Baseball Recap: New Palestine Dragons vs. Cathedral Fighting Irish
New Palestine extended their postseason success on Monday against Cathedral. They sure made it a nail-biter, but they managed to escape with a 6-5 win over the Cathedral Fighting Irish. Winning may never get old, but New Palestine sure is getting used to it with their eighth in a row.
Jacob Morris made a splash while hitting and pitching. He looked comfortable on the mound, tossing 2.2 innings while giving up no earned runs off two hits. Morris has been consistent recently: he hasn't given up more than two hits in three consecutive pitching appearances. Morris was also big at the plate, scoring a run and stealing a base while going 2-for-4.
Morris wasn't the only one making solid contact as five players wound up with at least one hit. One of them was Wyatt Matheis, who scored a run while going 2-for-2.
New Palestine is on a roll lately: they've won nine of their last ten games, which provided a nice bump to their 25-5 record this season. As for Cathedral, their defeat dropped their record down to 16-12.
As of now, neither New Palestine nor Cathedral have any future games scheduled.
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