Baseball Recap: River Islands Takes a Loss

River Islands lost against Venture Academy last Monday, and unfortunately they wound up with the same result on Friday. River Islands lost 11-1 to Venture Academy. The game marked the Riptide's lowest-scoring match so far this season.

Matthew Echivarre

Stolen Base

03/28/25 vs Venture Academy	1
03/24/25 @ Venture Academy	3
03/07/25 vs Lathrop	1
03/04/25 vs Stockton Christian	1
03/03/25 vs Chavez	1
+ 2 more games

River Islands saw two different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Matthew Echivarre, who scored a run and stole a base while going 1-for-3. Echivarre has been hot, having posted at least one stolen base the last seven times he's played.

River Islands is on a three-game losing streak that has dropped them down to 6-4. As for Venture Academy, the victory (which was their ninth in a row) raised their record to 10-1.

Looking ahead, River Islands will square off against Turlock Christian at 4:15 p.m. on Monday. River Islands' pitchers better be ready for this one: Turlock Christian has averaged an impressive 6.6 runs per game this season. As for Venture Academy, they will face off against Aspire Langston Hughes Academy at 4:00 p.m. on Wednesday.