Baseball Recap: Riverside Prep Picks Up Third Consecutive Win

Silver Knights

Margin (Wins)

03/07/25 vs Serrano	18
04/01/25 @ Hesperia Christian	17
03/11/25 vs Claremont	14
03/20/25 vs Tustin	12
03/03/25 vs Adelanto	11

Riverside Prep waltzed into their game on Tuesday with two straight wins... but they left with three. Everything went their way against the Hesperia Christian Patriots as they made off with an 18-1 win. The result was nothing new for the Silver Knights, who have now won seven contests by nine runs or more so far this season.

Trent Bourgeois made a splash while hitting and pitching. He struck out eight batters over four innings while giving up just one earned run off four hits. Those eight strikeouts gave him a new career-high. He was also big at the plate, scoring a run and stealing a base while getting on base in all four of his plate appearances.

In other pitching news, Thomas Salazar looked comfortable as he pitched two innings while giving up no earned runs off one hit. The dominant performance also gave him a new career-high in strikeouts (five).

Back at the plate, the team relied heavily on Adrian Jorge Jr., who got on base in four of his five plate appearances with two stolen bases, three runs, and four RBI. That's the most runs he has posted since back in April of 2024. Trevor Thompson was another key player, scoring a run and stealing a base while going 1-for-2.

Riverside Prep always had someone on base and finished the game having posted an OBP of .580. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as Hesperia Christian only posted an OBP of .323.

Riverside Prep's victory bumped their record up to 10-4. As for Hesperia Christian, their defeat ended a four-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 7-7.

Riverside Prep will have a chance to go back-to-back against the Patriots: the pair's next game is a rematch scheduled at 3:15 p.m. on Thursday.