Baseball Recap: Portola Drops Season-High Score on St. Margaret's

Bulldogs

Team Score (Highest)

03/25/25 vs St. Margaret's	15
02/21/25 vs Beaumont	10
03/19/25 @ Sage Hill	7
03/21/25 vs Sage Hill	6
02/24/25 vs Diamond Bar	6

Winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Portola). They were the clear victors by a 15-1 margin over the St. Margaret's Tartans on Tuesday. The high-flying hitting performance was a huge turnaround for the Bulldogs considering their one-run performance the match before.

Yoshi Tsuge made a splash while hitting and pitching. He struck out six batters over seven innings while giving up just one earned run off seven hits (and only one walk). Those six strikeouts gave him a new career-high. He was also solid in the batter's box, scoring three runs while getting on base in four of his five plate appearances. He has become a key player for Portola: the team is undefeated when he posts at least two runs, but 3-7 otherwise.

In other batting news, the team relied heavily on Keyan Park, who scored four runs and stole two bases while going 4-for-4. Those four runs gave him a new career-high. Another player making a difference was Cooper Marinelli, who scored three runs while going 2-for-5.

Portola always had someone on base and finished the game having posted an OBP of .535. That's the best OBP they've posted all season.

Portola pushed their record up to 6-7 with the victory, which was their third straight at home. Those wins came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 3.0 runs on average over those games. As for St. Margaret's, they are on a six-game losing streak that has dropped them down to 1-6.

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