After having lost a blowout in their previous game against Evansville Memorial, Evansville Bosse was happy to have turned things around on Saturday. Everything went their way against the Indianapolis Shortridge Blue Devils as they made off with a 12-2 win. The Bulldogs might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won three games by ten runs or more this season.
Luke Curtis
| 05/03/25 vs Indianapolis Shortridge | 4 |
| 04/24/24 vs Wood Memorial | 2 |
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Luke Curtis made a big impact while hitting and pitching. He didn't allow a single hit and allowed only one earned run while striking out ten over four innings pitched. He also allowed no hits, which is notable because Evansville Bosse is 2-1 when he allows at most one hit, but 1-6 otherwise. Curtis was also big at the plate, getting on base in four of his five plate appearances with two stolen bases, four RBI, and one run. Those four RBI gave him a new career-high.
In other batting news, the team relied heavily on Jaden Burchfield, who got on base in three of his four plate appearances with three runs, one stolen base, and two RBI. Those two RBI gave him a new career-high. Jhossep Bompart Martinez also deserves some recognition as he brought in his first RBI of the season.
Evansville Bosse's victory ended an 11-game drought at home dating back to last season and bumped them up to 3-7. As for Indianapolis Shortridge, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 2-8.
Evansville Bosse and Indianapolis Shortridge could both be facing uphill battles in their next games considering their disadvantage in the MaxPreps Indiana Rankings. The Bulldogs will challenge Evansville Mater Dei at 4:00 p.m. on Tuesday with a big rank disadvantage (309 vs. 8). Meanwhile, Indianapolis Shortridge (ranked 365th) will meet Park Tudor (ranked 89th) at 6:30 p.m. on Monday.
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