Baseball Recap: Newman Central Catholic Sets Scoring Season-High Against Kewanee

Comets

Team Score (Highest)

05/08/25 @ Kewanee	21
03/27/25 @ West Carroll	20
04/14/25 vs Erie-Prophetstown	15
04/28/25 vs Mendota	13
05/07/25 @ Mendota	11

Winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Newman Central Catholic). They blew past the Kewanee Boilermakers 21-3 on Thursday. Considering the Comets have won eight matchups by more than six runs this season, Thursday's blowout was nothing new.

Michael Morse and Garet Wolfe made a splash no matter where they played. Throwing, Morse tossed three innings while giving up just one earned (and one unearned) run off four hits. Meanwhile, Wolfe tossed two innings while giving up no earned runs off two hits. Morse has been consistent: he hasn't given up more than two walks in six consecutive appearances. At bat, Morse went a perfect 2-for-2 with three RBI and one double, while Wolfe got on base in three of his five plate appearances with two runs and one RBI.

In other batting news, the team relied heavily on Daniel Kelly, who got on base in all five of his plate appearances with five runs, two stolen bases, and two RBI. Those five runs gave him a new career-high. The team also got some help courtesy of Ashton Miner, who got on base in four of his five plate appearances with three stolen bases and four runs.

Newman Central Catholic always had someone on base and finished the game having posted an OBP of .667. That's the best OBP they've posted all season.

The victory was the sixth in a row for Newman Central Catholic, bringing their record up to 21-3-1. Those wins came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 3.2 runs on average over those games. As for Kewanee, they have been struggling recently as they've lost four of their last five contests. That's put a noticeable dent in their 10-15 record this season.

We've got plenty of inter-conference action coming up soon. Newman Central Catholic is set to face off against their familiar foe Monmouth-Roseville at 4:30 p.m. on Friday. Meanwhile, Kewanee will challenge rival Sherrard at 4:30 p.m. on Friday.