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Cardman
Susie Blanchard - Catholic Athletics
2
Stevens STEVENS 3-1
3
Winner Catholic CATHOLIC 2-1
Stevens STEVENS
3-1
2
Final
3
Catholic CATHOLIC
2-1
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Stevens STEVENS 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 5 0
Catholic CATHOLIC 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 X 3 6 3

W: Cardman, Luke (1-0) L: R. Schneider (0-1)

Game Recap: Baseball | | Joey Madore

Cardman Dazzles in Relief to Earn Victory Over Stevens

WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Catholic baseball team looked to get out of the first weekend of the season with a winning record when they squared off with Stevens on Saturday afternoon. In a game where the pitching reigned supreme, the Cardinals manufactured a couple late runs and the pitching held strong to complete a 3-2 victory over the Ducks.

The Ducks scratched across the first run of the game in the top of the second after a couple errors allowed David Fishbough to come across the plate. Landon Penney bounced back by punching out the last batter of the inning to limit the damage to just one run.

Catholic cracked the scoreboard for the first time in the bottom of the fourth after Gabriel Ruiz to right field. A couple walks loaded the bases with two outs and Chris Esquivel also worked a free pass to bring Ruiz home to knot things up at one. Luke Cardman came into the game out of the pen for the Cardinals and inherited two base runners and stranded them both with a strikeout to keep it a 2-1 game.

The Cardinals found a way to manufacture two runs in the bottom of the seventh to gain the lead after Logan Eilbacher and Sammy Burman singled to start the inning. Burman went on to tie the game up on a wild pitch and Matthew Fisher gave Catholic its first lead of the day on a sacrifice fly to left field, plating Eilbacher.

Despite giving up baserunners in each of the last two innings, Cardman continued to mow down hitters on the Ducks and closed out a one run victory for Catholic by inducing a fly ball to center field to pick up his first win of the season.

Inside the Box Score
  • Cardman was electric in relief for Catholic, not allowing a run over the final 4.1 innings and striking out a career-high eight batters. He only allowed two hits over his time in relief.
  • Penney was solid in his start as the lefty got through four innings, only allowing the one unearned run. He only allowed two hits and punched out five batters which was also a career-high for him.
  • The Cardinals held the Ducks hitters to 0-for-20 with runners on base and 0-for-10 with two outs during the win. 

The Cardinals are back in action on Wednesday, February 25 when they take on York (Pa.). First pitch is set for 2:30 pm.
 
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