Baseball Recap: Novato Beats Marin Catholic for Their Fourth Straight Victory

Hornets

Margin (Wins)

04/29/25 vs Marin Catholic	10
04/22/25 vs Branson	10
04/12/25 vs Analy	9
04/04/25 @ San Rafael	9
04/15/25 @ Tamalpais	8

Novato extended their winning streak to four on Tuesday, bumping their season record up to 12-8 in the process. Everything went their way against the Marin Catholic Wildcats as they made off with an 11-1 victory. Considering the Hornets have won seven matches by more than five runs this season, Tuesday's blowout was nothing new.

JP Harmon made a splash no matter where he played. He struck out six batters over six innings while giving up just one earned run off three hits. He has been nothing but reliable on the mound: he hasn't given up more than one earned run in nine consecutive appearances. He was also solid in the batter's box, getting on base in two of his four plate appearances with three runs and one stolen base. Those three runs gave him a new career-high.

In other batting news, the team relied heavily on Dominic Scafani, who went 2-for-4 with three stolen bases, two RBI, and one run. Gio Castaing was another key player, getting on base in three of his four plate appearances with two stolen bases, two runs, and two RBI.

As for Marin Catholic, they are on a three-game losing streak that has dropped them down to 10-10. The pitching woes were uncharacteristic for they, who until this game were averaging 3.95 runs allowed.

On Marin Catholic's side, they got a good showing from Jack McGovern, who tossed two innings while giving up no earned runs or hits. The Wildcats are 5-2 when McGovern allows one or fewer earned runs, but 5-8 otherwise.

At the plate, Marin Catholic saw four different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Johnny Greco, who went 1-for-2 with one double. That double was Greco's first of the season.

Novato will have a chance to go back-to-back against Marin Catholic: the pair's next game is a rematch scheduled at 4:30 p.m. on Friday.