Bishop Carroll waltzed into their matchup on Tuesday with five straight wins... but they left with six. They had just enough and edged the Northwest Grizzlies out 4-3. That result was just more of the same for these two, as Bishop Carroll also won the last time the pair played on Tuesday.
Ethan Cox looked comfortable as he pitched 2.2 innings while giving up no earned runs off one hit. He has been nothing but reliable on the mound: he hasn't given up more than one hit in six consecutive pitching appearances.
On the hitting side, Bishop Carroll saw four different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Cal Purvis, who scored a run and stole two bases while going 1-for-2.
Bishop Carroll has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won ten of their last 11 contests, which provided a nice bump to their 20-5 record this season. As for Northwest, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 7-9.
Bishop Carroll has the luxury of staying home for another game and will welcome Maize at 6:00 p.m. on Thursday. Both teams have allowed few runs on average, (Maize: 3.2, Bishop Carroll: 2.2) so any runs scored will be well earned. As for Northwest, they didn't take long to hit the field again: they've already played their next game, an 11-1 victory vs. Haysville Campus on the 8th.
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