Baseball Recap: East Bakersfield Drops Season-High Score on West

Blades

Team Score (Highest)

03/25/25 @ West	18
03/01/25 @ Rosamond	15
03/03/25 @ Mira Monte	13
03/21/25 @ North	9
02/26/25 @ Golden Valley	4

Winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask East Bakersfield). They blew past the West Vikings 18-2 on Tuesday. The high-flying hitting performance was a huge turnaround for the Blades considering their two-run performance the matchup before.

CHRIS CARPIO was a major factor no matter where he played. On the mound, he tossed two innings while giving up no earned runs or hits. He also tossed a walk, which is notable because East Bakersfield is 2-1 when he allows at most two walks, but 3-4 otherwise. CARPIO was also big at the plate, scoring two runs and stealing a base while going 1-for-3. He has been hot recently, having posted at least one stolen base the last three times he's played.

In other batting news, RANDY LENOIR and SEBASTIAN MENDOZA did most of the damage at the plate: LENOIR scored two runs while getting on base in four of his five plate appearances, while MENDOZA scored two runs while going 2-for-5. East Bakersfield is undefeated when LENOIR posts two or more runs, but 1-5 otherwise. ANGEL CHACON was another key player, scoring two runs while going 2-for-3.

East Bakersfield always had someone on base and finished the game having posted an OBP of .537. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as West only posted an OBP of .333.

The victory got East Bakersfield back to even at 5-5. As for West, they are on a four-game losing streak that has dropped them down to 2-8.

Both squads are looking forward to the support of their home crowds in their upcoming games. East Bakersfield will challenge Del Oro at 4:00 p.m. on Thursday. As for West, they will take on North at 4:00 p.m. on Thursday. West's pitchers better be ready for this one: North has averaged an impressive 6.4 runs per game this season.