Big Day for CC & Nick!@

Nick comes up big for Central Catholic on Saturday in a doubleheader against conference foe Carroll. A something like 72 game conference winning streak was on the line & in jeopardy in both games Saturday. The 1st game final was 1-0 in favor of CC & Nick. While getting in trouble several times he & his team bailed each other out on several occasions, especially a diving catch by Brett Haan on a deep fly to RC. Two great line drive catches by 1st baseman Ryan Deboy saved other possible damages. Nick left runners stranded at 2nd & 3rd by k'ing the last batter in the 7th.

The 2nd game saw an offensive onslaught by both teams that went back in forth. In desperation & in the 5th, Nick was brought in in the 5th, our 4th pitcher this game & with the game tied 10-10. He gave up a run (not his scored tho) & are now down 11-10 end of 5. We tie it in the 6th & in the 7th Nick puts us up 13-11 on a line drive down the 1st baseline, scoring 2 runs, he makes it to 2nd.

With 130+ pitches in the book thus far for the day & in the bottom of the 7th he allows a run and a runner & has 1 out. Austin Munn comes in and earns an "atta boy" from Nick, saving a 2nd win of the day.

By JCOnline:

Baseball

Central Catholic 1-13

Carroll 0-12

Nick Stone pitched a four-hitter in the opener and then came back to earn the Game 2 victory in relief for the Class A No. 2 Knights.

Stone struck out 10 in Game 1 and CC got the only run it needed on Devin Morgan's RBI single in the bottom of the sixth.

Brett Haan went 4-for-5 with two RBIs and Jake Churchill homered and drove in three runs in a Game 2 that saw the teams combine for 23 hits and 11 errors.

Austin Munn, CC's fifth pitcher, got the final two outs to earn the save after Stone allowed a run and struck out two in two innings of relief.