Baseball Recap: St. John Lutheran Takes a Tough Playoff Loss

It's hard to turn regular season success into postseason wins, a fact St. John Lutheran can now relate to. They fell just short of the First Academy Eagles by a score of 11-9 on Tuesday. The Saints have struggled against the Eagles recently, as the game was their fifth consecutive lost meeting.

Luis Roman

Runs Batted In

04/15/25 vs First Academy	5
03/11/25 vs Wildwood	5
03/04/25 vs Ocala Christian	5
04/07/25 @ First Coast Christian	4
03/31/25 @ Bronson	3
+ 5 more games

St. John Lutheran saw two different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Luis Roman, who fired off two home runs, five RBI, and three runs while going 3-for-4. The Saints are 5-1 when Roman posts three or more RBI, but 7-9 otherwise.

St. John Lutheran's record is now 12-10. As for First Academy, they moved to 11-7 with that win, which also ended their three-game losing streak.

St. John Lutheran does not have any more games scheduled as of now. As for First Academy, they will venture away from home to take on Mount Dora Christian Academy at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday.