Softball Recap: Eastside Catholic Drops Highest Score of Season Against Ingraham

Crusaders

Team Score (Highest)

03/24/25 @ Ingraham	18
03/15/25 @ Interlake	16
03/15/25 vs Highline	14
03/20/25 vs Nathan Hale	9
03/18/25 @ West Seattle	9

Winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Eastside Catholic). They never let the Ingraham Rams get on the board and left with an 18-0 win on Monday. The Crusaders haven't had any issues with the Rams recently, as the game was their fourth consecutive victory against them.

Kailee McCauley made a splash while hitting and pitching. On the mound, she didn't allow a single earned run and allowed only two hits while striking out 11 over five innings pitched. She has been consistent recently: she hasn't given up more than one earned run in four consecutive appearances. She was also big at the plate, scoring two runs while going 2-for-4.

In other batting news, Queen Tone was a standout: she went 2-for-4 with two runs, one triple, and two RBI. Those two RBI gave her a new career-high. Another player making a difference was Julian Crawford, who scored a run while going 3-for-4.

Eastside Catholic kept the outfield on their toes and finished the game with 16 hits. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now got at least eight hits in four consecutive games.

The win got Eastside Catholic back to even at 4-4. As for Ingraham, they are on a five-game losing streak that has dropped them down to 1-5.

We've got plenty of inter-district action coming up soon. Eastside Catholic will face off against rival Lincoln at 4:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Meanwhile, Ingraham is set to square off against their familiar foe Franklin at 4:00 p.m. on Tuesday.