Baseball Recap: Oakland Tech Gets the Win

It can be hard to translate regular season success to the playoffs, but Oakland Tech had no problem doing just that on Friday. They won by a run and slipped past the Skyline Titans 6-5. Give some credit to the fans of both teams: the last six times they've met, the home team has come away the winner.

Hayden Burton

Batters Struck Out

05/02/25 vs Skyline	6
04/12/25 vs Lowell	2
03/22/25 vs Bishop O'Dowd	3
03/01/25 @ Berkeley	8

Hayden Burton and Elijah Rucker were major factors while hitting and pitching. On the mound, Burton struck out six batters over six innings while giving up four earned (and one unearned) runs off nine hits (and only one walk). Meanwhile, Rucker pitched one inning while giving up no earned runs or hits. That's the most strikeouts Burton has posted since back in March. At the plate, Burton went 2-for-4 with two RBI and one run, while Rucker went 2-for-4 with one home run and two runs.

In other batting news, Gyasi Rapier was excellent, going 2-for-4 with two stolen bases, two runs, and one RBI.

Oakland Tech's victory bumped their record up to 14-9. As for Skyline, they are on a three-game losing streak that has dropped them down to 9-12.

As of now, neither Oakland Tech nor the Titans have any future games scheduled.