Baseball Recap: Thursday's Victory Is Santa Monica's Seventh in Last Eight Outings

Vikings

Margin (Wins)

03/25/25 vs Morningside	21
03/27/25 @ Morningside	20
04/03/25 vs Hawthorne	18
03/11/25 @ Centennial	18
04/01/25 @ Hawthorne	13

Santa Monica never let their opponents score on Thursday. Everything went their way against the Hawthorne Cougars as they made off with an 18-0 victory. Considering the Vikings have won eight contests by more than five runs this season, Thursday's blowout was nothing new.

Jackson Myrow was a standout: he scored four runs and stole two bases while getting on base in all four of his plate appearances. Those two stolen bases gave him a new career-high. Eric Gonzalez also deserves some recognition as he hit his first triple of the season.

Santa Monica always had someone on base and finished the game having posted an OBP of .639. That's the best OBP they've posted all season.

Santa Monica has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won seven of their last eight games. That's provided a nice bump to their 12-5 record this season. The wins came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 1.1 runs on average over those games. As for Hawthorne, they are on a four-game losing streak that has dropped them down to 2-9.

Santa Monica and Hawthorne could both be facing uphill battles in their next games considering their disadvantage in the MaxPreps California Rankings. The Vikings will take on Simi Valley at 11:00 a.m. on Saturday with a big rank disadvantage (281 vs. 136). Meanwhile, Hawthorne (ranked 1073rd) will meet North (ranked 462nd) at 3:30 p.m. on Monday.