The Rialto Knights will take on the Oak Hills Bulldogs at 3:00 p.m. on Thursday. Both come into the contest bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
Rialto's hitters will try to repeat the strong performance they gave on Friday, when they got past Muir's usually-dominant pitching crew. Everything went Rialto's way against Muir as Rialto made off with an 11-1 victory. The win made it back-to-back victories for the Knights.
Izzeah Zepeda was a major factor no matter where he played. He looked comfortable on the mound, tossing three innings while giving up no earned runs off two hits. Zepeda was also big at the plate, scoring two runs while going 2-for-2.
In other batting news, the team relied heavily on Aydin Ayala, who scored two runs and stole a base while going 2-for-3. That's the most runs he has posted since back in March of 2024. Daniel Nunez was another key player, going 1-for-2 with two RBI and one double.
Rialto was getting hits left and right and finished the game having posted a batting average of .391. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as Muir only posted a batting average of .211.
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Oak Hills). They walked away with an 8-4 win over Chaffey on Tuesday.
Like Rialto, Oak Hills also got a great game from a two-way player: Jacob Webster. On the mound, he struck out eight batters over five innings while giving up just one earned (and two unearned) runs off three hits. That's the fewest earned runs Webster has allowed since back in April of 2024. He was also stellar in the batter's box, scoring two runs and stealing Two bases. while going 1-for-3. He also hit a double, marking his first of the season.
In other batting news, Seth Marcil and Connor Wagner did most of the damage at the plate: Marcil scored two runs while going 2-for-3, while Wagner scored two runs while going 2-for-3. James Juarez also deserves some recognition as he got his first hit of the season.
Oak Hills' victory was their tenth straight at home dating back to last season, which pushed their record up to 5-1. Those victories came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 2.5 runs on average over those games. As for Rialto, their win bumped their record up to 2-0.
