Baseball Game Preview: Cordova Lancers vs. McClatchy Lions

Cordova hasn't had much luck against McClatchy recently, but that could start to change on Monday. Cordova is taking a road trip to square off against McClatchy at 4:00 p.m. One thing working in Cordova's favor is that they have posted at least ten runs in their last three matchups.

Last Friday, Cordova got the win against Kennedy by a conclusive 13-3. Considering the Lancers have won four contests by more than seven runs this season, Friday's blowout was nothing new.

Gabriel Bargas

Stolen Base (Career)

03/21/25 vs Kennedy	4
03/04/25 @ Rosemont	3
04/26/24 @ Foothill	3
03/19/25 @ Kennedy	2
04/24/24 vs Foothill	2

Cordova let Levi Nyberg and Gabriel Bargas run wild. Nyberg scored two runs and stole six bases while getting on base in all four of his plate appearances, while Bargas scored three runs and stole four bases while going 2-for-2. Those four stolen bases gave Bargas a new career-high. Another player making a difference was Daniel Swick, who scored two runs and stole three bases.

Meanwhile, while it was McClatchy who put the first points on the board on Friday, it was West Park who put up more. McClatchy fell just short of West Park by a score of 6-5. The loss was the Lions' first of the season.

McClatchy saw five different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Finn Ferris, who scored a run while getting on base in all four of his plate appearances. Antonio Barber was another, scoring a run and stealing a base while getting on base in two of his five plate appearances.

Cordova has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won six of their last seven games. That's provided a nice bump to their 6-4-1 record this season. The wins came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 3.3 runs on average over those games. Having lost for the first time this season, McClatchy fell to 8-1.

Cordova might still be hurting after the 8-0 loss they got from McClatchy in their previous meeting two weeks ago. Can Cordova avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.