Baseball Recap: King City Snaps Seven-Game Streak of Losses at Home

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Team Score (Highest)

03/27/25 vs Pajaro Valley	18
03/25/25 @ Pajaro Valley	16
02/26/25 vs Rancho San Juan	6
03/04/25 vs Templeton	5
03/12/25 @ Greenfield	3

Winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask King City). Their pitcher stepped up to hand the Pajaro Valley Grizzlies an 18-0 shutout on Thursday. That's the second time they've managed to beat them this season, as they also won 16-3 last Tuesday.

JC Navarro was a standout: he scored three runs while getting on base in three of his four plate appearances. Those three runs gave him a new career-high. Axel Chavez was another key player, scoring a run while going 2-for-2.

King City hit smart and finished the game with only two strikeouts. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now struck out at most five strikeouts in three consecutive matchups.

King City's win ended a seven-game drought at home dating back to last season and bumped them up to 2-10. As for Pajaro Valley, they dropped their record down to 0-6 with the loss, which was their sixth straight on the road dating back to last season.

Both squads will have to hit the road in their upcoming games. King City will venture away from home to square off against Marina at 4:00 p.m. on Tuesday. King City is facing Marina at the right time seeing as Marina is stuck on a five-game losing streak. As for Pajaro Valley, they are taking a road trip to take on Watsonville at 5:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Watsonville has struggled to contain batters this season (they've allowed 9.6 runs per game on average), something Pajaro Valley will no doubt try to take advantage of.