The Greenfield Bruins are packing up and heading out on the road for their first away game this season: they will challenge the Watsonville Wildcatz at 5:30 p.m. on Friday. Watsonville took a loss in their last matchup and will be looking to turn the tables on Greenfield, who comes in off a win.
Watsonville will be up against a hot Greenfield team: the squad just extended their winning streak to six. Everything went Greenfield's way against Marina on Thursday as Greenfield made off with a 16-1 win. 16 seems to be a good number for the Bruins as the squad scooped up a victory with the same number of runs in their previous game.
Damien Martinez
| 03/06/25 vs Marina | 3 |
| 03/05/24 @ Soledad | 1 |
| 02/24/24 vs Coalinga | 1 |
| 02/23/24 vs King City | 1 |
Greenfield let Damien Martinez and Osvaldo Gaeta run wild. Martinez scored three runs and stole a base while getting on base in four of his five plate appearances, while Gaeta scored a run while getting on base in four of his five plate appearances. The dominant performance also gave Martinez a new career-high in RBI (three). Another player making a difference was Fabian Gonzalez, who scored a run while getting on base in three of his four plate appearances.
Greenfield always had someone on base and finished the game having posted an OBP of .684. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as Marina only posted an OBP of .381.
Meanwhile, Watsonville was not able to break out of their rough patch on Tuesday as the team picked up their fifth straight loss dating back to last season. They fell 7-2 to Gilroy.
Watsonville saw three different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Gabriel Lara, who went 2-for-3 with one stolen base.
Greenfield's win bumped their record up to 2-0. As for Watsonville, their defeat dropped their record down to 0-3.
Greenfield took their victory against Watsonville when the teams last played back in April of 2024 by a conclusive 9-2. The rematch might be a little tougher for Greenfield since the team won't have the home-field advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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