Box Score Myrtle Beach, S.C. - The Catholic University of America baseball team advanced its overall season record to 10-0 with an outstanding 19-4 victory over Mt. Aloysius on Friday afternoon.
Catholic senior Brennan Cotter started the game with a three-run homer in the bottom of the first inning to bring home his classmate Jake Crist and junior Bailey Lewis. Fellow senior Anthony Ferlise followed Cotter with a solo-homerun of his own to put the Cardinals up 4-0.
Freshman Billy Duke drove in Catholic's final three runs of the event when he sent a homer over the right-field fence to bring in fellow rookies Brett Bujdos and Andre Perez.
Cotter finished out the game hitting 2-of-3 with four RBIs as he added solo-homerun to lead-off the fourth inning. Sophomore Christian Jones hit 3-of-4 throughout the afternoon including a two-RBI double in the third inning and a two-RBI single in the sixth.
Senior Jack Hennessy drove in two runs with a single in the third inning and went 3-of-4 on the day while fellow senior Danny O'Hagan hit 2-of-3 with one RBI in the third inning.
During the seventh inning, Catholic University's Campbell brothers both recorded their first career RBIs. With Duke on first base, freshman Keith Campbell shot a triple into right field before freshman Cole Campbell batted him in with a grounder to the third baseman. Later in the inning, C. Campbell came home on an infield grounder from classmate Michael Doody.
Catholic senior David Gately earned his second win of the 2018 seasons after pitching six innings before junior Colin Cunningham closed out the final three.
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