Bishop Carroll put another one in the bag on Saturday to keep their perfect season alive. They never let the Derby Panthers onto the board and left with a 2-0 victory. Two seems to be a good number for Bishop Carroll as the team scooped up a win with the same number of runs in their previous game.
Bishop Carroll got a great performance from Braxton Martin as he didn't allow a single earned run while striking out seven over eight innings pitched.
On the hitting side, Bishop Carroll saw four different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Cal Purvis, who got on base in three of his five plate appearances with a double and an RBI.
On Derby's side, they got a good showing from Nick Martinez, who tossed 3.1 innings while giving up no earned runs off one hit.
Even though they lost, Derby didn't let batters stay on the plate for long and finished the game with 14 strikeouts. That's the most strikeouts they've managed all season.
Bishop Carroll pushed their record up to 4-0 with that victory, which was their 15th straight on the road dating back to last season. Those good results were due in large part to their hitting performance across that stretch, as they averaged 10.3 runs per game. As for Derby, their loss ended a six-game streak of wins at home dating back to last season and dropped them to 4-1.
Bishop Carroll will take on Southeast at 4:30 p.m. on Tuesday. Bishop Carroll's pitching crew has only allowed 3.2 runs per game this season, so Southeast's hitters will have their work cut out for them. As for Derby, they will head out on the road to face off against Goddard at 4:00 p.m. on Thursday. Derby is strutting in with some hitting muscle, as they've averaged 7.8 runs per game this season.
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