Baseball Preview: Oxnard Yellowjackets vs. Milken Wildcats
The Oxnard Yellowjackets will head out on the road to challenge the Milken Wildcats at 3:00 p.m. on Wednesday. Oxnard has a tough task ahead: they'll enter the contest with seven, while Milken will come in with seven straight victories.
On Tuesday, it was a hard-fought match, but Oxnard had to settle for a 5-4 defeat against Oak Park.
Nate Gomez was cooking despite his team's loss, scoring a run while going 2-for-3. Cooper Moreau was another key contributor, scoring a run and stealing a base while going 1-for-2.
Milken proved they can win big last Tuesday (they won by 13) but on Thursday they proved they can win the close ones too. They sure made it a nail-biter, but they managed to escape with a 3-1 win over Buckley.
Milken also got a great performance from Jordan Liebman as he didn't allow a single earned run and only one hit over 4.1 innings pitched. Benjamin Feiner relieved him and did a solid job, pitching 2.2 innings while giving up no earned runs off one hit (he also only allowed one walk).
At the plate, Jordan Brown was excellent, scoring a run and stealing a base while going 2-for-2.
Oxnard's loss dropped their record down to 6-8. As for Milken, they pushed their record up to 8-1 with that victory, which was their sixth straight at home.
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