It's hard to turn regular season success into postseason wins, a fact St. John's Christian Academy can now relate to. They fell just short of the Colleton Prep Academy War Hawks by a score of 4-3 on Thursday. St. John's Christian Academy has now taken an 'L' in back-to-back games.
Leonard Huxford put in work while hitting and pitching. He struck out six batters over seven innings while giving up just one earned (and three unearned) runs off four hits. Huxford has been consistent recently: he hasn't tossed less than five strikeouts in three consecutive pitching appearances. Huxford was also big at the plate, going 2-for-4 with a triple and two RBI.
In other batting news, Landon Chipman made the most of his time at bat despite the final result and scored two runs and stole three bases while getting on base in two of his three plate appearances. He has been hot recently, having posted at least one stolen base the last three times he's played. Sumter Moorer was another key contributor, scoring a run while getting on base in three of his four plate appearances.
St. John's Christian Academy's loss dropped their record down to 13-9. As for Colleton Prep Academy, they have been performing well recently as they've won three of their last four contests, which provided a nice bump to their 11-9 record this season.
As of now, neither St. John's Christian Academy nor Colleton Prep Academy have any future games scheduled.
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