Baseball Recap: Santa Monica Sets Scoring Season-High Against Centennial

Vikings

Team Score (Highest)

03/11/25 @ Centennial	18
03/01/25 vs Oakwood	9
02/22/25 @ Windward	7
03/04/25 vs Palos Verdes	6
02/19/25 @ South	5

Winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Santa Monica). They put the hurt on the Centennial Apaches with a sharp 18-0 win on Tuesday. The team's explosion at the plate also rewarded the Vikings with their most commanding win of the season.

Kaveh Naini made a splash while hitting and pitching. On the mound, he tossed two innings while giving up no earned runs or hits. Naini was even better at the plate, getting on base in three of his four plate appearances with four RBI, one run, and one double. The dominant performance gave him a new career-high in RBI.

In other pitching news, Eddie Jennings looked comfortable as he tossed one inning while giving up no earned runs or hits. He also tossed no walks, which is notable because Santa Monica is undefeated when he allows at most one walk, but 3-4 otherwise.

Back at the plate, Brady Satinover and Eric Gonzalez did most of the damage at the plate: Satinover scored two runs and stole Four bases. while getting on base in all three of his plate appearances, while Gonzalez scored two runs and stole Three bases. while getting on base in two of his four plate appearances. Satinover also scored two runs, which is notable because Santa Monica is undefeated when he posts at least two runs, but 2-4 otherwise. Tre Camp also deserves some recognition as he brought in his first RBI of the season.

Santa Monica always had someone on base and finished the game having posted an OBP of .694. That's the best OBP they've posted all season.

Santa Monica's record now sits at 6-4. As for Centennial, they are on a three-game losing streak that has dropped them down to 2-5.

Santa Monica will have a chance to go back-to-back against Centennial: the pair's next game is a rematch scheduled at 3:30 p.m. on Thursday.