by Stephen M. Lewis
DigitalSports Richmond
Chris Hogan blasted a two-run home run in the eighth inning, in only his second at-bat of the season, and Kevin Buran followed with a grand slam to lead Benedictine over Atlee 10-5 Wednesday afternoon in the Spring Break Blast.
“With the bases loaded I was just expecting to go up there and make some contact,” said Buran, who finished 4 for 5 in the first of two games on the day (Benedictine fell to Lee-Davis in the nightcap. Click here for details.) “Do something, maybe get one run in and it just happened to go out.”
A lot of balls reached Atlee’s parking lot, five to be exact, four bombs coming from Benedictine.
Will Swoope went deep to give the Cadets a 2-0 lead in the third inning. Tucker Pool followed with a jack in the fourth inning, giving Benedictine a 3-0 lead.
The Raiders responded to tie the contest in the bottom of the fourth.
Taylor Sandefur, who pitched 7 1/3 good innings, knocked in Chase Worthington from second with a single.
Then sophomore third baseman Austin Young followed with his own home run, a two-run shot. It was a brand new ballgame.
“The thing that I don’t like and like at the same time is that they’re scrappy,” Benedictine coach Sean Ryan said of Atlee. “They did a spectacular job of forcing us to do things we don’t normally do.”
Benedictine responded with a run in the fifth, and Atlee duplicated the feat in the sixth before both squads squandered runners in the seventh in bids to put the game away.
That’s when Benedictine dropped a six-spot on the Raiders.
Benedictine 101 110 06 – 10 12 0
Atlee 000 301 01 – 5 6 1
West, K. Buran (6), Pusey (8) and Broaddus; Sandefur, Worthington (8) and H. Garthright.
Records: Benedictine (n/a); Atlee (1-2)
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