Londonderry's Jonathan Wilson slides safely into second ahead of the tag by Bishop Guertin's Josh Wilson during Tuesday's Division I game at Holman Stadium. (Telegraph photo by TOM KING)

NASHUA – The Londonderry High School baseball team went 3 for 3 at chilly Holman Stadium on Tuesday.

Unfortunately for the Bishop Guertin Cardinals.

The Lancers hit (12), pitched (complete game shutout by Brady Gillis) and played solid defense (one error) in a 7-0 win that improved their record to 7-2 and handed BG (5-5) its fourth straight loss.

“Their shortstop (Jayden Hamilton) is good, makes a lot of plays a high school kid doesn’t make,” BG coach Scott Painter said. “They kept their pitch count down, they throw outer half, curve ball for strikes. We’ve got to make adjustments at the plate. We didn’t do that today…

“It’s been the same thing (all four losses). Outside fastball for strike, we don’t adjust, we stay off the dish, then they get us into 0-2 counts, we’re behind, and get defensive. … And they swing with a purpose, they’re not afraid to go the other way, they move runners, they’re young, athletic.”

No wonder the Lancers are defending Division I champs.

“It was kind of what we were hoping to have in the preseason,” Lancers coach Brent Demas said. “We had kind of a roadblock the first three games, didn’t play our best. We were playing well enough to get some wins, but ever since vacation we’ve clicked. What you saw today is kind of like what we’re doing.”

The Cards found that out in the fourth. Starter Jake Boudreau escaped some minor trouble in the second, and didn’t pitch all that badly, but the Lancers struck for four on x hits. Zach Green led off with a single and scored on Jonathan Wilson’s one-out RBI hit. Boudreau then issued a walk and gave up a single to load the bases, and Lancer Brett McKinnon made him pay with a two-run single. A Jet Jones sac fly made it 4-0.

“We’ve got nice patient approach,” Demas said. “If we don’t score in the first few innings, so what. We’ll keep coming.”

Meanwhile Gillis was calm, smooth and sharp. He ran into trouble just one inning, the second, when BG loaded the bases with two out on an error, single and walk, but Kyle Young swung at the first offering and bounced into an easy force at second. Gillis allowed four hits – only two through the first six frames – while striking out five and walking only two.

“That’s Brady Gillis at his best,” Demas said. “He was in command of all his pitches, nothing rattles him, if he doesn’t get (the out) he’s very good at coming back and getting the next guy. When he gets ahead he’s very difficult to hit.”

The Lancers added three more in the seventh on four hits, and that was about it. It was another test vs. a good team that the Cards couldn’t pass. They’ve lost to some good ones – undefeated Pinkerton, Exeter (8-1), Spaulding (5-3) and now the 7-2 Lancers. Trinity today and then Merrimack (7-1) on Friday, both on the road.

“We’ve just got to compete, we’ve got to out-compete a team, that’s the bottom line,” Painter said. “We’ve just got to come to the field from start to finish and out-compete somebody.”

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