Baseball Game Preview: Canyon Comanches vs. Woodrow Wilson Bruins

The Canyon Comanches will square off against the Woodrow Wilson Bruins at 3:30 p.m. on Tuesday. Canyon will aim to continue their three-game streak of scoring more runs each matchup than the last.

Canyon is headed in fresh off scoring the most runs they have all season. They never let Crean Lutheran get on the board and left with a 9-0 win on Saturday. The Comanches haven't had any issues with the Saints recently, as the game was their fifth consecutive victory against them.

The result came thanks to Kemuel Zhang's shutout, as he gave up just a hit and racked up nine Ks. He has been nothing but reliable on the mound: he hasn't given up more than one earned run in four consecutive appearances.

Blake Lau

Runs (Career)

03/15/25 @ Crean Lutheran	2
03/04/25 @ Pacifica	1
02/25/25 @ Redondo Union	1
05/02/24 vs Temecula Valley	1
04/27/24 @ Yucaipa	1

At the plate, Blake Lau was excellent, scoring two runs while getting on base in three of his four plate appearances. The dominant performance gave him a new career-high in runs. Alex Clovery was another key player, scoring a run while going 1-for-4.

Canyon kept the outfield on their toes and finished the game with 11 hits. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now got at least eight hits in four consecutive games.

Meanwhile, Woodrow Wilson didn't have quite enough to beat Los Alamitos on Saturday and fell 5-3.

Woodrow Wilson saw six different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Rudy Carlos, who scored a run while going 1-for-3. Cade Miller also deserves some recognition as he got his first hit of the season.

Canyon's win was their fourth straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 6-3. Those victories came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 1.5 runs on average over those games. As for Woodrow Wilson, their defeat dropped their record down to 5-5.

Canyon beat Woodrow Wilson 8-4 when the teams last played back in February of 2023. Will Canyon repeat their success, or does Woodrow Wilson have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.