FEVER
SWING FOR
THE FENCE
As the Bishop McNamara
baseball team jogged to the
dugout for the bottom of the sixth
inning Thursday night, April 25,
the situation was beyond bleak.
The Mustangs had won two
games all season and were winless
in the Washington Catholic
Athletic Conference. They trailed
No. 9 DeMatha by 11 runs and
were one inning away from being
shut out for the sixth time this
season.
Then, something crazy happened.
Aided by Stags mistakes and
an inside-the-park home run,
Bishop McNamara caught a
wave of momentum and scored
12 runs in the bottom of the
sixth. The Mustangs held on
in the seventh to complete an
improbable, if not miraculous,
comeback and win, 12-11.
"After 27 years of coaching,"
Bishop McNamara Coach Larry
Prange said, "you don't see that
one every day."
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