Baseball Recap: Neal Parrish leads Cathedral to victory over University

By Team Reports May 2, 2024, 5:13pm

Baseball Recap: Cathedral Fighting Irish vs. University Trailblazers

Cathedral had already won two in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 10 runs), and they went ahead and made it three on Thursday. They walked away with a 7-2 win over the University Trailblazers. That result was just more of the same for these two, as Cathedral also won the last time the pair played back in May of 2023.

Cathedral got a great performance from Neal Parrish as he struck out ten batters over six innings while giving up just one earned run off two hits.

On the hitting side, Chase Nickols was excellent, scoring a run and stealing a base while going 2-for-4. He has been hot recently, having posted at least one stolen base the last three times he's played. Zander Carnahan was another key contributor, scoring a run and stealing a base while getting on base in two of his four plate appearances.

On University's side, they saw three different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Cooper Cammack, who went 1-for-3 with a home run and two RBI.

The victory got Cathedral back to even at 8-8. As for University, they have been struggling recently as they've lost four of their last five contests, which put a noticeable dent in their 9-9-1 record this season.

Cathedral will look to defend their home field on Friday against Covenant Christian at 5:30 p.m. Cathedral's pitching crew has only allowed 3.4 runs per game this season, so Covenant Christian's hitters will have their work cut out for them. As for University, they will head out on the road to take on Muncie Burris at 5:30 p.m. on Monday.

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