Baseball Recap: Rio Lindo Adventist Beats Laytonville for Their Fourth Straight Win

Spartans

Previous 4 Games

04/10/25 @ Laytonville	6-1
04/07/25 @ Roseland Collegiate Prep	15-4
04/03/25 @ Victory Christian Academy	7-4
03/10/25 vs Roseland Collegiate Prep	21-2

Rio Lindo Adventist came tearing into Thursday's contest with three straight wins (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 11 runs), and they left with even more momentum. They walked away with a 6-1 victory over the Laytonville Warriors.

Jhordany Barcenas was a major factor while hitting and pitching. He looked comfortable on the mound, not allowing a single earned run and allowing only two hits while striking out 14 over six innings pitched. He also put up five walks, which were his first of the season. He was also solid in the batter's box, scoring two runs while going 2-for-3.

In other batting news, Kotaro Yoshimura and Vincent Barcenas did most of the damage at the plate: Yoshimura went 2-for-3 with two stolen bases, one triple, and two RBI, while Vincent scored a run and stole two bases while going 2-for-3. That triple was Yoshimura's first of the season. Noah Malin was another key player, getting on base in three of his four plate appearances with one stolen base and one RBI.

Rio Lindo Adventist was getting hits left and right and finished the game having posted a batting average of .419. That was just more of the same: they've now posted a batting average of .310 or higher in four consecutive matches.

Rio Lindo Adventist's win was their fourth straight on the road dating back to last season, which pushed their record up to 4-1. The road victories came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 4.0 runs on average over those games. As for Laytonville, they are on a five-game losing streak (dating back to last season) that has dropped them down to 0-3.

Rio Lindo Adventist will have a chance to go back-to-back against the Warriors: the pair's next game is a rematch scheduled at 3:00 p.m. on Friday.