Baseball Recap: Great Oak Takes a Loss

Great Oak dropped their record down to 11-15 on Monday, which also ended the team's three-game streak of wins at home. They fell just short of the Murrieta Mesa Rams by a score of 2-0. For those keeping track at home, that's the closest loss the Wolfpack have suffered since March 29th.

As for Murrieta Mesa, the win snapped their losing streak at four games and leaves them with a 14-11 record. For those keeping track at home, that's the closest victory they have posted against Great Oak since March 3, 2022.

For Murrieta Mesa's part, not much got past Tanner Blackmon, who gave up just a hit and racked up eight Ks to keep Great Oak off the board. Blackmon has been consistent: he hasn't given up more than two walks in eight consecutive appearances.

On the hitting side, Murrieta Mesa saw three different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Caleb Wagner, who went 2-for-3 with two stolen bases. Those two stolen bases gave Wagner a new career-high.

While Great Oak had to take the loss, they won't have to wait long to give it another shot: the pair's next game is a rematch scheduled at 3:30 p.m. on Tuesday.