Benedictine Wins 17th Straight

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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.