Baseball Recap: Newark Memorial's Luck Takes a Turn for the Worse on Friday

Newark Memorial fought the good fight in their extra-innings matchup against Washington on Friday but wound up with a less-than-desirable result. They fell just short of the Huskies by a score of 9-8. The game snapped a strange streak: the last four times these teams have met, it?s been the away team that?s taken home the W.

Noah Hanohano

Batters Struck Out

05/02/25 @ Washington	7
04/17/25 vs American	14
04/12/25 vs James Logan	13
04/04/25 vs Mission San Jose	10
03/28/25 vs Moreau Catholic	6
+ 2 more games

Noah Hanohano was huge while hitting and pitching even without the win. He looked comfortable on the mound, not allowing a single earned run while striking out seven over five innings pitched. He has been consistent: he hasn't tossed less than six strikeouts in seven consecutive appearances. He was also big at the plate, going 2-for-5 with one home run. That home run was his first of the season.

In other pitching news, Newark Memorial got a good showing from Max Segura, who tossed one inning while giving up no earned runs off one hit. Segura has been nothing but reliable on the mound: he hasn't given up more than one earned run in five consecutive appearances.

Back at the plate, Anthony Medrano made the most of his time at bat despite the final result and went 3-for-5 with one home run, three RBI, and two runs. The team also got some help courtesy of Andres Romo, who went 2-for-4 with one run, one double, and one RBI.

Newark Memorial moved to 14-4 with that defeat, which also ended their four-game winning streak. As for Washington, they now have a winning record of 10-9.

Coming up, Newark Memorial will be playing at home against Alameda at 11:00 a.m. on Saturday. As for Washington, they will welcome Amador Valley at 11:00 a.m. on Saturday. The Dons' pitching crew has only allowed 4.1 runs per game this season, so the Huskies' hitters will have their work cut out for them.