Baseball Game Preview: Cabrillo Conquistadores vs. Righetti Warriors

Conquistadores

Runs

04/09/25 vs Righetti	7
04/04/25 vs Arroyo Grande	4
04/01/25 @ Arroyo Grande	14
03/28/25 @ Mission College Prep	4
03/26/25 vs St. Joseph	2
+ 7 more games

For the second straight game, Cabrillo will face off against Righetti. The Conquistadores are taking a road trip to challenge the Warriors at 4:30 p.m. on Friday. Cabrillo is strutting in with some hitting muscle as they've averaged 6.6 runs per game this season.

Last Wednesday, Cabrillo didn't have quite enough to beat Righetti and fell 8-7. The Conquistadores have now taken an 'L' in back-to-back games.

For Righetti's part, Jacob McMillan and Riley Bassett made a big impact while hitting and pitching. On the mound, McMillan pitched 2.2 innings while giving up no earned runs off three hits. Meanwhile, Bassett pitched one inning while giving up no earned runs or hits. McMillan has been nothing but reliable on the mound: he hasn't given up more than one earned run in six consecutive appearances. At bat, McMillan scored two runs and stole a base while going 2-for-4, while Bassett scored two runs while going 2-for-4. That's the most runs Bassett has posted since back in March of 2024.

In other batting news, the team relied heavily on Blake Thayer, who scored two runs while going 3-for-5. Those three hits gave him a new career-high. Another player making a difference was Graysen Cole, who went 2-for-4 with one double and one RBI.

Righetti was getting hits left and right and finished the game having posted a batting average of .400. The team's really been improving in that area: they've now improved their batting average total in four consecutive matches.

Righetti pushed their record up to 9-5 with the win, which was their third straight on the road. The road victories came thanks in part to their hitting performance across that stretch, as they averaged 6.3 runs over those games. As for Cabrillo, their defeat dropped their record down to 6-6.