St. Paul had already won eight in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 4.8 runs), and they went ahead and made it nine on Monday. They won by a run and slipped past the St. Bernard Vikings 2-1.
Kalai Benavente made a big impact no matter where he played. He didn't allow a single earned run while striking out 14 over six innings pitched. Benavente has been consistent recently: he hasn't tossed less than five strikeouts in six consecutive pitching appearances. Benavente was also solid in the batter's box, going 1-for-2 with two RBI and a double.
On St. Bernard's side, they saw four different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Chase Williams, who went 2-for-3 with a stolen base and a double.
St. Paul pushed their record up to 16-8 with that win, which was their 12th straight at home. As for St. Bernard, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 11-7.
St. Paul will have a chance to go back-to-back against St. Bernard: the pair's next game is a rematch scheduled at 3:15 p.m. on Wednesday.
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