The nationally-ranked Jesuit baseball team won its sixth consecutive UIL District Championship over the weekend, advancing its district record to 12-0 and its overall record to 23-1-2 on the season. The 13-1 victory over MacArthur was also career win number 300 for head coach Brian Jones, who has won a district title in all six of his years at the helm of the Jesuit program.
 
Jesuit competes for UIL district titles in ten sports, and has won seven district championships during the 2014-15 school year. Baseball joins Cross Country, Swimming & Diving, Soccer, Golf, Tennis, and Track & Field as District 9-6A champs.
 
Saturday's win over MacArthur was a perfect encapsulation of Jesuit' season. The Rangers hit a season-high three home runs: one each from Darius Hill, Nic Ready, and Kyle Muller. Muller also threw a complete game on the mound, striking out nine in five innings of work. The junior is 6-0 on the season with a 0.60 ERA in 8 starts. He has also struck out 75 batters in 35 innings of work, averaging better than two strikeouts per inning.
 
Hill hit a home run in the third inning Saturday, tying him for the team lead at five long balls. Two batters later, Muller promptly took the team lead right back, launching an opposite field blast, his sixth of the season.  Ready's fourth inning bomb was his second in as many games.
 
Over the course of Jesuit's 12 district matches, Hill, Ready, and Muller have led the Ranger offense that averages better than 10 runs per game. Hill's .585 batting average and 17 RBIs against district foes pace the team, followed by Ready's .500 avg and 15 RBIs, and Muller's .417 avg and 12 RBIs. Austin Sheahan is hitting .412 in district play, and added three RBIs to his total Saturday. Grant Reuben bats cleanup and is hitting .409 in the district. Each of these is among the seven JCP ballplayers committed to play collegiate baseball.
 
On the mound Jesuit is led by senior Harrison Folk, who is 8-0 in his 9 starts this season, with a 1.00 ERA. Junior Pete Hamrick has three wins on the year and boasts a .667 ERA. Hamrick has given up just two earned runs in 21 innings of work, mostly in relief situations. Lorenzo Riddle won all three of his starts early in the season. Jesuit also has wins from two sophomores: JJ Montenegro, who got the W in two early tournament games, and Jacob Palisch, who has struck out 26 in 18.2 innings of work.

Jesuit is currently ranked No. 4 in the nation by MaxPreps, and the team now gears up for the UIL playoffs, which begin next week.
 
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Jesuit's unblemished conference mark guarantees the Rangers a district title and the top seed in the playoffs. The Rangers face R.L. Turner this week on Tuesday and Friday to close out the regular season. Friday, May 1, is senior night at Wright Field.