The Concord Bears will take on the Mission San Jose Warriors at 3:30 p.m. on Thursday. Both come into the match bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
On Tuesday, Concord needed a bit of extra time to put away Sonoma Valley. They skirted past the Dragons 2-1. For those keeping track at home, that's the closest win 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.
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Mission San Jose). They were the clear victor by a 12-1 margin over Bethel on Monday. The victory made it back-to-back wins for the Warriors.
Mission San Jose also got a great performance from Anmol Prabhakar as he didn't allow a single earned run and allowed only one hit while striking out seven over five innings pitched. That's the most strikeouts Prabhakar has posted since back in March of 2024.
At the plate, Maxwell Bashkin was a standout: he scored a run and stole Two bases. while going 3-for-3. The team also got some help courtesy of Nikhil Mehta, who scored two runs and stole 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.
Concord's victory 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 win bumped their record up to 2-3.
Concord was able to grind out a solid victory over Mission San Jose when the teams last played back in February of 2024, winning 8-5. Does Concord have another victory up their sleeve, or will Mission San Jose turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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