Baseball Recap: Bishop's Knights vs. Elsinore Tigers
On Tuesday, Bishop never let their opponents score. They came out on top in a nail-biter against the Elsinore Tigers and snuck past 2-0.
Clyde Kates was a major factor while hitting and pitching. He looked comfortable on the mound, pitching two innings while giving up no earned runs or hits (he also didn't allow any walks). Kates has been nothing but reliable: he hasn't given up more than two hits in four consecutive pitching appearances. Kates was also big at the plate, going 1-for-3 with two RBI and a double.
In other pitching news, Wesley Pearson tossed a big game, not allowing a single earned run over 4.2 innings pitched. He has been nothing but reliable on the mound: he hasn't given up more than two walks in three consecutive pitching appearances.
Kates wasn't the only one making solid contact as four players wound up with at least one hit. One of them was Kyle Rippel, who scored a run while going 1-for-2.
On Elsinore's side, they saw three different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Dillon Slayton, who went 1-for-3 with a double.
Bishop's victory ended a five-game drought at home and bumped them up to 4-7. As for Elsinore, they now have a losing record at 6-7-1.
Bishop's will head out on the road to square off against Olympian at 4:00 p.m. on Wednesday. Bishop's is facing Olympian at the right time seeing as Olympian is stuck on a ten-game losing streak. As for Elsinore, they are on the road again on Wednesday to play Southeast Career Tech at 1:00 p.m. The pair have allowed few runs on average, (Southeast Career Tech: 3.8, Elsinore: 3.1) so any runs scored will be well earned.
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