Baseball Recap: Catholic-B.R. picks up fifth straight win on the road

By Team Reports Apr 12, 2024, 10:20am

Baseball Recap: Catholic-B.R. Bears vs. Zachary Broncos

Catholic-B.R. stacked an 18th blowout win onto their ever-increasing hoard on Thursday. Their pitcher stepped up to hand the Zachary Broncos a 10-0 shutout. The win was familiar territory for Catholic-B.R. who now have 12 in a row.

Not much got past William Schmidt, who gave up just zero hits and racked up 14 Ks to keep Zachary off the board. Schmidt has been consistent recently: he hasn't given up a single earned run in three consecutive pitching appearances.

At the plate, Catholic-B.R. let Trip Dobson and Andrew Clapinski loose on the outfield. Dobson got on base in three of his four plate appearances with a home run, two runs, and a stolen base, while Clapinski went 1-for-1 with a home run and five RBI. Jack Ruckert was another key contributor, scoring a run while going 3-for-4.

Catholic-B.R. pushed their record up to 30-2 with that victory, which was their fifth straight on the road. Those good results were due in large part to their hitting performance across that stretch, as they averaged 11.8 runs per game. As for Zachary, their defeat dropped their record down to 15-14.

Catholic-B.R. will have a chance to go back-to-back against Zachary: the pair's next game is a rematch scheduled at 5:00 p.m. on Friday.

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