The Aptos Mariners will challenge the Soquel Knights at 4:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Both come into the contest bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
On Thursday, Aptos was able to grind out a solid win over San Lorenzo Valley, taking the game 6-1. The Mariners haven't had any issues with the Cougars recently, as the game was their third consecutive victory against them.
Jason Yager
| 04/24/25 @ San Lorenzo Valley | 10 |
| 03/19/24 vs San Lorenzo Valley | 9 |
| 05/03/24 @ Harbor | 7 |
| 03/26/24 @ Harbor | 7 |
| 04/04/25 @ Santa Cruz | 6 |
Aptos got a great performance from Jason Yager as he didn't allow a single earned run while striking out ten over six innings pitched. Those ten strikeouts gave Yager a new career-high.
Meanwhile, Soquel entered their tilt with Santa Cruz on Friday with eight consecutive wins, and they'll enter their next game with nine. They never let the Cardinals get on the board and left with a 9-0 win. The result was nothing new for the Knights, who have now won ten matches by six runs or more so far this season.
Not much got past Dylan Hull, who gave up just two hits to keep Santa Cruz off the board.
At the plate, Soquel saw eight different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Jake Escalante, who went 2-for-4 with two RBI and one run. Enzo Goff was another, going 1-for-3 with two runs and one RBI.
Soquel was getting hits left and right and finished the game having posted a batting average of .407. That was just more of the same: they've now posted a batting average of .304 or higher in seven consecutive games.
Soquel pushed their record up to 19-1 with the victory, which was their fifth straight at home. Those home wins came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 1.6 runs on average over those games. As for Aptos, their victory bumped their record up to 7-11.
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