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MBA sweeps JPII behind dominant pitching




MBA's Cole Crider gets tagged out at home plate by JPII's David Hobbs during Thursday's game at JPIIBrett Berwager

MBA’s Cole Crider gets tagged out at home plate by JPII’s David Hobbs during Thursday’s game at JPIIBrett Berwager

The MBA Big Red baseball team took a three-game sweep of the JPII Knights last week behind three dominant pitching performances. 

MBA 2, JPII 1

On Wednesday, MBA scored a walk-off run in the bottom of the seventh inning to take a 2-1 win. 

JPII took a 1-0 lead in the top of the second inning on a Jayden Young ground out that pushed a run across the board for the Knights. MBA tied it 1-1 in the bottom of the fifth on a Sam Kirkpatrick solo home run. 

With neither team having much late-inning success, Capps hits an RBI bunt with the bases loaded that brought home Harris for the walk-off win. 

William Stewart picked up the win, throwing a complete game and allowing just one run on six hits with four strikeouts. 

MBA 11, JPII 1

On Thursday, MBA tagged JPII for 11 runs en route to an 11-1 win behind a combined four-hitter from pitchers Brennan Roach and Joe Perazzini.

MBA took a commanding 4-0 lead in the top of the fourth on an RBI triple from Kirkpatrick, and RBI singles from Perazzini and Roach. JPII scored its lone run in the bottom half of the first on an RBI single from Parker Juillerat. 

MBA added two more runs in the top of the fourth on a two-run home run from Brendan Harris, then added four more runs in the top of the sixth on an RBI double from Harris and a JPII error that allowed three more runs. 

Roach earned the win, scattering four hits and one run over five innings. Perazzini pitched a scoreless sixth inning, allowing no hits. 

MBA 10, JPII 0

MBA picked up right where it left off on Friday, run-ruling JPII 10-0 in five innings. 

MBA took a 4-0 lead in the bottom of the first inning on RBI singles from Kirkpatrick, Mark Pyburn and Roach, plus an RBI ground out from Capps. 

Two JPII errors, plus an RBI triple from Kirkpatrick extended the lead to 7-0 in the bottom of the second inning. The Big Red added three more runs in the third and fourth innings thanks to a fielder’s choice, an RBI triple from Pyburn and an RBI single from Roach to end the game two innings early. 

Cole Crider held the JPII offense silent all night, allowing just two hits and no runs with five strikeouts. 

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