The Pacheco Panthers will venture away from home to square off against the Ceres Bulldogs at 4:00 p.m. on Tuesday. The two teams are sauntering into the matchup backed by comfortable wins in their prior games.
Pacheco is headed in fresh off scoring the most runs they have all season. Everything went their way against Johansen on Thursday as Pacheco made off with a 15-2 victory. Perhaps unsurprisingly given the team's high-flying offense, the game also marked the team's biggest win of the season.
Aidan Pikas
| 03/20/25 vs Johansen | 2 |
| 02/21/25 @ Sonora | 2 |
| 02/20/25 @ River Islands | 2 |
| 03/01/25 @ St. Francis | 1 |
| 02/28/25 @ Watsonville | 1 |
Aidan Pikas and Tucker Kim made a splash while hitting and pitching. On the mound, Pikas pitched four innings while giving up just one earned (and one unearned) run off three hits. Meanwhile, Kim tossed one inning while giving up no earned runs or hits. That's the first time he hasn't allowed a single hit since back in March of 2024. At the plate, Pikas scored two runs and stole a base while going 2-for-3, while Kim went 1-for-2 with four RBI and one run. Pacheco is 2-1 when Pikas posts two or more runs, but 2-6 otherwise.
In other batting news, Zealand Hatcher was incredible, scoring three runs and stealing two bases while going 2-for-3. He continues to improve, besting his previous point total in each of the last three games he's played. Thomas Price also deserves some recognition as he hit his first double of the season.
Pacheco always had someone on base and finished the game having posted an OBP of .588. The last time their OBP was this high was back in March of 2024.
Meanwhile, Ceres entered their tilt with Lathrop on Thursday with six consecutive wins, and they'll enter their next game with seven. They never let the Spartans get on the board and left with a 16-0 victory. Considering the Bulldogs have won five games by more than five runs this season, Thursday's blowout was nothing new.
The team relied heavily on Aiden Maines, who scored three runs and stole a base while going 4-for-4. Those four hits gave him a new career-high. The team also got some help courtesy of Isaac Moreno, who scored two runs while going 2-for-4.
Ceres' win was their fourth straight at home, which pushed their record up to 10-3. The victories came thanks in part to their hitting performance across that stretch, as they averaged 9.5 runs over those games. As for Pacheco, their win ended a six-game drought at home dating back to last season and bumped them up to 4-7.
Pacheco suffered a grim 9-2 defeat to Ceres in their previous matchup back in April of 2024. Can Pacheco avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
