It's hard to turn regular season success into postseason wins, a fact St. Johns Country Day can now relate to. They fell just short of the St. Joseph Academy Flashes by a score of 2-1 on Thursday. St. Johns Country Day's defeat signaled the end of their six-game winning streak.
St. Johns Country Day got a good showing from Jack Ensell, who pitched four innings while giving up just one earned run off two hits. Ensell has been consistent recently: he hasn't given up more than one earned run in three consecutive pitching appearances.
At the plate, James Gilson was cooking despite his team's loss, getting on base in all four of his plate appearances with a double and an RBI. Another player making a difference was Preston Cole, who got on base in all three of his plate appearances with a stolen base.
On St. Joseph Academy's side, they got a great performance from Sean Miskowiec as he didn't allow a single earned run while striking out six over six innings pitched.
On the hitting side, the team relied heavily on Dayton Taylor, who went 1-for-3 with a home run.
St. Johns Country Day's loss dropped their record down to 20-6. As for St. Joseph Academy, the win made it two in a row for them and bumps their season record up to 19-8.
As of now, neither St. Johns Country Day nor St. Joseph Academy have any future games scheduled.
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