The Hamilton Bobcats will square off against the Hemet Bulldogs at 3:30 p.m. on Friday.
After dropping their season opener at home, Hemet is headed out to face a Bobcats team ready to give their home crowd a win. Hamilton fell 6-3 to California Lutheran on Wednesday. The Bobcats haven't had much luck with the C-Hawks recently, as the team has come up short the last six times they've met.
Seth Aanestad was huge no matter where he played even without the win. He struck out 15 batters over five innings while giving up just two earned runs off four hits. Aanestad was also big at the plate, going a perfect 2-for-2 with two stolen bases, one triple, and two RBI.
Adam Barreto
| 02/26/25 vs California Lutheran | 2 |
| 04/25/24 vs Sherman Indian | 2 |
| 04/23/24 vs California Lutheran | 2 |
| 04/19/24 vs California Lutheran | 2 |
| 04/15/24 @ Sherman Indian | 5 |
| + 7 more games |
Aanestad wasn't the only one making solid contact as two players wound up with at least one hit. One of them was Adam Barreto, who scored a run and stole two bases while going 1-for-2. Barreto is on a roll when it comes to stolen bases, as he's now stole at least one in each of the last 12 games he's played dating back to last season.
Meanwhile, Hemet sure made it a nail-biter, but they managed to escape with a 4-3 victory over Woodcrest Christian on Thursday.
Like Hamilton, Hemet also got a great game from a two-way player: Marcos Mendivil. On the mound, he pitched six innings while giving up three earned runs off seven hits. Mendivil was also solid in the batter's box, scoring a run and stealing two bases while going 2-for-4. The dominant performance gave him a new career-high in stolen bases.
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