Baseball Recap: Pittsburg Makes It Three in a Row at Home

Pirates

Margin (Wins)

05/08/25 vs Deer Valley	20
05/06/25 @ Deer Valley	16
05/13/25 vs Antioch	12
03/08/25 vs Kennedy	11
03/07/25 @ De Anza	11

Pittsburg's rock-solid pitcher showed up for the team's third consecutive shutout on Tuesday. Their pitcher stepped up to hand the Antioch Panthers a 12-0 shutout. The result was nothing new for the Pirates, who have now won eight contests by six runs or more so far this season.

Diego Deluna made a splash while hitting and pitching. He looked comfortable on the mound, not allowing a single earned run and allowing only one hit while striking out nine over six innings pitched. That's the most strikeouts he has posted since back in March of 2024. He was also big at the plate, going 2-for-3 with one triple, two RBI, and one run.

In other batting news, the team relied heavily on JJ Robinson, who went 2-for-3 with one home run, five RBI, and one double. Those five RBI gave him a new career-high. Another player making a difference was Santino Valle, who went 2-for-3 with two runs, one stolen base, and two RBI.

Pittsburg was getting hits left and right and finished the game having posted a batting average of .414. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as Antioch only posted a batting average of .091.

Pittsburg's win was their third straight at home, which pushed their record up to 18-5. The home victories came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 0.0 runs on average over those games. As for Antioch, they are on a three-game losing streak that has dropped them down to 8-15.

Pittsburg will have a chance to go back-to-back against the Panthers: the pair's next game is a rematch scheduled at 4:00 p.m. on Thursday.