Baseball Game Preview: Maria Carrillo Pumas vs. De Anza Dons

Maria Carrillo is on a four-game streak of home losses, and De Anza a seven-game streak of away losses dating back to last season. However, someone's due for a change in luck on Tuesday. The Maria Carrillo Pumas will be playing in front of their home fans against the De Anza Dons at 4:00 p.m. Both teams took a loss in their last game, so they'll have plenty of motivation to get the 'W'.

Rancho Cotate hit Maria Carrillo with a six-run first inning on Friday, which goes a long way in explaining the final result. The Pumas fell just short of the Cougars by a score of 11-9. That's two games in a row now that the Pumas have lost by exactly two runs.

Zach Brandt

Runs

04/18/25 vs Rancho Cotate	3
03/05/25 vs Vintage	2
02/28/25 @ Alameda	2
03/19/25 vs Ukiah	1

Zach Brandt was cooking despite his team's loss, going 2-for-3 with three runs, one triple, and one stolen base. Maria Carrillo is 2-1 when Brandt posts two or more runs, but 7-8 otherwise. Max Petersen was another key player, going 2-for-3 with two runs, one double, and one RBI.

Meanwhile, De Anza fought the good fight in their extra-innings matchup against Saint Mary's on Thursday but wound up with a less-than-desirable result. They fell just short of the Panthers by a score of 8-7.

Maria Carrillo's loss dropped their record down to 9-9. As for De Anza, their defeat dropped their record down to 2-11-1.