Oakdale and Central Catholic squared off in some playoff action on Wednesday, but Oakdale had to settle for second. They took a 3-0 hit to the loss column at the hands of the Central Catholic Raiders. The shutout was out of character for Oakdale seeing as the last time the team failed to score was back in March.
For Central Catholic's part, not much got past Adrian Garcia, who gave up just three hits and racked up seven Ks to keep Oakdale off the board. Garcia has been consistent recently: he hasn't tossed less than five strikeouts in three consecutive pitching appearances.
This is the second loss in a row for Oakdale and nudges their season record down to 23-9. As for Central Catholic, they are on a roll lately: they've won nine of their last ten matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 21-8 record this season.
While Oakdale had to take the loss, they won't have to wait long to give it another shot: the pair's next game is a rematch scheduled at 4:00 p.m. on Thursday.
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