It took a couple of innings for the Teurlings Catholic bats to wake up in the Division I Select quarterfinals against Archbishop Shaw.
But once they did, it was a full-on explosion — three runs in the third, four in the fourth, and eight in the fifth. The Rebels rolled to a 15-2 mercy-rule win in five innings, punching their ticket to the state semifinals.
“Our guys did a nice job of staying focused and playing a complete game,” Teurlings coach Brooks Badeaux said. “I felt like we gave away a few at-bats in the first two innings and then after that, we just kept the pressure on. We just want to have productive at-bats one through nine and keep pressure on the pitcher, hopefully we get our break.”…