Eight runs in the sixth inning enabled the Benedictine University baseball team to surge past Anderson and win a third straight in Florida and fourth straight overall.
FINAL SCORE
Benedictine 11, Anderson 4
THE DETAILS
- Benedictine opened the scoring in the bottom of the first
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Matt Santarelli led off the game with a single and scored later in the inning on an error
- Anderson put single runs on the board in the third and fourth to lead 2-1
- Benedictine was able to gain the lead for good with a pair of runs in the fifth
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Cole Bush was hit by a pitch and
Hank Friedrich followed with a single
- Following a sacrifice bunt
Nic Castrovillari logged an RBI single to tie the game and
Spencer Geake lifted a sacrifice fly to put Benedictine ahead
- Benedictine erupted for eight runs in the sixth to pull away
- Bush tallied a bases loaded double to clear the bases and make the edge 6-2
- David Kamisky executed a safety squeeze to further the margin and Castrovillari,
Mike Budorick and
Steve Dabrowski all knocked home single runs
- Anderson scored twice in the ninth to account for the final
STAT LEADERS
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Matthew Purta made the start on the mound and logged a quality outing, working six innings and allowing just two runs on six hits
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Samuel Garland tossed two blank innings and
Anthony Sexton worked the ninth
- Castrovillari logged three hits with Friedrich adding a pair
- Benedictine finished with 10 hits
- Bush drove home three runs while Dabrowski and Castrovillari both plated a pairÂ
UP NEXT
Benedictine (4-4) continues the trip on Wednesday morning against Bowdoin.