Beechwood 1 Covington Catholic 0

Final from Park Hills yesterday.

W - Matthew Kappes (4-0) 

L - Colin Gastright (4-2)

* Behind junior right hander Matthew Kappes, Beechwood (21-3) knocked off Covington Catholic (13-9) yesterday in a 35th District seed game at CovCath. Kappes threw all 7 innings, allowed only five hits, no runs, no walks, and 8 strikeouts. 

* Kappes' complete game shutout was his 4th win of the season in four starts. He's beaten three RPI-ranked top 78 teams in those four starts - #21 Dixie, #58 CovCath, and #78 Ryle. In his four starts this season, he has compiled an ERA of 0.74, a 0.74 WHIP, and struck out 21 batters in 19 innings. 

* Beechwood scored their only run in the first inning on an RBI groundout by junior catcher Brice Estep. The RBI was Estep's 48th of the season, which currently puts him #1 in that category in the state -- two ahead of Paintsville's Baron Ratliff.

* Junior outfielder Cameron Boyd scored on Estep's groundout. Boyd walked to open the inning, stole second base, advanced to third on a throwing error by CovCath catcher Jonathan Fitz attempting to gun down the speed Boyd, and scored easily on the Estep grounder.