Baseball Recap: Friday's Win Is Tomball Kings' Seventh in Last Eight Outings

Tomball Kings made up a huge gap compared to their last game against Westside, but they still couldn't quite topple them. The Homeschool blew past the Wolves 16-3 on Friday. This was payback for the Homeschool, who suffered a 9-3 defeat the last time these two teams met.

Aj Rocha looked comfortable as he pitched three innings while giving up just one earned (and one unearned) run off three hits.

Owen Wilkins

Runs

04/04/25 @ Westside	4
03/19/25 @ Kinkaid	4
03/11/25 vs Sealy	4
02/13/25 @ Cesar E. Chavez	3
03/15/25 @ Emery/Weiner	2
+ 12 more games

At the plate, Tomball Kings got a massive performance out of Owen Wilkins, who scored four runs and stole a base while going 3-for-3. Wilkins is becoming a predictor of the Homeschool's success: when he posts at least two runs the team is 7-2 (and 8-11-1 when he doesn't). The team also got some help courtesy of Kaden Goodie, who scored a run and stole two bases while going 2-for-2.

Tomball Kings always had someone on base and finished the game having posted an OBP of .657. They are a perfect 10-0 when they post an OBP of .513 or better.

Tomball Kings has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won seven of their last eight matches. That's provided a nice bump to their 15-13-1 record this season. The wins came thanks in part to their hitting performance across that stretch, as they averaged 11.3 runs over those games. As for Westside, their loss dropped their record down to 3-13.

Both squads will have to hit the road in their upcoming games. Tomball Kings will take on Northland Christian at 12:00 p.m. on Saturday. The Homeschool are facing the Cougars at the right time seeing as the Cougars are stuck on a four-game losing streak. As for Westside, they will challenge Wisdom at 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday. The Generals have struggled to contain batters this season (they've allowed 15.71 runs per game on average), something the Wolves will no doubt try to take advantage of.