Baseball Game Preview: Rio Linda Knights vs. Woodland Wolves

For the second straight game, Rio Linda will face off against Woodland. The Knights will take on the Wolves at 4:15 p.m. on Friday. Rio Linda has a tough task ahead: they'll enter the matchup with six straight defeats, while Woodland will come in with six straight wins.

Woodland hit Rio Linda with a four-run third inning on Wednesday, which goes a long way in explaining the final result. The Knights fell just short of the Wolves by a score of 5-4.

Carlos Martinez

Runs

03/26/25 @ El Camino	3
04/30/25 vs Woodland	2
04/15/25 vs El Camino	2
04/14/25 vs South Tahoe	2
04/28/25 @ Woodland	1
+ 7 more games

Rio Linda saw five different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Carlos Martinez, who went a perfect 1-for-1 with two runs. Martinez is becoming a predictor of the Knights' success: when he posts at least two runs the team is 3-1 (and 10-13 when he doesn't). Another was Skylar Olson, who went 2-for-3 with one run and one RBI.

Woodland's victory was their eighth straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 21-7. The road wins came thanks in part to their hitting performance across that stretch, as they averaged 9.0 runs over those games. As for Rio Linda, they now have a losing record of 13-14.