It's hard to turn regular season success into postseason wins, a fact John Curtis Christian can now relate to. They took a 5-0 hit to the loss column at the hands of the Catholic-B.R. Bears on Saturday. John Curtis Christian's loss signaled the end of their four-game winning streak.
For Catholic-B.R.'s part, not much got past William Schmidt, who gave up just one hit and racked up nine Ks to keep John Curtis Christian off the board. Schmidt has been consistent recently: he hasn't pitched less than six innings in five consecutive pitching appearances.
At the plate, the team relied heavily on Jack Ruckert, who got on base in all four of his plate appearances with a double and an RBI. Noah Lewis was another key contributor, scoring two runs while going 2-for-3.
John Curtis Christian's defeat dropped their record down to 30-8. As for Catholic-B.R., they are on a roll lately: they've won 21 of their last 22 games, which provided a nice bump to their 38-2 record this season.
John Curtis Christian will get a bit of extra time to process the loss as their next game is a ways off. They'll take on Northshore at 5:00 p.m. on June 12th. John Curtis Christian is looking to tack on another W to their eight-game streak on the road. Catholic-B.R. does not have any more games scheduled as of now.
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