Ripon Christian barely beat Orestimba the last time the pair played, but that sure wasn't the case this time around. The Knights were the clear victors by an 11-1 margin over the Warriors on Wednesday. With that victory, the Knights brought their scoring average up to 6.3 runs per game.
Ripon Christian got a great performance from Mateo Ceja as he struck out six batters over five innings while giving up just one earned run off five hits (and only one walk). The Knights are 6-2 when Ceja allows one or fewer earned runs, but 3-7 otherwise.
On the hitting side, the team relied heavily on Max Anderson, who went 3-for-4 with four runs, one stolen base, and one RBI. He has been hot recently, having posted at least one stolen base the last three times he's played. The team also got some help courtesy of Jordan Luisi, who went 1-for-3 with two runs, one stolen base, and one double.
Knights
| 04/16/25 @ Orestimba | 44.4% |
| 04/04/25 @ Ripon | 39.1% |
| 04/02/25 vs Ripon | 28.6% |
| 03/28/25 vs Escalon | 23.1% |
| 03/26/25 @ Escalon | 24.1% |
| + 15 more games |
Ripon Christian was getting hits left and right and finished the game having posted a batting average of .444. The last time their batting average was this high was back in May of 2024.
The win (which was Ripon Christian's third in a row) raised their record to 9-9. Those victories came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 1.0 run on average over those games. As for Orestimba, they are on a five-game losing streak that has dropped them down to 3-20.
The teams didn't have to wait long for a rematch: Ripon Christian beat the Warriors by a score of 17-4 on Thursday.
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