Gino Zagorac was ready to keep things scoreless on the mound for Benet.

After three straight games where the Redwings hadn’t found the scoreboard until at least the fifth inning, the Wichita State commit was ready to battle and hold St. Francis off the board before the bats woke up later in the contest.

So when the Redwings gave him five runs of support by the time he reached the mound for his second inning of work, he definitely felt a sense of relief.

“Seeing runs come across the board early, that just makes pitching a lot easier,” Zagorac said. “When you’ve got run support and a defense that plays as well as it did, it helps a lot.”

And that relief translated into a big-time effort on the mound.

Zagorac finished the game allowing just one hit while striking out six batters to help

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