After having lost a blowout in their previous game against Verbena, Holy Spirit Catholic was happy to have turned things around on Monday. Their pitcher stepped up to hand the Holt Ironmen an 18-0 shutout. With that victory, the Saints brought their scoring average up to 6.6 runs per game.
Evan Barnett
| 04/14/25 @ Holt | 5 |
| 03/18/25 vs Central | 3 |
| 03/19/25 vs Pickens County | 1 |
| 03/03/25 vs Paul W. Bryant | 1 |
| 02/27/25 vs University Charter | 1 |
Evan Barnett made a splash no matter where he played. On the mound, he pitched two innings while giving up no earned runs or hits. The dominant performance also gave him a new career-high in strikeouts (five). He was also solid in the batter's box, scoring two runs while getting on base in all three of his plate appearances. Holy Spirit Catholic is undefeated when Barnett posts two or more runs, but 4-10 otherwise.
In other batting news, Holy Spirit Catholic got a big performance out of JT Besanceney, who scored two runs and stole a base while getting on base in all three of his plate appearances. Besanceney is becoming a predictor of the Saints' success: when he posts at least two runs the team is 5-1 (and 2-9 when he doesn't). Another player making a difference was John Anthony Armour, who scored three runs while getting on base in three of his four plate appearances.
Holy Spirit Catholic was getting hits left and right and finished the game having posted a batting average of .556. The team's really been improving in that area: they've now improved their batting average total in four consecutive games.
Holy Spirit Catholic's win ended a three-game drought on the road and puts them at 7-10. As for Holt, they are on a 20-game losing streak (dating back to last season) that has dropped them down to 0-6.
Both squads will have to hit the road in their upcoming games. Holy Spirit Catholic will head out to face off against Central at 4:30 p.m. on Wednesday. As for Holt, they will challenge Pickens County at 4:30 p.m. on Tuesday.
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