It's hard to turn regular season success into postseason wins, a fact St. Joseph Catholic can now relate to. They lost 12-4 to the Hartfield Academy Hawks on Thursday. St. Joseph Catholic's defeat continues a trend for the team, making it six in a row.
Charlie Gordon was cooking despite his team's loss, scoring two runs while getting on base in three of his four plate appearances.
On Hartfield Academy's side, Taylor Latham looked comfortable as he pitched 3.2 innings while giving up just one earned (and one unearned) run off four hits.
At the plate, the team relied heavily on Graham Jackson, who scored three runs and stole a base while going 3-for-5. He has been hot recently, having posted at least one stolen base the last five times he's played. Another player making a difference was Sam Sheffield, who scored a run while going 2-for-4.
St. Joseph Catholic's loss dropped their record down to 14-22. As for Hartfield Academy, the win (which was their third in a row) raised their record to 27-9.
As of now, neither St. Joseph Catholic nor Hartfield Academy have any future games scheduled.
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