Baseball Game Preview: Highland Bulldogs vs. Littlerock Lobos

Highland has gone a perfect 10-0 against Littlerock recently and they'll look to pad the win column further on Wednesday. The Bulldogs will head out to face off against the Lobos at 3:15 p.m. The two teams are sauntering into the matchup backed by comfortable wins in their prior games.

Highland picked up another tournament win on Wednesday. They blew past West Salem 16-10.

Victor Hernandez looked comfortable as he pitched 2.1 innings while giving up no earned runs off one hit. He has been consistent : he hasn't given up more than one walk in six consecutive appearances.

Nick Gonzales

Runs

03/26/25 vs West Salem	3
03/21/25 vs Knight	2
03/19/25 @ Knight	2
03/07/25 vs Burroughs	2
02/25/25 vs Patriot	2
+ 4 more games

On the hitting side, Nick Gonzales was incredible, getting on base in all four of his plate appearances with three runs, one triple, and one RBI. He is becoming a predictor of Highland's success: when he posts at least two runs the team is undefeated (and 1-5-1 when he doesn't). The team also got some help courtesy of Arturo Carrillo, who scored two runs while going 1-for-2.

Highland was getting hits left and right and finished the game having posted a batting average of .565. The last time their batting average was this high was back in April of 2024.

Meanwhile, Littlerock had already won seven in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 6.7 runs) and they went ahead and made it eight on Tuesday. Their pitchers stepped up to hand the Jaguars an 11-0 shutout. The result was nothing new for the Lobos, who have now won seven matchups by six runs or more so far this season.

Littlerock's victory was their ninth straight at home dating back to last season, which pushed their record up to 10-5. Those home wins came thanks in part to their hitting performance across that stretch, as they averaged 9.1 runs over those games. As for Highland, their record now sits at 7-5-1.

Highland was able to grind out a solid victory over Littlerock in their previous meeting back in March of 2024, winning 6-2. The rematch might be a little tougher for the Bulldogs since the team won't have the home-field advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.