Baseball Recap: Rowland Drops Highest Score of Season Against Perris

Raiders

Team Score (Highest)

03/28/25 vs Perris	18
03/06/25 @ Excelsior Charter	16
02/27/25 @ The Webb Schools	12
03/18/25 @ Rosemead	10
03/04/25 vs Excelsior Charter	10

Winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Rowland). They blew past the Perris Panthers 18-2 on Friday. The high-flying hitting performance was a huge turnaround for the Raiders considering their two-run performance the matchup before.

CJ Carrillo was a standout: he went 2-for-4 with four RBI, two runs, and one stolen base. Rowland is undefeated when Carrillo posts two or more runs, but 3-8 otherwise. Another player making a difference was Nathanael Li, who scored three runs and stole two bases while getting on base in all five of his plate appearances.

Carrillo wasn't the only one working in the hit department: Rowland kept the outfield on their toes and finished the game with 13 hits. That's a new trend for Rowland: they were averaging 5.6 hits per game earlier this season, but in their last 15 contests they've averaged 10.

Rowland has been performing well recently as they've won five of their last six games. That's provided a massive bump to their 7-8 record this season. The wins came thanks in part to their hitting performance across that stretch, as they averaged 10.0 runs over those games. Perris' defeat dropped their record down to 2-6.

Coming up, Rowland will square off against Notre Dame at 10:00 a.m. on Saturday. As for Perris, they will challenge Hillcrest at 3:15 p.m. on Tuesday. Hillcrest's pitching crew has only allowed 4.1 runs per game this season, so Perris' hitters will have their work cut out for them.