Softball Recap: Downey Victorious

It's playoff time, and Downey had no trouble coming through when it counted. They won by a run and slipped past the Grand Terrace Titans 5-4. For those keeping track at home, that's the closest victory the Vikings have posted since April 12th.

Jade Gonzalez

Doubles (Career)

05/15/25 @ Grand Terrace	2
05/06/25 @ Gahr	1
05/02/25 @ Lakewood	1
04/05/25 vs North	1
03/08/25 vs Whittier	1

Downey's win was truly a team effort as five different players contributed at least one hit. One of them was Jade Gonzalez, who went 3-for-4 with two doubles, one triple, and two RBI. Those two doubles gave Gonzalez a new career-high.

Downey has been performing well recently as they've won five of their last six games. That's provided a nice bump to their 19-10 record this season. The victories came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 2.8 runs on average over those games. As for Grand Terrace, their loss ended a nine-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 21-7.

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