Baseball Recap: Bellarmine College Prep Starts Season with Victory Against Bear Creek

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Previous 3 Games

02/25/25 - Home	4-0 W
02/29/24 - Away	9-0 W
03/01/23 - Home	18-2 W

Bellarmine College Prep took care of business in their home opener on Tuesday. Their pitchers stepped up to hand the Bear Creek Bruins a 4-0 shutout. The Bells haven't had any issues with the Bruins recently, as the game was their third consecutive win against them.

Christian Duarte looked comfortable as he kept things locked down with no earned runs or hits over four innings pitched. What's more, he gave up only zero hits, the fewest he's had since back in February of 2024.

On the hitting side, Bellarmine College Prep saw two different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Dash Knight, who went 1-for-3 with two RBI and one double. That's the most RBI Knight has posted since back in March of 2024.

Bellarmine College Prep hit smart and finished the game with only one strikeout. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as Bear Creek struck out 11 times.

Bear Creek dropped their record down to 2-4 with the loss, which was their fourth straight on the road dating back to last season.

Both teams are looking forward to the support of their home crowds in their upcoming games. Bellarmine College Prep will challenge Buchanan at 3:00 p.m. on Friday. As for Bear Creek, they will look to defend their home field on Thursday against Hughson at 3:30 p.m. The two teams have allowed few runs on average, (Bear Creek: 3.8, Hughson: 2.6) so any runs scored will be well earned.