Baseball Game Preview: Verdugo Hills Dons vs. North Hollywood Huskies

The Verdugo Hills Dons will head out on the road to square off against the North Hollywood Huskies at 3:30 p.m. on Monday. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Verdugo Hills has four straight victories, North Hollywood has seven straight defeats), but none of that matters once you're on the field.

On Saturday, Verdugo Hills was able to grind out a solid win over Kennedy, taking the game 6-3.

Milo Medeiros looked comfortable as he tossed four innings while giving up just one earned (and one unearned) run off one hit. He has been consistent : he hasn't given up more than two hits in eight consecutive appearances.

Bryan Aquino

Runs (Career)

04/05/25 @ Kennedy	2
03/31/25 vs Monroe	1
03/22/25 @ Marshall	1
03/17/25 @ North Hollywood	1
03/01/25 vs Village Christian	1

On the hitting side, Verdugo Hills' victory was truly a team effort as seven different players contributed at least one hit. One of them was Bryan Aquino, who scored two runs while going 1-for-3. Those two runs gave Aquino a new career-high. D'Angelo Duran was another, scoring a run and stealing a base while getting on base in two of his four plate appearances.

Verdugo Hills was getting hits left and right and finished the game having posted a batting average of .385. They are a perfect 3-0 when they post a batting average of .375 or better.

Meanwhile, North Hollywood fell victim to Sylmar and their airtight pitching crew on Saturday. They lost 11-0 to the Spartans.

Verdugo Hills' record now sits at 5-11. As for North Hollywood, their loss dropped their record down to 1-10.

Verdugo Hills came up short against North Hollywood when the teams last played back in March, falling 6-3. Can the Dons avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.