Baseball Recap: St. Pius X-St. Matthias Academy Comes Up Short

It's hard to turn regular season success into postseason wins, a fact St. Pius X-St. Matthias Academy can now relate to. They fell just short of the Academy of Careers & Exploration Eagle by a score of 7-6 on Thursday. The Warriors have now taken an 'L' in back-to-back games.

Ceejay Perez

Stolen Base

05/15/25 @ Academy of Careers & Exploration	3
04/07/25 @ Verbum Dei Jesuit	3
04/29/25 vs St. Genevieve	2
04/24/25 vs Glenn	2
04/23/25 vs Hoover	2
+ 9 more games

Ceejay Perez was cooking despite his team's loss, getting on base in two of his four plate appearances with three stolen bases and two runs. He is becoming a predictor of St. Pius X-St. Matthias Academy's success: when he posts at least two stolen bases the team is 4-2 (and 5-16 when he doesn't). Joshua Gomez was another key player, going 1-for-3 with two stolen bases and one run.

St. Pius X-St. Matthias Academy's defeat dropped their record down to 9-18. As for Academy of Careers & Exploration, they are on a roll lately: they've won ten of their last 12 matchups. That's provided a massive bump to their 11-8 record this season.

St. Pius X-St. Matthias Academy does not have any more games scheduled as of now. As for Academy of Careers & Exploration, they will square off against Pomona at 3:15 p.m. on Tuesday. The Red Devils' pitching crew has only allowed 4.1 runs per game this season, so the Eagle's hitters will have their work cut out for them.