Baseball Recap: Archbishop Shaw Eagles vs. St. Augustine Purple Knights
On Thursday, Archbishop Shaw got themselves on the board against St. Augustine, but St. Augustine never followed suit. Everything went their way against the St. Augustine Purple Knights as they made off with an 8-0 win. That's more bragging rights for Archbishop Shaw, who also won the pair's last head-to-head.
Dalton Davidson made a splash while hitting and pitching. On the mound, he didn't allow a single earned run while striking out seven over six innings pitched. Davidson has been nothing but reliable: he hasn't tossed less than five strikeouts in five consecutive pitching appearances. Davidson was also solid in the batter's box, scoring a run while going 2-for-3.
In other pitching news, Robert Hebert III looked comfortable as he tossed an inning while giving up no earned runs off one hit (he also didn't allow any walks).
Davidson wasn't the only one making solid contact as two players wound up with at least one hit. One of them was Blair Mills, who went 1-for-4 with two RBI.
Archbishop Shaw pushed their record up to 12-16 with that victory, which was their fourth straight on the road. Those victories were due in large part to their hitting performance across that stretch, as they averaged 12.0 runs per game. As for St. Augustine, they are on a four-game losing streak that has dropped them down to 12-18.
Archbishop Shaw will head out on the road to take on Newman at 1:00 p.m. on Saturday. Newman's pitching crew has only allowed four runs per game this season, so Archbishop Shaw's hitters will have their work cut out for them. As for St. Augustine, they will be playing in front of their home fans against Brother Martin at 2:00 p.m. on Saturday.
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