Baseball Recap: Hemet Has No Trouble Against San Jacinto Valley Academy

In Monday's Canine Competition, Hemet prevailed. They were the clear victors by a 15-7 margin over the San Jacinto Valley Academy Wolves on Monday. The high-flying hitting performance was a huge turnaround for the Bulldogs considering their one-run performance the game before.

Marcos Mendivil was a major factor no matter where he played. On the mound, he didn't allow a single earned run and allowed only two hits over four innings pitched. He has been nothing but reliable: he hasn't given up more than two walks in six consecutive appearances. He was also big at the plate, going 3-for-5 with three stolen bases, four runs, and two doubles. That's the most stolen bases he has posted since back in March.

Tyler Trout

Runs Batted In (Career)

05/05/25 vs San Jacinto Valley Academy	6
04/08/25 @ Orange Vista	2
04/03/25 @ Rancho Buena Vista	2
02/28/25 @ Hamilton	2
04/24/25 @ JW North	1

In other batting news, the team relied heavily on Tyler Trout, who went 3-for-5 with six RBI, two stolen bases, and three doubles. Those six RBI gave him a new career-high. The team also got some help courtesy of Cohen Joiner, who got on base in three of his four plate appearances with three runs and one double.

Hemet was getting hits left and right and finished the game having posted a batting average of .441. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as San Jacinto Valley Academy only posted a batting average of .200.

Hemet's win ended a three-game drought at home and bumped them up to 10-15. As for San Jacinto Valley Academy, they moved to 18-9 with that loss, which also ended their five-game winning streak.

Coming up, Hemet will look to defend their home field on Tuesday against Moreno Valley at 3:15 p.m. The Vikings' pitching crew has only allowed 3.3 runs per game this season, so the Bulldogs' hitters will have their work cut out for them. As for San Jacinto Valley Academy, they will head out to take on Desert Christian Academy at 3:30 p.m. on Tuesday. The Conquerors have struggled to contain batters this season (they've allowed 8.89 runs per game on average), something the Wolves will no doubt try to take advantage of.