Bishop Ireton’s varsity season likely came to an end with a 7-3 setback at St John’s Sunday in the quarterfinals of the WCAC baseball playoffs. The VISAA will select their field for state championship play later this month, but the Cardinals have not cracked the top 10 in the later stages of the season, making an invitation unlikely.
St John’s Brodie Leftridge got it done on the mound on the way to a win. He allowed three runs over four innings. He struck out four, walked one and surrendered five hits.
Robert Corallo was the game’s losing pitcher. He allowed six runs in five innings, walked two and struck out four. Five Cardinal miscues damaged the visitors all day.
St. John’s never surrendered the lead after the second inning, scoring one run on an error. St. John’s increased its lead with three runs in the third. A error scored Brodie and AJ Lee for the inning’s first run. That was followed up by Josh Simon‘s single, scoring Justin Diggs.
A three-run fourth inning helped bring the Cardinals within one at 4-3. An RBI single by Ryan Scott and a two-run double by Chandler Wilder set off the Bishop Ireton Cardinals Varsity rally. Finally, Brodie got Daniel Ward to ground out to end the threat.
St. John’s added two more runs in the bottom of the fourth. A clutch base hit scored Jake Bernstein to open the scoring in the frame. St Johns, the regular season champs, move on to face Gonzaga College High School in a best-of-three semifinal format with the winner meeting the series survivor of Bishop O’Connell and Good Counsel for the 2014 WCAC title.
The Washington Catholic Athletic Conference announced its 2014 all conference teams, player of the year, and coach of the year. The WCAC recognized seven Cardinals on their honorable mention list, including Sam Ratner, Ryan Scott, Jimmy Swiger, Robert Corallo, Seth Scalsky, Sean Workman, and Kyle Delaney. The player of the year was O’Connell sophomore Rafi Vazquez while Paul VI’s Jeff Nolan was voted the coach of the year.
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