Baseball Recap: Kern Valley's Luck Takes a Turn for the Worse on Tuesday

Broncs

Previous 5 Games

05/13/25 vs California City	10-15
05/09/25 vs Rosamond	14-2
05/06/25 vs Frazier Mountain	24-3
05/02/25 @ Desert	11-2
04/29/25 @ Boron	0-8

Kern Valley dropped their record down to 15-8 on Tuesday, which also ended the team's three-game streak of wins. They took a 15-10 hit to the loss column at the hands of the California City Ravens. The Broncs were not able to repeat the success they had when they faced the Ravens earlier this season, when they won 13-12.

As for California City, the win (which was their tenth in a row) raised their record to 19-9-1. The victories came thanks in part to their hitting performance across that stretch, as they averaged 12.8 runs over those games.

For California City's part, Aaroon Moreno made a splash while hitting and pitching. On the mound, he struck out six batters over 4.2 innings while giving up three earned (and four unearned) runs off only one hit. Moreno has been nothing but reliable: he hasn't given up more than two hits in five consecutive appearances. He was also big at the plate, getting on base in three of his five plate appearances with one stolen base and one run.

In other batting news, Kevin Hightower was incredible, getting on base in five of his six plate appearances with five stolen bases, four runs, and two doubles. Those four runs gave him a new career-high. Another player making a difference was Joshua Baiza, who went 2-for-5 with three RBI, one triple, and one run.

As of now, neither Kern Valley nor California City have any future games scheduled.