The Kimball Jaguars will square off against the El Capitan Gauchos at 4:00 p.m. on Wednesday. Kimball has a tough task ahead: they'll enter the match with nine straight losses, while El Capitan will come in with nine straight wins.
Kimball lost 13-6 to St. Mary's on Friday. That's two games in a row now that the Jaguars have lost by exactly seven runs.
Jordan Aldape
| 04/11/25 vs St. Mary's | 2 |
| 03/19/25 vs Chavez | 2 |
| 02/21/25 vs Chavez | 2 |
| 04/09/25 @ St. Mary's | 1 |
| 03/26/25 vs Tracy | 1 |
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Jordan Aldape was cooking despite his team's loss, scoring two runs while getting on base in three of his four plate appearances. Kimball is 2-1 when Aldape posts two or more runs, but 4-13 otherwise.
Meanwhile, while El Capitan put up some runs on Friday, the same can't be said for Los Banos. The Gauchos put the hurt on the Tigers with a sharp 10-0 victory. Considering the Gauchos have won nine games by more than five runs this season, Friday's blowout was nothing new.
Zachary Hunter made a big impact while hitting and pitching. He kept things locked down with no earned runs or hits while striking out eight over five innings pitched. He has been nothing but reliable on the mound: he hasn't given up more than one earned run in four consecutive appearances. He was also solid in the batter's box, going a perfect 2-for-2 with two runs and one triple. That triple was his first of the season.
In other batting news, Cooper Gaoiran and Cade Ivy did most of the damage at the plate: Gaoiran scored two runs and stole a base while going 1-for-2, while Ivy went 2-for-3 with three RBI and two doubles. Those doubles marked the first that Ivy hit this season. Another player making a difference was Braylen Centeno, who scored a run and stole a base while going 1-for-2.
El Capitan was getting hits left and right and finished the game having posted a batting average of .500. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as Los Banos only posted a batting average of .000.
El Capitan pushed their record up to 13-6 with the win, which was their fourth straight at home. The home victories came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 1.5 runs on average over those games. As for Kimball, their defeat dropped their record down to 6-14.
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