Baseball Recap: Evansville Mater Dei Wildcats vs. Henderson County Colonels
Evansville Mater Dei entered their tilt with Henderson County with three consecutive wins but they'll enter their next game with four. They walked away with a 5-1 victory over the Henderson County Colonels on Monday. That result was just more of the same for these two, as Evansville Mater Dei also won the last time the pair played back in April of 2023.
Max Miller spent all seven innings on the mound, and it's clear why: he surrendered only one earned run on five hits.
On the hitting side, Brayden Caldemeyer was excellent, scoring a run while going 2-for-3. Another player making a difference was Charlie Hoffman, who went 1-for-3 with a double and an RBI.
On Henderson County's side, they saw three different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Hunter Evans, who went 1-for-1 with a double and an RBI. Evans has been consistent recently: he hasn't given up more than two walks in four consecutive pitching appearances.
Evansville Mater Dei pushed their record up to 6-2 with that win, which was their sixth straight at home dating back to last season. As for Henderson County, they have not been sharp recently as the team has lost eight of their last ten matchups, which put a noticeable dent in their 7-11 record this season.
Evansville Mater Dei will stay at home for another game and welcome Vincennes Lincoln at 6:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Vincennes Lincoln will be hoping to continue their three-game streak of scoring more runs each contest than the last. As for Henderson County, they will be staying on the road on Tuesday to face off against Owensboro Catholic at 6:00 p.m. Owensboro Catholic's pitching crew has only allowed 2.3 runs per game this season, so Henderson County's hitters will have their work cut out for them.
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