Baseball Recap: Tampa Catholic Falls Short of Bishop Mclaughlin Catholic in the Playoffs

Despite a phenomenal run in the regular season, Tampa Catholic couldn't carry that success into this playoff game. They fell 10-5 to the Bishop McLaughlin Catholic Hurricanes on Monday. The pitching woes were uncharacteristic for the Crusaders, who until this matchup were averaging 3.21 runs allowed.

Dominic Woodward

Stolen Base

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Dominic Woodward was cooking despite his team's loss, going 1-for-3 with one stolen base, one run, and one RBI. He has been hot recently, having posted at least one stolen base the last three times he's played. The team also got some help courtesy of Jose Carrero, who went 1-for-2 with one stolen base, one run, and one RBI.

Tampa Catholic's defeat dropped their record down to 20-8. As for Bishop McLaughlin Catholic, their victory ended a three-game drought on the road and puts them at 12-13.

While Tampa Catholic 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.