Celtics
| 04/25/26 vs Canterbury | 11-1 |
| 04/16/26 vs The Village School of Naples | 13-1 |
| 04/14/26 vs Donahue Catholic | 11-0 |
| 04/10/26 vs St. John's | 8-7 |
| 04/09/26 vs Mariner | 3-0 |
| 04/08/26 vs Monsignor Pace | 6-4 |
It can be hard to translate regular season success to the playoffs, but Neumann had no problem doing just that on Saturday. Everything went their way against the Canterbury Crusaders as they made off with an 11-1 victory. The win was familiar territory for the Celtics, who have now won six matchups in a row.
Neumann got a great performance from MJ Hough as he struck out eight batters over five innings while giving up just one earned run off four hits (and not a single walk). Hough has been consistent recently: he hasn't given up more than one walk in three consecutive appearances.
At the plate, the team relied heavily on Cole Travers, who got on base in all four of his plate appearances with one home run, three runs, and two RBI. Those three runs gave him a new career-high. The team also got some help courtesy of Gus Fusco, who went 2-for-4 with two runs and two RBI.
Neumann was getting hits left and right and finished the game having posted a batting average of .476. That was just more of the same: they've now posted a batting average of .300 or higher in seven consecutive contests.
Neumann's victory bumped their record up to 16-11. As for Canterbury, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 17-4.
Looking ahead, Neumann will take on Evangelical Christian at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. The Celtics' pitchers better be ready for this one: the Sentinels have averaged an impressive 7.9 runs per game this season. Canterbury does not have any more games scheduled as of now.
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