Baseball Game Preview: Pitman Pride vs. Downey Knights

For the second straight game, Pitman will face off against Downey. The Pride are taking a road trip to challenge the Knights at 4:00 p.m. on Friday. Pitman is coming into the matchup hot, having won their last three games.

On Wednesday, Pitman needed a bit of extra time to put away Downey. They won by a run and slipped past the Knights 8-7.

Nathan Cervantes

Runs

04/02/25 vs Downey	2
03/21/25 @ Enochs	2
03/12/25 vs East Union	2
03/31/25 @ Downey	1
03/19/25 vs Enochs	1
+ 2 more games

The team relied heavily on Nathan Cervantes, who scored two runs while going 2-for-4. Pitman is undefeated when Cervantes posts two or more runs, but 4-7 otherwise. Cole Kelley also deserves some recognition as he scored his first run of the season.

Pitman always had someone on base and finished the game having posted an OBP of .523. The last time their OBP was this high was back in April of 2024.

The victory got Pitman back to even at 7-7. As for Downey, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 5-9.