It can be hard to translate regular season success to the playoffs, but East had no problem doing just that on Monday. They narrowly escaped with a win as the squad sidled past the Cardinal O'Hara Lions 5-4.
Ferri Ava made a splash while hitting and pitching. She looked comfortable on the mound, pitching seven innings while giving up three earned (and one unearned) runs off six hits. Ava was also solid in the batter's box, going 2-for-4 with two runs, one stolen base, and two RBI.
In other batting news, Caelyn Rodriguez was excellent, going 3-for-4 with three RBI and one double. Cross Daria was another key player, going 1-for-3 with two runs and one stolen base.
East is on a roll lately: they've won ten of their last 12 matches. That's provided a nice bump to their 17-8 record this season. Those victories came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 1.9 runs on average over those games. As for Cardinal O'Hara, with the loss, they broke their six-game winning streak and moved their record to 15-3.
As of now, neither East nor the Lions have any future games scheduled.
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