Baseball Recap: Norco Gets the Win

By Team Reports Mar 31, 2025, 12:42pm

Baseball Recap: Norco Cougars vs. Arlington Lions

Arlington typically has all the answers at home, but on Tuesday Norco proved too difficult a challenge. They had just enough and edged out the Lions 1-0. The victory continues a trend for the Cougars in their matchups with the Lions: they've now won three in a row.

Trent Schlim

Batters Struck Out (Career)

03/25/25 @ Arlington5
02/17/25 @ Great Oak4
03/13/24 vs Corona4
03/01/24 vs Vista Murrieta4
03/20/25 vs Corona3

Trent Schlim looked comfortable as he tossed two innings while giving up no earned runs off two hits. The dominant performance also gave him a new career-high in strikeouts (five).

At the plate, Norco's win was truly a team effort as seven different players contributed at least one hit. One of them was Kevin Leon, who went 1-for-2 with one double. That double was Leon's first of the season.

Norco's victory bumped their record up to 4-6. As for Arlington, their defeat ended a four-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 9-4.

Norco has already played their next contest, a 6-0 win against Los Osos on the 29th. As for Arlington, they also didn't take long to hit the field again: they've already played their next match, an 18-0 victory against Poly on the 27th.

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