It's hard to turn regular season success into postseason wins, a fact Coastal Academy can now relate to. They fell just short of the Kearny Komets by a score of 2-0 on Friday. The match marked the first time this year in which Coastal Academy was not able to get on the board.
For Kearny's part, the result came thanks to Laird Eaton's shutout, as he gave up just four hits.
At the plate, Kearny saw five different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Elijah Duffy, who went 1-for-3 with an RBI.
Coastal Academy's loss ended a three-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 16-10. As for Kearny, they have been performing incredibly well recently as they've won 13 of their last 14 contests, which provided a massive bump to their 18-9 record this season.
Coastal Academy will stay at home for another game and welcome Army-Navy at 2:00 p.m. on Saturday. Kearny does not have any more games scheduled as of now.
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