Baseball Recap: Aquinas Extends Home Winning Streak to Five

Aquinas had already won two in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 5 runs) and they went ahead and made it three on Friday. They came out on top against the Santa Margarita Eagles by a score of 7-3. That's more bragging rights for the Falcons, who also won the pair's last head-to-head.

Hayden Vanderhoof tossed a big game, pitching five innings while giving up just one earned (and two unearned) runs off two hits.

Estaban Olazaba

Runs Batted In (Career)

03/28/25 vs Santa Margarita	3
03/22/25 vs Oaks Christian	2
04/26/24 vs El Rancho	2
04/20/24 vs Serra	2
04/08/24 @ Ontario Christian	2

At the plate, Estaban Olazaba was a standout: he scored two runs while going 1-for-4. The dominant performance also gave him a new career-high in RBI (three). Another player making a difference was Carter Hadnot, who scored two runs while getting on base in three of his four plate appearances.

Aquinas pushed their record up to 8-1 with the win, which was their fifth straight at home. Those victories came thanks in part to their hitting performance across that stretch, as they averaged 12.2 runs over those games. As for Santa Margarita, their loss ended a three-game streak of away wins and brought them to 8-4.

Coming up, Aquinas will face off against Yorba Linda at 1:00 p.m. on Monday. Aquinas' pitchers better be ready for this one: Yorba Linda has averaged an impressive 6.6 runs per game this season. As for Santa Margarita, they will square off against Mater Dei at 2:30 p.m. on Tuesday. The two teams have allowed few runs on average (Santa Margarita 3.3, Mater Dei 2.4) so any runs scored will be well earned.