Miller School of Albemarle entered their tilt with Benedictine with nine consecutive wins but they'll enter their next game with ten. They never let the Benedictine Cadets onto the board and left with a 2-0 win on Tuesday. Give Miller School of Albemarle's pitching crew some credit: that's the team's third straight shutout.
Jacob Rexrode tossed a big game, not allowing a single earned run over six innings pitched. He has been consistent recently: he hasn't given up more than two walks in seven consecutive pitching appearances.
On the hitting side, Miller School of Albemarle's victory was truly a team effort as four different players contributed at least one hit. One of them was Jackson Ingram, who scored a run and stole a base while going 1-for-2.
Miller School of Albemarle pushed their record up to 23-5-1 with that win, which was their 13th straight at home dating back to last season. As for Benedictine, their loss ended a five-game streak of away wins and brought them to 16-3.
Miller School of Albemarle will head out on the road to challenge St. Anne's-Belfield at 6:30 p.m. on Thursday. Both teams have allowed few runs on average, (St. Anne's-Belfield: 1.7, Miller School of Albemarle: 2.5) so any runs scored will be well earned. As for Benedictine, they will be playing in front of their home fans against Steward at 4:30 p.m. on Thursday. Benedictine's pitching crew has only allowed 2.3 runs per game this season, so Steward's hitters will have their work cut out for them.
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