It's hard to turn regular season success into postseason wins, a fact Redwood can now relate to. They fell just short of the Cardinal Newman Cardinals by a score of 1-0 on Saturday. Redwood's loss signaled the end of their eight-game winning streak.
Redwood saw three different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Sam Gersch, who went 1-for-3 with a stolen base.
On Cardinal Newman's side, they got a great performance from Josh Jannicelli as he didn't allow a single earned run while striking out 13 over seven innings pitched. Jannicelli has been consistent recently: he hasn't pitched less than six innings in three consecutive pitching appearances.
Redwood's defeat dropped their record down to 26-4. As for Cardinal Newman, they are on a roll lately: they've won 17 of their last 18 matches, which provided a nice bump to their 25-5 record this season.
Redwood will look to defend their home field on Tuesday against Carmel at 4:00 p.m. Redwood is on a three-game streak of home wins, Carmel a four-game streak of away wins -- so someone will have to leave a streak behind on the field. Cardinal Newman will take on Chico at 4:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Both teams have allowed few runs on average, (Chico: 2.7, Cardinal Newman: 2.3) so any runs scored will be well earned.
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