Friday just wasn't the day for Covenant Christian's offense. They lost 9-0 to the Cathedral Fighting Irish on Friday. Covenant Christian has not had much luck with Cathedral recently, as the team's come up short the last three times they've met.
For Cathedral's part, Eli Bennett was a major factor while hitting and pitching. He didn't allow a single earned run over six innings pitched. Bennett has been nothing but reliable on the mound: he hasn't pitched less than five innings in four consecutive pitching appearances. Bennett was also stellar in the batter's box, going 3-for-4 with a home run and four RBI.
In other batting news, Eli Sinsabaugh was a standout: he scored two runs and stole three bases while getting on base in two of his three plate appearances. Landon Hughes was another key contributor, going 1-for-1 with a triple, a run, and an RBI.
Covenant Christian's loss dropped their record down to 6-11. As for Cathedral, the win was the fourth in a row for them, bringing their record for this year to 9-8.
Covenant Christian will be playing in front of their home fans against Tri-West Hendricks at 10:00 a.m. on Saturday. Tri-West Hendricks is strutting in with some hitting muscle as they've averaged 6.1 runs per game this season. As for Cathedral, they will challenge Indianapolis Bishop Chatard at 4:30 p.m. on Wednesday. Cathedral's pitching crew has only allowed 3.2 runs per game this season, so Indianapolis Bishop Chatard's hitters will have their work cut out for them.
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