Baseball Recap: Eight Straight Home Victories for San Marino

Titans

Margin (Wins)

02/27/25 vs Cathedral	12
02/22/25 @ Marshall	10
02/21/25 vs Flintridge Prep	8
03/17/25 vs Monrovia	7
03/10/25 @ Cerritos	7

San Marino entered their tilt with Monrovia on Monday with two consecutive wins , and they'll enter their next game with three. They beat the Monrovia Wildcats by the very same score they won with in their prior game: 8-1. Considering the Titans have won seven matchups by more than five runs this season, Monday's blowout was nothing new.

Tom?s Bilvado made a splash while hitting and pitching. He struck out 11 batters over seven innings while giving up just one earned run off four hits. Those 11 strikeouts gave him a new career-high. He was also solid in the batter's box, scoring a run while going 2-for-4.

In other batting news, Chase Mena was incredible, scoring a run and stealing a base while going 2-for-3. Charlie Danenhauer was another key player, scoring two runs while going 2-for-2.

San Marino was getting hits left and right and finished the game having posted a batting average of .417. The team's really been improving in that area: they've now improved their batting average total in three consecutive contests.

San Marino's win was their eighth straight at home dating back to last season, which pushed their record up to 9-2. The wins came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 1.4 runs on average over those games. As for Monrovia, their defeat ended a four-game streak of away wins dating back to last season and brought them to 7-3.

San Marino and Monrovia should be looking forward to their upcoming games as both have a sizable advantage in the MaxPreps California Rankings. San Marino will square off against La Canada at 3:30 p.m. on Wednesday up 484 places (59 vs. 543). The two teams have allowed few runs on average, (San Marino 2.1, Monrovia 2.8) so any runs scored will be well earned. Meanwhile, Monrovia (ranked 83rd) will meet South Pasadena (ranked 481st) at 3:30 p.m. on Wednesday. San Marino is strutting in with some hitting muscle as they've averaged 7.1 runs per game this season.