Baseball Game Preview: Rancho Cotate Cougars vs. Roseville Tigers

The Rancho Cotate Cougars will challenge the Roseville Tigers at 4:00 p.m. on Saturday. Both come into the game bolstered by wins in their previous matches.

Rancho Cotate is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Friday. They skirted past Carmel 6-5. The win made it back-to-back victories for the Cougars.

Anthony Barbato looked comfortable as he tossed 2.2 innings while giving up no earned runs off one hit. He has been nothing but reliable on the mound: he hasn't given up more than two hits in four consecutive appearances.

Jett Derammelaere

Runs Batted In (Career)

06/06/25 @ Carmel	4
05/21/25 @ Justin-Siena	3
05/07/25 vs Windsor	2
03/26/25 vs Maria Carrillo	2
03/18/25 vs Maria Carrillo	2

At the plate, Jett Derammelaere was incredible, firing off two home runs and four RBI while going 2-for-3. Those four RBI gave him a new career-high. The team also got some help courtesy of Gauge Cummings, who went 1-for-3 with two RBI and one double.

Rancho Cotate lost a few balls and finished the game with two home runs. That's the most home runs they've managed all season.

Meanwhile, Roseville entered their tilt with Fowler on Friday with seven consecutive wins, and they'll enter their next game with eight. They blew past the Redcats 8-2.

Ethan Gustus looked comfortable as he didn't allow a single earned run and allowed only two hits while striking out eight over four innings pitched.

On the hitting side, the team relied heavily on John Vicente lll, who went 3-for-4 with one home run, four RBI, and two runs. Another player making a difference was Kyle Pettersen, who went 3-for-4 with one run and one double.

Roseville's win was their eighth straight at home, which pushed their record up to 23-11. The home victories came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 2.6 runs on average over those games. As for Rancho Cotate, their win bumped their record up to 18-13.