After having lost a blowout in their previous game against Heritage Christian, Eastern Hancock was happy to have turned things around on Monday. They put the hurt on the Seton Catholic Cardinals with a sharp 13-1 victory. That's more bragging rights for Eastern Hancock, who also won the pair's last head-to-head.
Gavin Jenkins was a major factor while hitting and pitching. On the mound, he tossed three innings while giving up just one earned run off two hits. Jenkins has been consistent recently: he hasn't given up more than two hits in three consecutive pitching appearances. Jenkins was also big at the plate, scoring two runs and stealing a base while getting on base in all three of his plate appearances.
In other batting news, Eastern Hancock let Brayden Sullivan and Caleb Retherford loose on the outfield. Sullivan scored two runs and stole a base while going 2-for-2, while Retherford scored two runs and stole two bases while going 1-for-3. Another player making a difference was Jalen Helderbrand, who scored two runs and stole a base while going 1-for-1.
On Seton Catholic's side, they saw two different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Taon Tate, who went 1-for-2 with a stolen base.
Eastern Hancock's win bumped their record up to 9-11. As for Seton Catholic, they dropped their record down to 1-10 with that defeat, which was their tenth straight at home dating back to last season.
Eastern Hancock will head out on the road to face off against Daleville at 5:30 p.m. on Wednesday. Daleville is strutting in with some hitting muscle as they've averaged 6.1 runs per game this season. As for Seton Catholic, they will be playing at home against Indianapolis Shortridge at 5:00 p.m. on Friday.
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