Baseball Recap: Oak Mountain Comes Up Short

Oak Mountain was the 14-2 winner over John Carroll Catholic when they last played one another back in February of 2016, but their luck changed this time around. The Eagles fell just short of the Cavaliers by a score of 4-3 on Friday.

Oak Mountain has also traveled a rocky road recently, having lost three of their last four matchups. That's put a noticeable dent in their 14-11 record this season. Those losses can't be blamed on the team's pitching effort, having only surrendered 4.0 runs on average over those games. As for John Carroll Catholic, the win was the third in a row for them, bringing their record up to 14-12.

Oak Mountain has already played their next game (against Hoover), but no score has been uploaded at the time of writing. As for John Carroll Catholic, they will challenge Leeds at 4:30 p.m. on Tuesday. The Greenwave's pitching crew has only allowed four runs per game this season, so the Cavaliers' hitters will have their work cut out for them.