Baseball Recap: Kennedy Finds Playoff Glory Versus Pinole Valley

With a playoff win on the line, Kennedy rose to the challenge on Tuesday. They narrowly escaped with a victory as the squad sidled past the Pinole Valley Spartans 5-4. That's two games straight that the Titans have won by just one run.

Abhay Dhaliwal spent all seven innings on the mound, and it's clear why: he surrendered three earned (and one unearned) runs on nine hits.

Rylan Padilla

Runs Batted In (Career)

05/27/25 @ Pinole Valley	3
02/28/25 @ Hayward	2
04/14/25 @ Mission San Jose	1
03/05/25 vs Deer Valley	1
03/01/25 vs Monte Vista Christian	1

At the plate, the team relied heavily on Rylan Padilla, who went 2-for-3 with three RBI and one run. Those three RBI gave him a new career-high. The team also got some help courtesy of Hunter Padilla, who went 2-for-3 with one stolen base and one run.

Kennedy has been performing well recently as they've won four of their last five matchups. That's provided a massive bump to their 14-12 record this season. The wins came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 3.6 runs on average over those games. As for Pinole Valley, their loss ended a four-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 12-12-1.

As of now, neither Kennedy nor the Spartans have any future games scheduled.