Baseball Recap: Madison Wins Going Away Against El Capitan

Madison lost a heartbreaker the last time they played El Capitan, but it's fair to say they got their revenge given the result of Wednesday's matchup. Everything went the Madison Warhawks' way against the El Capitan Vaqueros on Wednesday as the Madison Warhawks made off with a 9-1 win. The result was nothing new for the Warhawks, who have now won three games by eight runs or more so far this season.

Easton Ochoa made a big impact while hitting and pitching. On the mound, he tossed three innings while giving up no earned runs off one hit. Ochoa was also stellar in the batter's box, going 1-for-3 with two runs, one triple, and two RBI. That triple marked the first that he hit this season.

William Barden

Hits (Career)

03/19/25 @ El Capitan	2
03/05/25 vs Steele Canyon	1
05/03/24 @ St. Augustine	1
04/24/24 @ Cathedral Catholic	1
04/19/24 @ Christian	1

In other batting news, the team relied heavily on William Barden, who scored two runs while going 2-for-3. The dominant performance gave him a new career-high in hits. The team also got some help courtesy of Harrison Brown, who went a perfect 1-for-1 with one triple and one run.

Madison kept the outfield on their toes and finished the game with 11 hits. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as El Capitan only managed five hits.

The victory made it two in a row for Madison and bumps their season record up to 5-3. The wins came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 1.0 run on average over those games. As for El Capitan, their defeat ended a four-game streak of wins at home dating back to last season and dropped them to 3-2.

Coming up, Madison will take on Grossmont in a tournament on Friday. The two teams have allowed few runs on average, (Madison 2.4, Grossmont 3.8) so any runs scored will be well earned. As for El Capitan, they will be taking part in a tournament against San Ysidro at 4:00 p.m. on Friday. San Ysidro's pitching crew has only allowed 3.5 runs per game this season, so El Capitan's hitters will have their work cut out for them.