Winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Barstow). Everything went their way against the Excelsior Charter Eagles on Thursday as Barstow made off with an 18-8 win. Perhaps unsurprisingly given the team's high-flying offense, the game also marked the team's biggest victory of the season.
Joshya Romero
| 03/27/25 @ Excelsior Charter | 3 |
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Barstow let Kekoa Samples and Joshya Romero run wild. Samples went 2-for-4 with one home run, three RBI, and two runs, while Romero scored a run and stole a base while going 3-for-5. Those three hits gave Romero a new career-high. Another player making a difference was Chris Sabblut, who scored two runs and stole a base while going 1-for-1.
Barstow always had someone on base and finished the game having posted an OBP of .600. They are a perfect 3-0 when they post an OBP of .513 or better.
Barstow has been performing well recently as they've won six of their last eight games. That's provided a nice bump to their 6-5 record this season. A key ingredient in that success has been their performance when it comes to hits: they averaged an imposing 9.13 hits in those games compared to only 5.33 in the others. This is the second loss in a row for Excelsior Charter and nudges their season record down to 2-10.
Both squads will have to hit the road in their upcoming games. Barstow will face off against Silverado at 3:15 p.m. on Wednesday. As for Excelsior Charter, they will take on University Prep at 3:15 p.m. on Tuesday. University Prep's pitching crew has only allowed 3.9 runs per game this season, so Excelsior Charter's hitters will have their work cut out for them.
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