The Benedictine University baseball team continued the season opening trip to Tennessee with a loss in a pitcher's duel to another team receiving national votes.

FINAL SCORE
Webster 2, Benedictine 0

THE DETAILS
- Webster book ended the game with the only runs in the first and ninth
- Matthew Purta made a strong debut for Benedictine and did not allow an earned run
- Purta allowed just two hits with a walk and three strikeouts over five innings of work
- Luke Hickey tossed 2.1 scoreless innings in relief
- Steven Byrne tossed the final 1.2 innings
- The bats struggled to get going in the contest accumulating just four hits from four different individuals

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Benedictine (0-2) finishes the weekend by facing another strong non-conference foe on Sunday in Millikin. Read Full Article