Baseball Recap: St. John Paul II Academy Comes Up Short

It's hard to turn regular season success into postseason wins, a fact St. John Paul II Academy can now relate to. They lost 10-0 to the Cardinal Newman Crusaders on Monday. The pitching woes were uncharacteristic for the Eagles, who until this match were averaging 3.59 runs allowed.

St. John Paul II Academy saw three different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Thomas Velardi, who went 1-for-2 with one triple. That triple was Velardi's first of the season.

St. John Paul II Academy's loss dropped their record down to 18-10-1. As for Cardinal Newman, they have been performing incredibly well recently as they've won ten of their last 11 games. That's provided a nice bump to their 26-3-1 record this season.

While St. John Paul II Academy had to take the loss, they won't have to wait long to give it another shot: the pair's next game is a rematch scheduled at 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday.