Baseball Recap: St. Joseph Takes a Loss

St. Joseph and Centennial squared off in some playoff action on Saturday, but St. Joseph had to settle for second. They fell just short of the Golden Hawks by a score of 9-8. The Knights were not able to repeat the success they had when they faced the Golden Hawks earlier this season, when they won 1-0.

Erik Furness and Ashton Bluem did some serious damage despite the final result: Furness went 2-for-4 with two runs, two RBI, and one double, while Bluem went 3-for-4 with one triple, one run, and one double. That triple marked the first that Bluem has hit this season. Another player making a difference was Santana Covarrubias, who got on base in three of his five plate appearances with one run and one RBI.

Knights

Previous 5 Games

05/31/25 vs Centennial	8-9
05/23/25 @ Buchanan	6-3
05/21/25 vs Redwood	2-1
05/16/25 vs Frontier	4-2
05/09/25 vs Righetti	6-7

The loss snapped St. Joseph's winning streak at three games and leaves them with a 24-7 record. As for Centennial, they have been performing well recently as they've won 20 of their last 24 matchups. That's provided a nice bump to their 26-7 record this season.

St. Joseph will look to defend their home field on Wednesday against San Dimas at 4:00 p.m. The two teams have allowed few runs on average (the Knights 3.3, the Saints 2.6) so any runs scored will be well earned. Centennial does not have any more games scheduled as of now.