With a playoff game on the line, Benjamin rose to the challenge on Wednesday. Their pitcher stepped up to hand the King's Academy Lions a 1-0 shutout. The win made it back-to-back victories for Benjamin.
Not much got past Johnny Havlicek, who gave up just five hits and racked up nine Ks to keep King's Academy off the board. Havlicek has been nothing but reliable on the mound: he hasn't given up more than two walks in three consecutive pitching appearances.
On the hitting side, Benjamin's win was truly a team effort as two different players contributed at least one hit. One of them was Griffin Miller, who scored a run and stole a base while going 2-for-3.
Benjamin's victory bumped their record up to 15-9. As for King's Academy, they now have a losing record at 10-11.
Benjamin will square off against Cardinal Newman at 6:30 p.m. on Thursday. Cardinal Newman is strutting in with some hitting muscle as they've averaged 6.5 runs per game this season. King's Academy does not have any more games scheduled as of now.
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