Baseball Recap: St. Joseph's Catholic Falls Short of Southside Christian in the Playoffs

It's hard to turn regular season success into postseason wins, a fact St. Joseph's Catholic can now relate to. They fell just short of the Southside Christian Sabres by a score of 6-4 on Monday. The Knights were not able to repeat the success they had when they faced the Sabres earlier this season, when they won 10-7.

This is the second loss in a row for St. Joseph's Catholic and nudges their season record down to 17-9. Admittedly, the team was facing some tough opposition over that stretch, including 20-8 Chapman (their opponents had an average overall winning percentage of 81.8% over those games). As for Southside Christian, their victory was their fifth straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 29-2-1.

St. Joseph's Catholic does not have any more games scheduled as of now. As for Southside Christian, they will venture away from home to challenge Chapman at 5:00 p.m. on Wednesday. The two teams have allowed few runs on average (the Sabres 2.7, the Panthers 3.9) so any runs scored will be well earned.