Baseball split a NACC doubleheader with Edgewood on Saturday, using a big offensive inning to take game one before falling in game two.
FINAL SCORE
Benedictine 8, Edgewood 3
THE DETAILS
-Benedictine opened the scoring in the first inning on a solo home run from
Mike Budorick
-After Edgewood tied the game in the fourth, Benedictine responded with four runs in the bottom half to take control
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Cole Bush brought in a run with a sacrifice fly before
Preston Popovich added an RBI double
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Hank Friedrich followed with an RBI single and
Justin Nonnenmann capped the inning with an RBI double to make it 5-1
-The Eagles added two more runs in the fifth, highlighted by a two-run double from Bush
-Edgewood scored in the seventh and ninth but Benedictine held on for the win
STAT LEADERS
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Cole Bush led the offense with two hits and three RBIs
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Mike Budorick recorded two hits, including a home run, and two RBIs
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Hank Friedrich finished with two hits, two runs scored, and an RBI
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Braden Behrens tossed eight innings while allowing two runs and striking out 10
FINAL SCORE
Edgewood 8, Benedictine 1
THE DETAILS
-Edgewood struck first in the opening inning and added two runs in the fourth to build a 3-0 lead
-The visitors extended the advantage in the fifth on an RBI single from Aidan Kammer
-Benedictine got on the board in the seventh as
Matt Santarelli doubled to bring home
Spencer Geake
-Edgewood answered with two runs in the eighth and added two more in the ninth to get the win
STAT LEADERS
-Matt Santarelli led Benedictine with two hits and an RBI
-Nic Castrovillari added two hits
UP NEXT
Benedictine (10-12, 4-5 NACC) heads to River Forest to take on Concordia University Chicago on Monday, April 6th
