Baseball Game Preview: Camarillo Scorpions vs. Long Beach Poly Jackrabbits

The Camarillo Scorpions will square off against the Long Beach Poly Jackrabbits at 3:15 p.m. on Friday. Both teams are coming into the match red-hot, with Camarillo sitting on four straight wins and Long Beach Poly on three.

Camarillo is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Tuesday. They walked away with a 6-2 victory over Moreno Valley. Six seems to be a good number for the Scorpions as the team scooped up a win with the same number of runs in their previous game.

Andrew Aragon

Earned Runs

05/20/25 @ Moreno Valley	1
05/05/25 @ Oak Park	0
05/02/25 vs Royal	1

Andrew Aragon tossed a big game, striking out six batters over five innings while giving up just one earned (and one unearned) run off six hits. He has been consistent recently: he hasn't given up more than one earned run in three consecutive appearances.

On the hitting side, Grant Tsuji was excellent, going 2-for-4 with one run, one double, and one RBI. Travis Wade also deserves some recognition as he hit his first double of the season.

Camarillo kept the outfield on their toes and finished the game with 12 hits. That's a new trend for them: they were averaging 4.6 hits per game earlier this season, but in their last 15 games they've averaged 13.

Meanwhile, Long Beach Poly had just enough and edged out Poly 4-3 on Tuesday. That's two games straight that the Jackrabbits have won by just one run.

Long Beach Poly also got a great performance from Ryan King as he tossed six innings while giving up just two earned (and one unearned) runs off four hits.

At the plate, Long Beach Poly saw six different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Izaiyah Gutierrez, who went 2-for-4 with one stolen base and one run.

Long Beach Poly pushed their record up to 16-13 with the victory, which was their third straight at home. Those home wins came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 1.3 runs on average over those games. As for Camarillo, their record is now 14-16.