Baseball Recap: Capistrano Valley Beats West Covina for Their Third Straight Win

Capistrano Valley won against Edison last Friday with nine runs and they decided to stick to that run total again on Monday. The Capistrano Valley Cougars beat the West Covina Bulldogs by the very same score they won with in their prior game: 9-3. The win was familiar territory for the Cougars, who have now won three matches in a row.

Jake Roxas tossed a big game, not allowing a single earned run and allowed only two hits over 4.2 innings pitched.

Sammy Rucker

Runs

02/27/25 vs Northwood	3
03/03/25 @ West Covina	2
02/24/25 @ Costa Mesa	2
02/18/25 @ Portola	2

At the plate, Capistrano Valley let Sammy Rucker and Kyler Smith run wild. Rucker scored two runs and stole a base while going 3-for-5, while Smith went 1-for-2 with one home run and two RBI. Capistrano Valley is undefeated when Rucker posts two or more runs, but 1-3 otherwise. Another player making a difference was Gavin Collins, who scored a run and stole a base while getting on base in three of his five plate appearances.

Capistrano Valley's record is now 5-3. As for West Covina, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 4-2.

Both teams are looking forward to the support of their home crowds in their upcoming games. Capistrano Valley will square off against Millikan at 3:15 p.m. on Tuesday. The two teams have allowed few runs on average, (Millikan: 3.6, Capistrano Valley: 3.2) so any runs scored will be well earned. As for West Covina, they will take on University at 3:00 p.m. on Thursday.