The Benedictine University baseball team ran their win streak to nine games while improving to 15-1 in the NACC and 10-0 at home with a sweep of Edgewood.
FINAL SCORES
Benedictine 3, Edgewood 1 - Gm 1
Benedictine 7, Edgewood 0 - Gm 2
GAME ONE DETAILS
• Following a delay of 1:11 due to consistent rain, the contest started slow with no offense coming until the bottom of the sixth inning
• Damen Castillo singled with two outs and moved to second on a wild pitch
• Andrew Tenison drew a walk and Cole Wilson singled home the first run
• Wilson stole second and Sam Tickel blooped an RBI double to make the score 3-0
• Justin Sosa did the rest, further lowering his ERA
• Edgewood plated an unearned run in the ninth
GAME ONE LEADERS
• Sosa went the distance, striking out 13, a season high and his second double-digit showing of the year
• Benedictine finished with just six hits, two of which came from Wilson
GAME TWO DETAILS
• Benedictine wasted no time in the second game, jumping on the starter for five runs in the first inning
• Tickel led off the game with a double and scored on an RBI single from Ryan Doubek
• Kevin Bushnell followed with an RBI single
• Wilson and Chase Hanselman added RBI singles while another run scored on an error
• The final two runs of the game came in the second to chase the Edgewood starter
• Tickel singled with one out and Doubek followed with a walk
• With two outs Castillo doubled home a pair
• Robbie Dudzinski followed in the footsteps of Sosa by spinning a gem
GAME TWO LEADERS
• Benedictine finished with eight hits
• Two of the hits came from Tickel in the leadoff slot, who also scored twice
• Dudzinski won his fifth of the year by striking out 10 in seven innings, allowing just two hits
• Ty Liaromatis worked the eighth and Austin Pizer spun the ninth
TEAM NOTES
• The current nine-game win streak is the ninth longest in the nation
• Benedictine sported a 17-game win streak in 2021
• The pitching staff has recorded five shutouts this season and owns a 2.47 ERA in NACC play, best in the conference by over two points
• 16 times this season the pitching staff has record 10 or more strikeouts including 11 in conference play
• Benedictine has thrown 33.1 innings without allowing an earned run
• The 15 conference wins are the most since the 2014 team finished 16-4 in NACC play
INDIVIDUAL NOTES
• Castillo owns a 17-game on-base streak and an 11-game hit streak
• Tenison has reached in 15 consecutive contests
• Wilson owns an eight-game hitting streak
• Sosa leads the conference in ERA by almost a full point at 1.40 while sitting fourth with 54 strikeouts in 45 innings
• Dudzinski has allowed just one earned run in the last 20.1 innings
• Dudzinski and Sosa are tied for third in the league with five wins
UP NEXT
Benedictine (21-6, 15-1 NACC) hosts #12 North Central on Tuesday night in a huge regional contest
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