Baseball Recap: Bayou Academy Colts vs. Simpson Academy Cougars
It's hard to turn regular season success into postseason wins, a fact Bayou Academy can now relate to. They fell just short of the Simpson Academy Cougars by a score of 4-2 on Tuesday. Bayou Academy's loss continues a trend for the squad, making it five in a row.
Bayou Academy saw four different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Bo Linkous, who scored a run while going 3-for-4.
On Simpson Academy's side, Colin Jenkins made a splash while hitting and pitching. On the mound, he struck out nine batters over seven innings while giving up just one earned run off three hits. Jenkins was also big at the plate, going 2-for-4 with a home run and two runs.
In other pitching news, Rownan Atkinson looked comfortable as he struck out six batters over three innings while giving up no earned runs off three hits.
Bayou Academy now has a losing record at 8-9. As for Simpson Academy, they have been performing incredibly well recently as they've won 20 of their last 22 matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 27-6 record this season.
While Bayou 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 4:00 p.m. on Thursday.
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