The Mission San Jose Warriors will head out to take on the Concord Bears at 3:30 p.m. on Thursday. Both come into the match bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
Mission San Jose is headed in fresh off scoring the most runs they have all season. Everything went their way against Bethel on Monday as Mission San Jose made off with a 12-1 win. The victory made it back-to-back wins for the Warriors.
Anmol Prabhakar tossed a big game, not allowing a single earned run and allowed only one hit while striking out seven over five innings pitched. The dominant performance also gave him a new career-low in earned runs (zero).
On the hitting side, Maxwell Bashkin was a standout: he scored a run and stole Two bases. while going 3-for-3. Aadit Kolli was another key player, scoring two runs and stealing a base while going 2-for-3.
Mission San Jose was getting hits left and right and finished the game having posted a batting average of .441. That's the best batting average they've posted all season.
Meanwhile, it may have taken eight innings to finish the job, but Concord ultimately got the result they hoped for on Tuesday. They came out on top in a nail-biter against Sonoma Valley, sneaking past 2-1. For those keeping track at home, that's the closest victory the Bears have posted since February 23, 2024.
Concord saw two different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Aaron Hunt, who scored a run while going 1-for-4.
Concord's win ended an 11-game drought on the road dating back to last season and puts them at 2-1. As for Mission San Jose, their record now sits at 2-3.
Mission San Jose came up short against Concord when the teams last played back in February of 2024, falling 8-5. Can Mission San Jose avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
Article generated by infoSentience based on data entered on MaxPreps