Baseball Recap: Caleb Driessen leads Badin to victory over Elder

By Team Reports May 8, 2024, 4:08pm

Baseball Recap: Badin Rams vs. Elder Panthers

Badin put the finishing touches on their tenth blowout victory of the season on Wednesday. Their pitcher stepped up to hand the Elder Panthers a 10-0 shutout. The victory made it back-to-back wins for Badin.

Caleb Driessen tossed a big game, not allowing a single earned run over 4.2 innings pitched. He has been consistent recently: he hasn't tossed less than five strikeouts in three consecutive pitching appearances.

At the plate, Austin Buckle and Chase Luebbe did most of the damage at the plate: Buckle scored two runs while getting on base in three of his four plate appearances, while Luebbe scored a run while going 2-for-2. The team also got some help courtesy of Austin Vangen, who scored two runs while going 2-for-3.

Badin is on a roll lately: they've won seven of their last eight contests, which provided a nice bump to their 17-5 record this season. As for Elder, their loss ended a four-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 15-8.

Both squads will have to hit the road in their upcoming games. Badin will be staying on the road on Friday to face off against St. Xavier at 8:00 p.m. As for Elder, they will take on Ross at 5:00 p.m. on Thursday.

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