Winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask McQuaid Jesuit). They blew past the Orchard Park Quakers 13-1 on Sunday. Perhaps unsurprisingly given the team's high-flying offense, the game also marked the team's biggest victory of the season.
McQuaid Jesuit got a great performance from Cole Englert as he kept things locked down with no earned runs or hits while striking out nine over five innings pitched. Those nine strikeouts gave Englert a new career-high.

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At the plate, Daniel Luce was a standout: he got on base in three of his four plate appearances with one home run, two runs, and two RBI. Those two runs gave him a new career-high. The team also got some help courtesy of Ryan Dejoy, who went a perfect 2-for-2 with two runs, one triple, and one stolen base.
The win was the third in a row for McQuaid Jesuit, bringing their record up to 6-5. Those victories came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 3.0 runs on average over those games. As for Orchard Park, they moved to 3-3 with that defeat, which also ended their three-game winning streak.
Looking ahead, McQuaid Jesuit will head out to challenge Aquinas Institute at 4:30 p.m. on Tuesday. As for Orchard Park, they will host Frontier at 5:00 p.m. on Tuesday.
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