Baseball Recap: Washington Beats Balboa for Their Second Straight Win

Washington barely beat Balboa the last time the pair played, but that sure wasn't the case this time around. Washington's pitchers stepped up to hand Balboa a 10-0 shutout on Thursday. That's the third time they've managed to beat them this season, with their most recent victory being a 5-4 win last Wednesday.

Tasso Tourlos made a splash while hitting and pitching. He didn't allow a single earned run and allowed only two hits while striking out eight over 4.2 innings pitched. He also tossed no earned runs, which is notable because Washington is 3-1 when he allows at most one earned run, but 2-5 otherwise. Tourlos was also big at the plate, scoring two runs and stealing two bases while getting on base in three of his four plate appearances. He has been hot, having posted at least one stolen base the last five times he's played.

Andrew Kim

Runs Batted In (Career)

03/27/25 vs Balboa	5
03/20/25 @ The Academy - San Francisco	4
03/13/24 @ Burton	3
03/06/25 vs Balboa	2
04/25/24 vs Galileo	2

In other batting news, the team relied heavily on Andrew Kim, who went 2-for-3 with two stolen bases, five RBI, and one run. Those five RBI gave him a new career-high. Nick Wilson was another key player, scoring a run and stealing two bases while going 3-for-4.

Washington was getting hits left and right and finished the game having posted a batting average of .435. They are a perfect 3-0 when they post a batting average of .375 or better.

The victory made it two in a row for Washington and bumps their season record up to 5-6. A key ingredient in that success has been their performance when it comes to hits: they averaged an imposing ten hits in those games compared to only five in the others. As for Balboa, they dropped their record down to 0-7 with the defeat, which was their fifth straight on the road dating back to last season.

Both squads will have to hit the road in their upcoming games. Washington will face off against Woodside at 10:00 a.m. on Saturday. As for Balboa, they will get a bit of extra time to process the loss as their next game is a ways off. They'll take on Lincoln at 3:30 p.m. on April 9.