Bishop McGuinness is 1-8 against Bethany since March of 2018 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Friday. The Bishop McGuinness Fighting Irish will head out on the road to square off against the Bethany Bronchos at 5:00 p.m. Bishop McGuinness is strutting in with some hitting muscle, as they've averaged 7 runs per game this season.
Bishop McGuinness stacked a sixth blowout win onto their ever-increasing hoard on Thursday. They put the hurt on Putnam City North with a sharp 10-2 victory.
Mikey Iglinski was incredible, scoring two runs and stealing two bases while going 2-for-3. The team also got some help courtesy of Kaleb Anderson, who scored a run while going 2-for-3.
Meanwhile, Bethany unfortunately witnessed the end of their seven-game winning streak on Thursday. They took a 4-1 hit to the loss column at the hands of Tuttle. Having soared to a lofty ten runs in the game before, Bethany couldn't push the score so high this time.
Gavin Finley was a force to be reckoned with on the mound despite the final result: he didn't allow a single earned run while striking out seven over six innings pitched.
On the hitting side, Bethany saw four different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Josh Pierce, who went 2-for-3 with a double.
Bishop McGuinness' win was their fourth straight at home, which pushed their record up to 12-6. Those victories were due in large part to their hitting performance across that stretch, as they averaged 9.3 runs per game. As for Bethany, their loss ended a three-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 12-7-1.
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