St. Bede baseball wins big at USA Stadium in Millington, Tenn.: Wednesday’s NewsTribune Roundup

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St. Bede 16, Strayhorn (Miss.) 2: The Bruins made a grand return to USA Stadium in Millington, Tennessee, with a 14-run victory in five innings on their spring trip Wednesday.

The Bruins, who last played at the former home of the U.S. Team in 2016, broke a 2-2 tie with seven runs in the bottom of the third inning and came back with seven more in the fourth.

St. Bede collected nine hits with nine hitters contributing. Geno Ferrari doubled and drove in three runs while Charlie Riva tripled and drove in three runs. Nathan Husser, Luke Tunnell, Mason Moreno and Spencer each had RBI hits.

Seth Ferrari went the distance for the win, allowing two hits, one earned run, three walks with 10 strikeouts.

The Bruins (9-2) will return to action at 4 p.m. Thursday in Cordova, Tennessee.

Boyle County, Kent. 3, L-P 1: The Cavaliers dropped their first game of their spring trip in Tennessee.

Jacob Gross singled in Brendan Boudreau in the bottom of the first inning to tie the game at 1, which proved to be their only run of the game.

Gross went 2 for 2 and Josh Senica was 2 for 3 to lead the Cavs at the plate.

Boudreau took the loss in relief of Senica (4 IP, 3 H, 1 R, 4 BB, 2 K), the starter, surrendering two runs on four hits. He struck out two.

The Cavs (6-3) will play at Powell Tenn. at 2 p.m. Thursday.