Baseball Recap: Beverly Hills Picks Up Third Consecutive Win

Beverly Hills had already won two in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 17 runs) and they went ahead and made it three on Friday. Everything went their way against the Inglewood Sentinels as they made off with a 22-1 victory. That result was just more of the same for these two, as the Normans also won the last time the pair played back in March of 2024.

Emet Polack

Batters Struck Out (Career)

05/02/25 @ Inglewood	5
03/27/25 @ Hawthorne	4
03/18/25 @ Santa Monica	4
02/25/25 vs Oakwood	4
04/08/25 @ Lawndale	1

Emet Polack and Asher Miller made a big impact while hitting and pitching. Throwing, Polack pitched two innings while giving up no earned runs or hits. Meanwhile, Miller tossed two innings while giving up no earned runs or hits. The dominant performance also gave Polack a new career-high in strikeouts (five). At bat, Polack got on base in three of his five plate appearances with three runs and one RBI, while Miller went 1-for-2 with two runs and one RBI. Beverly Hills is 2-1 when Polack posts two or more runs, but 8-10-1 otherwise.

In other batting news, Beverly Hills got a massive performance out of Jayden Ibarra, who went a perfect 3-for-3 with two stolen bases, three runs, and three RBI. Ibarra has become a key player for the Normans: the team is undefeated when he posts at least two runs, but 6-11-1 otherwise. Noah Gabayan also deserves some recognition as he hit his first triple of the season.

Beverly Hills kept the outfield on their toes and finished the game with 14 hits. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now got at least eight hits in three consecutive contests.

Beverly Hills' win was their third straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 10-11-1. The road victories came thanks in part to their hitting performance across that stretch, as they averaged 20.7 runs over those games. As for Inglewood, they are on a seven-game losing streak that has dropped them down to 3-16.

Coming up, Inglewood will challenge Hawthorne at 5:00 p.m. on Monday. The Sentinels are facing the Cougars at the right time seeing as the Cougars are stuck on a five-game losing streak. Beverly Hills will be paying especially close attention to Inglewood's game: after Inglewood faces off against Hawthorne, they'll take on Beverly Hills again at 3:15 p.m. on Wednesday.