Cardinal Gibbons shuts out Orange in baseball

A very good day for the Cardinal Gibbons’ baseball team was more than 365 days in the making. After a very bad evening March 24, 2015, in a then-conference game against Orange, pitcher Daniel Haberern was determined to not repeat history when the two met Wednesday.

Instead of lasting just two innings, Haberern went the distance – a short distance – in an 11-0, five-inning nonconference victory. He struck out seven and allowed just four hits.

“I remembered how I did last year against them – it wasn’t my sharpest start – so I wanted to come out and redeem myself,” Haberern said. “I had confidence of throwing those pitches in any count.”

Cardinal Gibbons’ hitters gave Orange starter Brian Werden and reliever Nick Sutton trouble with 15 hits. The Panthers (15-5) made three errors that compounded things, particularly during a four-run first inning and six-run third for the Crusaders (17-2).

They said it

“When you don’t make plays on defense and you’ve got runners in scoring position and you don’t get them in, it’s going to be a long day. Actually it’s going to be a short day because it’ll be five innings – but it’ll seem like forever.” – Orange coach Dean Dease.

Turning point

Orange had the top of the order load the bases with no outs in the third, but Haberern got out of the jam.

Clean-up hitter Bryse Wilson popped up to third for an infield fly rule before the Crusaders turned a 6-4-3 double play on Chandler Compton to end the inning.

Three to know

Daniel Haberern, Cardinal Gibbons: Got out of bases-loaded situations in the third and fifth inning.

“I was very proud of the way he battled,” coach Jim Liebler said. “He wound up getting some really good hitters out in those situations, so I’m proud of his effort.”

Jeff Cadran, Cardinal Gibbons: The No. 9 hitter came up with a two-run RBI double in the third and an RBI single in the fourth.

“I knew he was going to try to get ahead of me with fastballs, so I was always looking first-pitch fastball,” Cadran said. “It’s always good to get the top of the order because we have confidence in our one-through-four guys.”

Larry Boykin, umpire: The plate umpire took a ball to the right forearm early in the contest and swelling soon followed. He needed medical assistance in the bottom of the third but returned after a 30-minute delay with an arm splint and finished the game by swapping positions with field umpire Craig Weinberg.

By the numbers

1: RBIs by Cardinal Gibbons catcher Gray Betts, first baseman Cameron McNabb, third baseman J.P. Roque and shortstop Noah Campbell, respectively.

4: Campbell touched all four bases in the first inning after his grounder to third was thrown over the second baseman’s head and rolled almost to the fence.

2: RBIs by Cardinal Gibbons right fielder Nick Brassington.

1: Hit apiece for Orange’s Johnny Flynn, Dylan Hall, Cameron Mehl and Jason Slaughter.

0-for-9: The Panthers’ Nos. 3-6 hitters combined to reach base twice but had no hits.

This story was originally published April 20, 2016 at 9:01 PM with the headline "Cardinal Gibbons shuts out Orange in baseball."