Baseball Recap: Cathedral City Takes a Loss

Cathedral City managed to slip by Twentynine Palms the last time these teams faced off, but didn't have those same answers this time around. The Cathedral City Lions came up short against the Twentynine Palms Wildcats on Monday, falling 13-5. That's two games in a row now that the Lions have lost by exactly eight runs.

Osvaldo Garcia was cooking despite his team's loss, scoring a run and stealing Four bases. while getting on base in three of his four plate appearances. Israel Cuahizo was another key player, going 3-for-4 with one RBI.

Lions

Hits

03/10/25 vs Twentynine Palms	12
02/25/25 @ Temecula Prep	9
03/04/25 @ Vista del Lago	6
02/22/25 @ West Valley	3
02/19/25 vs Desert Christian Academy	3

Even though they lost, Cathedral City kept the outfield on their toes and finished the game with 12 hits. That's the most hits they've managed all season.

Cathedral City dropped their record down to 0-6 with the defeat, which was their seventh straight at home dating back to last season. As for Twentynine Palms, the victory made it two in a row for them and bumps their season record up to 5-1.

Cathedral City didn't take long to hit the field again: they've already played their next contest, a 15-0 loss against Indio on the 13th. As for Twentynine Palms, they also wasted no time getting back out on the field and have already played their next game, a 12-1 win against Cobalt Institute of Math & Science Academy on the 12th.