Cathedral waltzed into their matchup on Saturday with eight straight wins... but they left with nine. Their pitchers stepped up to hand the Indianapolis Bishop Chatard Trojans a 12-0 shutout. The result was nothing new for Cathedral, who have now won nine contests by six runs or more so far this season.
Sidney Feczko was a major factor no matter where she played. She looked comfortable on the mound, not allowing a single earned run and only one hit while striking out seven over four innings pitched. Feczko was also big at the plate, going 1-for-3 with a triple and two RBI.
In other pitching news, Shelby Johnson looked comfortable as she tossed an inning while giving up no earned runs off one hit. She has been consistent recently: she hasn't given up more than two hits in five consecutive pitching appearances.
Back at the plate, the team relied heavily on Angie Valentine, who went 2-for-2 with a home run, two stolen bases, and four RBI. The team also got some help courtesy of Mary Hughes, who scored three runs and stole two bases while going 2-for-2.
Cathedral's win was their ninth straight at home, which pushed their record up to 19-2. As for Indianapolis Bishop Chatard, their loss dropped their record down to 10-14-1.
Cathedral will play host again on Wednesday to welcome McCutcheon, where first pitch is scheduled at 5:30 p.m. Cathedral will be hoping to continue their three-game streak of scoring more runs each match than the last. As for Indianapolis Bishop Chatard, they will be playing at home against Heritage Christian at 5:30 p.m. on Tuesday. Indianapolis Bishop Chatard has given up an average of 7.5 runs per game this season, so hopefully the team got some pitching drills in this week.
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