Gilman baseball coach Larry Sheets said he likes his team to be "under the radar." That might be tough to do with the Greyhounds off to a 4-1 start.
The record includes a 2-0 mark in Maryland Interscholastic Athletic Association A Conference play.
Scoring early and often is a habit Sheets would like his team to continue.
Gilman scored two runs Wednesday in the top of the second inning off McDonogh starting pitcher Max Brown and added three more in the third on its way to a 14-6 victory in Owings Mills.
"From the top of the lineup to the bottom, we can swing the bats," said Sheets, noting a lineup that features seniors Alex Mardiney and Jason King and juniors Alex Shafer and John Fitzgerald. "Speed wise, we are much faster than any team I've had and we have some guys with some pop. We can do a lot of things. It will be exciting."
Fitzgerald, a first baseman, went 3-for-5 with three RBIs and scored two runs. Charlie Darby had two doubles and drove in two runs and Maxwell Costes contributed three hits, including two doubles.
Costes highlighted Gilman's first inning with a run-scoring single. Isiah Braxton scored the second run on an error.
In the top of the third inning, Fitzgerald laced a two-run single to right center field that scored Greg Willis and King to push the Greyhounds' lead to 4-0. Drew Ehrlich added a bunt single that plated Costes.
Gilman starting pitcher Alex Shafer, a junior right-hander, went three scoreless innings to pick up the victory. He struck out four batters, gave up two hits and walked three.
Sheets replaced him in the bottom of the fourth with junior right-hander Matthew Pomerantz after he walked leadoff batter Kevin McHugh.
Pomerantz worked two innings, yielding two hits and one run.
"During the course of the year, we are going to score some runs," Sheets said. "It's just a matter of if we can keep the other team from scoring more. We are still trying to figure our pitching rotation out."
Gilman, which roughed up four McDonogh pitchers for 13 hits, added two runs in the fifth and six more in the sixth to make it 14-1.
"Once we got behind, we didn't come back with fire," said McDonogh coach Al Poklemba, whose team dropped to 4-2 overall, including 0-2 in league play. "Kudos to Gilman. They hit the ball and we didn't."