River Islands had already won two in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 24 runs) and they went ahead and made it three on Friday. Everything went their way against the Aspire Langston Hughes Academy Titans as they made off with a 23-11 win. That's the second time they've managed to beat them this season, as they also won 25-0 last Monday.
Matthew Echivarre
| 04/11/25 @ Aspire Langston Hughes Academy | 3 |
| 03/04/25 vs Stockton Christian | 1 |
| 03/01/25 vs Chavez | 1 |
| 02/27/25 @ McNair | 1 |
| 02/25/25 vs McNair | 1 |
The team relied heavily on Matthew Echivarre, who scored two runs while getting on base in four of his five plate appearances. The dominant performance also gave him a new career-high in RBI (three). Another player making a difference was Roman Razo, who went a perfect 3-for-3 with four RBI and two runs.
River Islands was getting hits left and right and finished the game having posted a batting average of .438. That's the best batting average they've posted all season.
River Islands' victory bumped their record up to 9-5. As for Aspire Langston Hughes Academy, they are on a four-game losing streak that has dropped them down to 1-6.
Coming up, River Islands will take on Turlock Christian at 7:00 p.m. on Monday. The Riptide's pitchers better be ready for this one: the Eagles have averaged an impressive 6.9 runs per game this season. As for Aspire Langston Hughes Academy, they will challenge Stockton Christian at 3:15 p.m. on Monday. The Titans are facing the Eagles at the right time seeing as the Eagles are stuck on an eight-game losing streak.
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