping. "I was kind of the
sixth man of
baseball," Guers
said, laughing. Then came yesterday.
Take that number,
add three and you'll
have the number of
RBI collected by
Guers, a 6-3,
180-pound junior, as Germantown Academy pounded visiting
Penn Charter, 12-2,
in an Inter-Ac
League game limited
to five innings. Filling in for the
injured Alex Wilson
(pulled muscle),
Guers, a lefty
swinger (and
thrower), batted in
the seven hole. His
amazing afternoon
went like this:
two-run double into
the rightfield
corner, grand slam
down the rightfield
line, three-run
homer to dead
right-center. Three-for-3 for nine
RBI. (GA's field is
pro-style with
legitimate distances
and an outfield
fence.) "I didn't hear much
of a buzz from [the
spectators], but my
teammates were all
over it," Guers
said. "They kept
saying they were
going to try to get
me another at-bat so
I could go for 10
RBI and set a
record. Nobody even
knew if 10 was a
record. Just sounded
good. "The slam was on a
changeup. The others
were fastballs. The
slam cleared the
fence by maybe 20
feet. And I'd say | Greg Guers prepares to bat in second GA-PC game. the three-run homer was more like 40." Guers said Wilson, who incurred the injury
Wednesday vs. Haverford School, was still hoping to start as the Patriots
reported to the field. He then realized he couldn't play and notified Duffy. He thinks his previous lifetime high for RBI was
seven, accomplished in youth ball. "I felt real good in batting practice. Better than
I had in a while," said Guers, who lives in Newtown and also plays
basketball. "I knew I'd be starting by that point and I felt confident about
taking it into the game." The Patriots' next contest is a non-leaguer
tomorrow against visiting Lawrenceville (N.J.). "Coach Duffy said I'm making things tough for him,"
Guers said. "Off what I did today, it looks like I'll be starting." *
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March 5, 2026
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March 5, 2026