It's hard to turn regular season success into postseason wins, a fact Sunset can now relate to. They fell just short of the St. Brendan Sabres by a score of 2-0 on Wednesday. For those keeping track at home, that's the closest defeat the Knights have suffered since March 6th.
Sunset handed starting duties to Diego Maldonado, who gave a strong showing despite the result: he struck out seven batters over six innings while giving up just one earned (and one unearned) run off five hits.
Sunset's loss dropped their record down to 15-10. As for St. Brendan, the victory was the fourth in a row for them, bringing their record up to 14-9.
Sunset will have a little extra prep time after the defeat as they won't be playing again for a while. They'll take on iMater Charter at 7:00 p.m. on the 25th. IMater Charter's pitching crew has only allowed 3.7 runs per game this season, so Sunset's hitters will have their work cut out for them. As for St. Brendan, they have already played their next contest, a 9-7 win against Gulliver Prep on the 16th.
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