Winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Nordhoff). Everything went their way against the Bishop Diego Cardinals on Monday as the Nordhoff Rangers made off with a 25-4 victory. The team's explosion at the plate also rewarded the Rangers with their most commanding win of the season.
Jacob De Alba and Dylan Miller made a splash while hitting and pitching. Throwing, De Alba struck out seven batters over four innings while giving up just one earned run off two hits. Meanwhile, Miller tossed one inning while giving up no earned runs or hits. At bat, De Alba scored four runs and stole Three bases. while getting on base in five of his six plate appearances, while Miller scored two runs and stole a base while getting on base in two of his three plate appearances. Nordhoff is undefeated when De Alba posts two or more runs, but 2-4 otherwise.
Johnny Perez
| 03/10/25 @ Bishop Diego | 4 |
| 03/22/24 vs Fillmore | 3 |
| 03/09/24 @ Santa Ynez | 2 |
| 02/15/24 @ Santa Clarita Christian | 2 |
| 02/22/25 @ Grace | 1 |
In other batting news, Nordhoff got a massive performance out of Johnny Perez, who scored five runs and stole Five bases. while getting on base in all six of his plate appearances. The dominant performance also gave Perez a new career-high in hits (four). Another player making a difference was Andres Perez, who got on base in four of his six plate appearances with one home run, three runs, and four RBI.
Nordhoff kept the outfield on their toes and finished the game with 17 hits. They are a perfect 3-0 when they post 11 or more hits.
Nordhoff's win was their third straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 5-4. A key ingredient in that success has been their performance when it comes to hits: they averaged an imposing 16 hits in those games compared to only five in the others. As for Bishop Diego, they are on a 12-game losing streak (dating back to last season) that has dropped them down to 0-2.
Both teams will have to hit the road in their upcoming games. Nordhoff will face off against Channel Islands at 3:30 p.m. on Wednesday. Nordhoff is facing Channel Islands at the right time seeing as Channel Islands is stuck on a three-game losing streak. Bishop Diego will get a bit of extra time to process the defeat as their next game is a ways off. They'll take on Orcutt Academy at 3:30 p.m. on March 21st.
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