The Benedictine Cadets will venture away from home to face off against the Highland Hawks at 4:30 p.m. on Thursday. Both come into the contest bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
Benedictine proved they can win big on Tuesday (they won by nine) and on Wednesday they proved they can win the close ones too. They narrowly escaped with a victory as the squad sidled past Trinity Episcopal 3-1.
Meanwhile, Highland is ranked highly in their home state and on Wednesday they took on another highly ranked team in the form of Washington. The Hawks put the hurt on the Patriots with a sharp 11-1 win. The result was nothing new for the Hawks, who have now won 16 matchups by six runs or more so far this season.
Grayson Coppage tossed a big game, tossing five innings while giving up just one earned run off five hits. What's more, he posted three strikeouts, the most he's had over his last four games.
At the plate, Christian Dart was incredible, going 2-for-3 with four RBI, two runs, and one triple. Those four RBI gave him a new career-high. Jake Gunning was another key player, going 3-for-4 with three RBI and one double.
Highland kept the outfield on their toes and finished the game with 11 hits. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now got at least eight hits in three consecutive contests.
Benedictine has been performing well recently as they've won three of their last four matchups. That's provided a massive bump to their 11-15-1 record this season. The victories came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 3.3 runs on average over those games. As for Highland, the win snapped their losing streak at three games and leaves them with a 24-8 record.
Benedictine suffered a grim 9-0 defeat to Highland when the teams last played back in April. Can the Cadets avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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