Baseball Recap: St. Augustine Comes Up Short

St. Augustine lost against Jesuit last Thursday, and unfortunately they wound up with the same result on Saturday. The Purple Knights fell just short of the Blue Jays by a score of 3-2. The game snapped a strange streak: the last five times these teams have met, it?s been the away team that?s taken home the W.

Kenyon Hughes was cooking despite his team's loss, scoring a run and stealing two bases while going 3-for-4.

St. Augustine's record now sits at 16-14. As for Jesuit, they are on a roll lately: they've won six of their last seven contests. That's provided a nice bump to their 24-9-1 record this season.

St. Augustine and Jesuit should be looking forward to their upcoming games as both have a sizable advantage in the MaxPreps Louisiana Rankings. The Purple Knights (ranked 64th) will meet Edna Karr (ranked 223rd) at 4:30 p.m. on Monday. Meanwhile, Jesuit will take on Terrebonne at 6:30 p.m. on Monday with a big rank advantage (19 vs. 137).