It's hard to turn regular season success into postseason wins, a fact University Christian can now relate to. They fell just short of the St. Johns Country Day Spartans by a score of 4-2 on Friday. For those keeping track at home, that's the closest loss the Fighting Christians have suffered against the Spartans since May 12, 2021.
University Christian got a good showing from Perke Robinson, who pitched 3.2 innings while giving up no earned runs off one hit. That's the first time Robinson hasn't allowed a single earned run since back in March.
At the plate, Ranses Venero made the most of his time in the batter's box despite the final result and got on base in all three of his plate appearances with one home run.
University Christian's defeat dropped their record down to 12-16. As for St. Johns Country Day, the win (which was their fifth in a row) raised their record to 21-8.
While University Christian had to take the loss, they won't have to wait long to give it another shot: the pair's next game is a rematch scheduled at 1:00 p.m. on Saturday.
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