Baseball Game Preview: South Spartans vs. Tehachapi Warriors

Spartans

Runs

05/06/25 vs Tehachapi	1
05/05/25 @ McFarland	5
05/01/25 @ North	6
04/29/25 vs North	7
04/24/25 vs Mira Monte	11
+ 21 more games

For the second straight game, South will face off against Tehachapi. The Spartans are taking a road trip to take on the Warriors at 4:00 p.m. on Thursday. South is strutting in with some hitting muscle as they've averaged 8.7 runs per game this season.

South is probably headed into the matchup with a chip on their shoulder considering Tehachapi just ended the team's seven-game winning streak on Tuesday. They came up short against the Warriors, falling 8-1. The contest marked the Spartans' lowest-scoring game so far this season.

South saw four different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Josh Encinas, who went 2-for-3 with one stolen base and one double.

The win was the 14th in a row for Tehachapi, bringing their record up to 21-6. Those victories came thanks in part to their hitting performance across that stretch, as they averaged 11.4 runs over those games. As for South, their defeat dropped their record down to 18-8.