The Benedictine Mesa Baseball team split the doubleheader against Simpson, clinching the Cal Pac Regular Season Championship Title with a decisive 16-4 victory in game two after a narrow 5-6 loss in game one.
In game one,
Ryan Curran's sixth-inning double brought
Carlos Parra home for the first score. Simpson tied the game 1-1 in the bottom of the 6th and took the lead with another run in the 7th. Benedictine rallied in the 8th, with
Carlos Parra's double and
Jack Fitzgerald and
Jacob Bauler's back-to-back homeruns, bringing the score to 5-2. However, Simpson scored 4 runs in the bottom of the 8th, securing the win 5-6.
In game two, Benedictine started strong, with
Ryan Curran and
Carlos Parra scoring in the first inning on an error.
Jacob Bauler's homerun in the 3rd extended the lead to 4-0. In the 4th, Ivan Santos and
Ryan Curran added runs with their hits, bringing the score to 8-1. Despite Simpson narrowing the gap to 8-4 by the 5th inning, Benedictine's offense exploded in the later innings, with Bauler and Parra hitting homeruns and
Cameron Jowaiszas sealing the win with a final homerun resulting in a run rule victory of 16-4.
**Key Players**:
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Carlos Parra: Game One - 2 hits on 4 at-bats, 1 double, 2 runs, 1 RBI; Game Two - 1 homerun, 3 runs, 3 RBIs.
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Jack Fitzgerald: Game One - 1 homerun, 1 run, 2 RBIs; Game Two - 2 hits on 2 at-bats, 2 runs.
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Jacob Bauler: Game One - 1 homerun, 1 run, 1 RBI; Game Two - 1 homerun, 1 run, 4 RBIs.
- Ivan Santos (Game Two): 3 hits on 5 at-bats, 3 runs, 2 RBIs.
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Justin Bates (Game Two): Pitched 7 innings, allowed 8 hits, 4 runs, 4 strikeouts.
**Looking Ahead**: The Redhawks will face Simpson again in a doubleheader on Sunday, April 21st, with games scheduled at 11 AM and 2 PM.
