WINTER HAVEN, FL - The Benedictine University baseball team won a second consecutive contest in Florida, shutting down Elmhurst.
FINAL SCORE
Benedictine 11, Elmhurst 0
THE DETAILS
- Justin Sosa was dominating on the mound, striking out four in the first two innings
- Benedictine staked Sosa a 1-0 lead in the third
- Jack Carlson and
Ryan Doubek singled while
Chase Hanselman walked with two outs to load the bases
- Kevin Bushnell opened the scoring with an RBI single
- Three runs scored in the fifth to break the game open
- Bushnell delivered again, singling up the middle to score two runs
- Cameron Falk lifted a sacrifice fly to score Bushnell, making the score 4-0
- Benedictine poured it on by scoring three in the eighth and four in the ninth
- Anthony Lenza, Carlson and Doubek all drove home runs in the eighth
- Alex Cameron singled home a run in the ninth while Lenza doubled home two and Carlson added an RBI single
STAT LEADERS
- Sosa threw six shutout innings to win his second contest of the year, allowing just four hits with two walks and nine strikeouts
- The pitching staff struck out 16 in the game with
Simon Herold fanning four in two innings and
Andrew Tenison struck out the side in the ninth
- Benedictine tallied 16 hits in the win
- Eight different players collected a hit with six picking up more than one
- Bushnell drove home three and notched three hits
- Carlson also finished with three hits, knocking in two
- Lenza did not start but posted two hits and three RBIs
UP NEXT
Benedictine (3-3) meets Hope tomorrow afternoon