Calvary Christian waltzed into their matchup on Tuesday with eight straight wins... but they left with nine. They blew past the Bishop McLaughlin Catholic Hurricanes 8-1. The result was nothing new for Calvary Christian, who have now won eight matches by seven runs or more so far this season.
Grayson Gibson looked comfortable as he kept things locked down with no earned runs or hits over four innings pitched.
On the hitting side, the team relied heavily on Maximus Mayes, who went 3-for-3 with a home run, three RBI, and a double. The team also got some help courtesy of Carson Brady, who went 2-for-2 with four RBI.
On Bishop McLaughlin Catholic's side, they saw one different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Anthony Savarese, who went 1-for-3 with an RBI.
Calvary Christian's win was their seventh straight at home, which pushed their record up to 16-1. Those victories were due in large part to their hitting performance across that stretch, as they averaged 8.9 runs per game. As for Bishop McLaughlin Catholic, their loss ended a six-game streak of away wins and brought them to 10-6.
Calvary Christian will head out on the road to challenge Venice at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Both teams have allowed few runs on average, (Calvary Christian: 1.3, Venice: 2) so any runs scored will be well earned. As for Bishop McLaughlin Catholic, they will be playing at home against Hernando at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday. Hernando's pitching crew has only allowed 2.6 runs per game this season, so Bishop McLaughlin Catholic's hitters will have their work cut out for them.
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