Baseball Recap: Cathedral Picks Up Eighth Straight Win at Home

There's no place like home for Cathedral, who bounced back after a loss on the road on Friday. Their pitcher stepped up to hand the St. Xavier Bombers an 11-0 shutout on Saturday. Considering the Fighting Irish have won three games by more than five runs this season, Saturday's blowout was nothing new.

Cathedral got a great performance from Landon Hughes as he didn't allow a single earned run and allowed only two hits while striking out six over five innings pitched. Those six strikeouts gave Hughes a new career-high.

On the hitting side, Eli Bennett was incredible, going 2-for-3 with one home run, four RBI, and two runs. That's the most RBI he has posted since back in May of 2024. Another player making a difference was Tyler Carlos, who scored two runs and stole a base while getting on base in all three of his plate appearances.

Cathedral always had someone on base and finished the game having posted an OBP of .533. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as St. Xavier only posted an OBP of .263.

Fighting Irish

Previous Games (Home)

04/12/25 vs St. Xavier	11-0
04/10/25 vs Franklin Central	6-1
04/03/25 vs Indianapolis Bishop Chatard	5-1
05/18/24 vs Columbus North	3-2
05/15/24 vs Indianapolis Bishop Chatard	11-0
+ 3 more games

Cathedral pushed their record up to 6-1 with the victory, which was their eighth straight at home dating back to last season. Those home wins came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 0.8 runs on average over those games. As for St. Xavier, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 1-5.

Coming up, Cathedral will welcome Zionsville at 5:30 p.m. on Tuesday. The Fighting Irish's pitchers better be ready for this one: the Eagles have averaged an impressive 6.3 runs per game this season. As for St. Xavier, they will take on Ross at 5:00 p.m. on Monday. The Rams' pitching crew has only allowed 2.6 runs per game this season, so the Bombers' hitters will have their work cut out for them.