Baseball Recap: Knoxville Catholic Beats Webb for Their Fourth Straight Win

By Team Reports Apr 15, 2025, 7:00pm

Baseball Recap: Knoxville Catholic Fighting Irish vs. Webb Spartans

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Knoxville Catholic won the last time they faced Webb and things went their way on Tuesday too. The Fighting Irish blew past the Spartans 15-5. The victory was nothing new for the Fighting Irish as they're now sitting on four straight.

Cole Scraggs and Alex Ditmore did most of the damage at the plate: Scraggs went a perfect 2-for-2 with one home run, two runs, and two RBI, while Ditmore scored two runs while going 3-for-3. Ditmore is becoming a predictor of Knoxville Catholic's success: when he posts at least two runs the team is undefeated (and 10-12-1 when he doesn't). Nick Turner was another key player, scoring a run while going 2-for-3.

Fighting Irish

On Base Percentage

04/15/25 vs Webb60.6%
04/14/25 @ Webb43.2%
04/12/25 vs Concord Christian36.7%
04/11/25 vs West48.5%
04/08/25 @ Baylor12.5%
+ 29 more games

Knoxville Catholic always had someone on base and finished the game having posted an OBP of .606. The last time their OBP was this high was back in April of 2024.

Knoxville Catholic pushed their record up to 19-12-1 with the win, which was their third straight at home. The home victories came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 3.0 runs on average over those games. As for Webb, they have traveled a rocky road recently, having lost seven of their last nine games. That's put a noticeable dent in their 7-16 record this season.

Knoxville Catholic will have a chance to go back-to-back against Webb: the pair's next game is a rematch scheduled at 5:30 p.m. on Wednesday.

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