It's hard to turn regular season success into postseason wins, a fact Varela can now relate to. They fell just short of the Mater Academy Charter Lions by a score of 10-8 on Thursday. The pitching woes were uncharacteristic for the Vipers, who until this game were averaging 3.97 runs allowed.
Nick Baluja was cooking despite his team's loss, going 2-for-3 with two RBI and one run. The team also got some help courtesy of Alejandro Ponte, who went 2-for-3 with one run.
Varela dropped their record down to 20-10-2 with the loss, which was their third straight on the road. As for Mater Academy Charter, the victory (which was their ninth in a row) raised their record to 23-9-1.
As of now, neither Varela nor the Lions have any future games scheduled.
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