Cathedral waltzed into their match on Friday with three straight wins... but they left with four. Their pitchers stepped up to hand the Covenant Christian Warriors a 9-0 shutout. That's more bragging rights for Cathedral, who also won the pair's last head-to-head.
Eli Bennett was a major factor while hitting and pitching. He didn't allow a single earned run over six innings pitched. Bennett has been nothing but reliable on the mound: he hasn't pitched less than five innings in four consecutive pitching appearances. Bennett was also big at the plate, going 3-for-4 with a home run and four RBI.
In other batting news, Cathedral got a big performance out of Eli Sinsabaugh, who scored two runs and stole three bases while getting on base in two of his three plate appearances. Another player making a difference was Landon Hughes, who went 1-for-1 with a triple, a run, and an RBI.
Cathedral pushed their record up to 9-8 with that victory, which was their third straight at home. As for Covenant Christian, their defeat dropped their record down to 6-11.
Cathedral will square off against Indianapolis Bishop Chatard at 4:30 p.m. on Wednesday. Cathedral's pitching crew has only allowed 3.2 runs per game this season, so Indianapolis Bishop Chatard's hitters will have their work cut out for them. As for Covenant Christian, they will look to defend their home field on Saturday against Tri-West Hendricks at 10:00 a.m. Tri-West Hendricks has struggled to contain batters this season (they've allowed 7.38 runs per game on average), something Covenant Christian will no doubt try to take advantage of.
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