Baseball Recap: Newark Memorial Takes a Tough Playoff Loss

It's hard to turn regular season success into postseason wins, a fact Newark Memorial can now relate to. They lost 10-0 to the Cardinal Newman Cardinals on Wednesday. The pitching woes were uncharacteristic for the Cougars, who until this game were averaging 3.25 runs allowed.

Newark Memorial's loss ended a three-game streak of away wins and brought them to 18-6. As for Cardinal Newman, the win was the eighth in a row for them, bringing their record up to 17-10.

Newark Memorial does not have any more games scheduled as of now. As for Cardinal Newman, they will take on Amador Valley at 1:00 p.m. on Saturday. The Cardinals' pitchers better be ready for this one: the Dons have averaged an impressive 6.4 runs per game this season.