The Bakersfield Drillers will challenge the Garces Memorial Rams at 12:00 p.m. on Thursday. The two teams are sauntering into the matchup backed by comfortable wins in their prior games.
Bakersfield's pitching crew heads into the contest hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Wednesday. They were the clear victors by a 13-0 margin over Rosamond. The high-flying hitting performance was a huge turnaround for the Drillers considering their two-run performance the matchup before.
Johnathan Quintino
| 02/25/26 vs Rosamond | 9 |
| 04/16/25 @ Mt. Whitney | 1 |
| 04/09/25 vs Centennial | 1 |
| 04/04/25 @ Highland | 1 |
Johnathan Quintino made a big impact while hitting and pitching. He looked comfortable on the mound, not allowing a single earned run and allowing only one hit while striking out nine over five innings pitched. Those nine strikeouts gave him a new career-high. He was also solid in the batter's box, going 1-for-2 with one run and one RBI.
In other batting news, Jack Dunlap was a standout: he went a perfect 2-for-2 with two runs, one triple, and one RBI. Another player making a difference was Hunter Caid, who got on base in all four of his plate appearances with two runs and one stolen base.
Bakersfield always had someone on base and finished the game having posted an OBP of .636. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as Rosamond only posted an OBP of .111.
Meanwhile, Garces Memorial put another one in the bag on Tuesday to keep their perfect season alive. They blew past Shafter 11-4.
The team relied heavily on Lorenzo Negrete, who went 2-for-3 with three runs and two RBI. The team also got some help courtesy of Dylan Bell, who went 2-for-4 with three runs, one double, and one RBI.
Garces Memorial's victory bumped their record up to 3-0. As for Bakersfield, the win got them back to even at 1-1.
Bakersfield couldn't quite finish off Garces Memorial when the teams last played back in April of 2022 and fell 7-5. Can the Drillers avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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