Baseball Recap: Escondido Finds Playoff Glory Versus Mission Bay

Cougars

Margin (Wins)

05/02/25 @ San Dieguito Academy	17
03/01/25 @ Morse	14
05/07/25 @ Valley Center	12
05/24/25 @ Mission Bay	10
03/26/25 vs Olympian	10

Two teams were on the hunt for playoff glory, but only Escondido walked away with it. They were the clear victors by a 12-2 margin over the Mission Bay Buccaneers on Saturday. Considering the Cougars have won nine contests by more than six runs this season, Saturday's blowout was nothing new.

Kaden Hermsen and Ryder Taylor were major factors while hitting and pitching. Throwing, Hermsen pitched three innings while giving up no earned runs off two hits. Meanwhile, Taylor pitched three innings while giving up no earned runs off four hits. What's more, Hermsen posted two strikeouts, the most he's had since back in April. At bat, Hermsen got on base in three of his five plate appearances with two runs and one RBI, while Taylor went 1-for-4 with one stolen base, one run, and one RBI.

In other batting news, Escondido got a massive performance out of Andrew Carrilo, who went 3-for-5 with four RBI, one stolen base, and one run. Another player making a difference was Makaih Gonzalez, who went 2-for-4 with one home run, two runs, and one stolen base.

Escondido was getting hits left and right and finished the game having posted a batting average of .394. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as Mission Bay only posted a batting average of .267.

Escondido is on a roll lately: they've won six of their last seven matchups. That's provided a nice bump to their 22-8 record this season. Those wins came thanks in part to their hitting performance across that stretch, as they averaged 6.7 runs over those games. As for Mission Bay, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 23-8.

Escondido has already played their next game, a 6-4 loss against Calexico on the 27th. Mission Bay does not have any more games scheduled as of now.