The Benedictine Bengals will head out on the road to square off against the Perkins Pirates at 5:00 p.m. on Thursday. Benedictine is coming into the game hot, having won their last five games.
Benedictine is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Wednesday. They never let Napoleon get on the board and left with a 3-0 victory. That's two games straight that the Bengals have won by exactly three runs.
Not much got past Robert Scoville, who gave up just five hits to keep Napoleon off the board. Scoville has been nothing but reliable on the mound: he hasn't given up more than one earned run in five consecutive appearances.
At the plate, Benedictine saw three different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Shepard Charlton, who went 1-for-3 with two RBI. That's the most RBI Charlton has posted since back in April of 2024.
Upper Sandusky typically has all the answers at home, but on Wednesday Perkins proved too difficult a challenge. They skirted past the Rams 10-8. The win was familiar territory for the Pirates, who have now won four contests in a row.
Kash Koch and Braxden Martin made a splash no matter where they played. On the mound, Koch tossed six innings while giving up four earned (and three unearned) runs off eight hits. Meanwhile, Martin tossed one inning while giving up no earned runs or hits. At the plate, Koch went 4-for-5 with three runs and one double, while Martin got on base in three of his five plate appearances with two runs, one triple, and one stolen base. That triple marked the first that Martin has hit this season.
In other batting news, the team relied heavily on Blake Parker, who went 3-for-5 with three runs, one triple, and two RBI. Another player making a difference was Quentin Binette, who went 2-for-3 with four RBI and one double.
Perkins kept the outfield on their toes and finished the game with 15 hits. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as Upper Sandusky only managed nine hits.
Benedictine's victory was their fourth straight at home, which pushed their record up to 15-11. Those home wins came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 0.5 runs on average over those games. As for Perkins, their record is now 21-9.
