Berkeley is 8-2 against Arroyo since May of 2019 and they'll have a chance to extend that dominance on Thursday. The Yellowjackets will head out on the road to square off against the Dons at 4:00 p.m. Expect the scorekeeper to be kept busy: if their previous games are any indication, these teams will really light up the scoreboard.
Berkeley's pitching crew heads into the matchup hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Tuesday. They blew past Hayward 10-0. The Yellowjackets haven't had any issues with the Farmers recently, as the game was their sixth consecutive win against them.
Simon Scurlock tossed a big game, not allowing a single earned run and allowing only one hit while striking out seven over five innings pitched. He also tossed a walk, which is notable because Berkeley is 3-1 when he allows at most one walk, but 5-9 otherwise.
Seddrick Henderson
| 04/22/25 vs Hayward | 2 |
| 04/18/25 vs Castro Valley | 1 |
| 03/15/25 @ El Cerrito | 1 |
| 03/07/25 @ Foothill | 1 |
| 03/01/25 vs Oakland Tech | 1 |
On the hitting side, Seddrick Henderson was a standout: he went a perfect 2-for-2 with one home run, two runs, and one stolen base. Those two hits gave him a new career-high. Another player making a difference was Chase Worthington, who went a perfect 2-for-2 with two runs, one triple, and one stolen base.
Berkeley was getting hits left and right and finished the game having posted a batting average of .478. They are a perfect 3-0 when they post a batting average of .375 or better.
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Arroyo). They put the hurt on Tennyson with a sharp 16-0 victory on Wednesday. The win was familiar territory for the Dons, who have now won five contests in a row.
Arroyo let Marco Carbajal and Justin Nelson run wild. Carbajal went 1-for-4 with four runs, two stolen bases, and three RBI, while Nelson went 2-for-3 with one home run, two runs, and two RBI. That home run marked the first that Nelson has launched this season. The team also got some help courtesy of Michael Loller, who went 1-for-2 with two stolen bases, one run, and one RBI.
The victory got Arroyo back to even at 8-8. As for Berkeley, their record is now 8-10.
