LISLE, IL - Kevin Bushnell slugged a pair of homers and Benedictine hit three total in lighting the scoreboard to a season high run total in winning a 17th straight.
FINAL SCORE
Benedictine 19, North Park 8 - 8 Innings
THE DETAILS
• The teams consistently scored in the same inning as North Park scored in the top of the first before Benedictine countered with three
• The first two batters of the game drew walks and both scored to put Benedictine ahead on a double from Damen Castillo
• Nicholas Lee added an RBI single in the inning
• North Park took a 5-3 lead by scoring four in the fourth before Benedictine put up six in the bottom of the inning to take the lead for good, using just one run-scoring hit
• Bushnell hit his first homer in the fifth to push the score to 11-5 and homered again as part of a five-run sixth which saw the lead reach 15-5
• The game came to an end with four runs in the eighth
• Castillo doubled home a run and Bushnell used an RBI single before Alex Cameron homered to left to end the contest
STAT LEADERS
• Benedictine finished with 17 hits
• Bushnell knocked home six runs and finished with three hits
• Castillo plated five
• Anthony Lenza set the tone with three hits at the top of the lineup
• Benedictine drew 11 walks in the contest
• Eight different pitchers threw in the win with Justin Sosa collecting the decision to move to 4-0 after working out of a bases loaded jam in the fourth
• Dan Dombrowski threw the final two innings
UP NEXT
Benedictine (23-6) faces Illinois Tech in a four-game series this weekend beginning with two on the road Saturday.