Twentynine Palms proved they can win big on Monday (they won by 18) and on Thursday they proved they can win the close ones too. They narrowly escaped with a victory as the team sidled past the Academy for Academic Excellence Knights 4-2. The four-run effort marked the Wildcats' lowest-scoring game of the season, but in the end it didn't matter.
The team relied heavily on ANTHONY GABRIEL JR., who went 2-for-3 with one stolen base, one run, and one RBI.
Wildcats
| 03/19/26 @ Academy for Academic Excellence | 4-2 |
| 03/16/26 @ Cobalt Institute of Math & Science Academy | 21-3 |
| 03/13/26 @ Desert Christian Academy | 20-2 |
| 03/10/26 vs Desert Hot Springs | 13-5 |
The win (which was Twentynine Palms' fourth in a row) raised their record to 6-2. The victories came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 3.0 runs on average over those games. As for Academy for Academic Excellence, with the defeat, they broke their three-game winning streak and moved their record to 6-4.
Twentynine Palms will have some time to savor their win since their next game is a little ways off: they'll take on Indio at 6:00 p.m. on April 7. As for Academy for Academic Excellence, they will challenge Lucerne Valley at 3:15 p.m. on Friday. The Knights' pitchers better be ready for this one: the Mustangs have averaged an impressive 11.9 runs per game this season.
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