Robert Jeffrey

Sun Sports Contributor

sports@evesun.com

NORWICH – Being the beneficiary of the quiet Norwich Purple Tornado bats on Friday afternoon, the Seton Catholic Saints took control early and never looked back winning 5-1.

Facing tough opposition in the storied baseball program of the Saints, Norwich fought back early knotting the game at one apiece via a Marcus Cashman RBI double as JT Vinal came around to score. Alas, the feeling of relief for the NHS crew wouldn’t last as the Saints began to get a grip on the ballgame. First from the plate, and then from the mound.

Seton would scored three runs in the second frame before adding on another run in the fourth upping their lead to 5-1. Amassing 11 hits in the ballgame, the Saints found their groove in the top of their line-up as shortstop Leo Gallagher finished 4-for-4 in the game with a double, a run scored and a pair of RBIs. From the mound, Luc Pasquale finished with seven strikeouts on the afternoon throwing a complete game six-hitter preventing the NHS bats from getting any offense going aside from the first inning score.

“That’s probably the best defense we’ve played all year, I thought we came up against a really good hitting team” said NHS head coach Rich Turnbull, “They’re one of the better hitting teams in STAC.”