The Benedictine University baseball team continued a busy week by dropping a slugfest in a non-conference contest at home against North Central.
FINAL SCORE
North Central 19, Benedictine 10
THE DETAILS
- North Central scored in all but two innings of the contest
- The visitors opened a 3-0 lead in the top of the first only to see Benedictine respond with five in the bottom of the inning
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Nic Castrovillari throttled a three-run homer to give Benedictine their lone lead of the night
- North Central came back with seven runs in the second and did not trail again
- Benedictine drew within 13-9 in the fifth but could get no closer
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Justin Nonnenmann posted a two-run double in the inning while
Preston Popovich tallied an RBI single
- Benedictine used seven pitchers in the contest
STAT LEADERS
- Benedictine finished with 14 hits in the game
- Nonnenmann finished with three along with Tommy Jusi, Jr.
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Hank Friedrich tallied a pair of hits
- Eight individuals recorded a hit in the game
- The pitching staff combined to strike out 12 led by five each from
Steven Byrne and
Anthony Sexton
UP NEXT
Benedictine (12-14) heads to Concordia Wisconsin on Saturday to resume conference action
