Baseball Recap: Vanden Triumphs

It may have taken eight innings to finish the job, but Vanden ultimately got the result they hoped for on Tuesday. They won by a run and slipped past the Wood Wildcats 7-6. The Vikings haven't had any issues with the Wildcats recently, as the game was their sixth consecutive win against them.

Mariano Gonzalez

Batters Struck Out

04/08/25 vs Wood	8
04/03/25 @ Rodriguez	5
03/28/25 vs Pinole Valley	4
03/21/25 @ American Canyon	0
03/19/25 @ Pioneer	4
03/11/25 @ River City	8

Mariano Gonzalez was a major factor while hitting and pitching. On the mound, he struck out eight batters over four innings while giving up three earned runs off three hits. That's the most strikeouts he has posted since back in March. He was also solid in the batter's box, going 3-for-5 with one stolen base and one RBI.

In other batting news, Kekoa Grinton was incredible, scoring two runs and stealing a base while going 1-for-4. Another player making a difference was Jackson Armstrong, who scored a run and stole two bases while getting on base in all four of his plate appearances.

Vanden was getting hits left and right and finished the game having posted a batting average of .375. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as Wood only posted a batting average of .148.

Vanden's victory bumped their record up to 6-13. As for Wood, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 7-11.

Vanden will have a chance to go back-to-back against the Wildcats: the pair's next game is a rematch scheduled at 4:00 p.m. on Thursday.