Baseball Recap: St. Croix Lutheran Takes a Loss

If St. Croix Lutheran was riding high fresh off their 12-4 takedown of Nova Classical Academy on Monday, their most recent game may have dampened their spirits a bit. The Crusaders fell 9-6 to the Concordia Academy Beacons on Friday. Unfortunately, that's the second time they've come up short against the Beacons this season, as they also lost their prior matchup 7-5 on April 9th.

Noah Little put in work while hitting and pitching. He looked comfortable on the mound, not allowing a single earned run over five innings pitched. He has been consistent recently: he hasn't given up more than one earned run in four consecutive appearances. He was also big at the plate, going 1-for-4 with two runs, one stolen base, and two RBI.

In other batting news, Evan Kasa made the most of his time at bat despite the final result and went 3-for-4 with two stolen bases, one run, and one RBI. Those stolen bases were his first of the season. Isaac Garcia was another key player, going 1-for-2 with two runs.

St. Croix Lutheran's loss dropped their record down to 2-4. As for Concordia Academy, the victory was the third in a row for them, bringing their record up to 3-0.

Coming up, St. Croix Lutheran will take on Brooklyn Center at 4:00 p.m. on Tuesday. As for Concordia Academy, they will head out to take on St. Agnes at 4:30 p.m. on Friday.