It's hard to turn regular season success into postseason wins, a fact Redwood can now relate to. They lost 10-3 to the Cardinal Newman Cardinals on Saturday. The result was an unpleasant reminder to Redwood of the 1-0 loss they experienced in the pair's previous head-to-head fixture last Saturday.
Redwood got a good showing from Max Paul, who pitched two innings while giving up no earned runs or hits. Paul has been consistent recently: he hasn't given up more than two walks in three consecutive pitching appearances.
On the hitting side, Redwood saw four different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Theo Trono, who went 2-for-4 with a double and an RBI.
On Cardinal Newman's side, they got a great performance from Josh Jannicelli as he didn't allow a single earned run and only two hits over 4.1 innings pitched.
At the plate, Sam Valenti was excellent, scoring two runs while going 2-for-4.
Redwood's defeat ended a 12-game streak of away wins and brought them to 28-5. As for Cardinal Newman, they are on a roll lately: they've won 20 of their last 21 games, which provided a nice bump to their 28-5 record this season.
As of now, neither Redwood nor Cardinal Newman have any future games scheduled.
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