The Northside Panthers will square off against the Washington Eagles at 4:00 p.m. on Saturday. Both teams are coming into the match red-hot, with Northside sitting on 16 straight wins and Washington on six.
Northside's pitching crew heads into the game hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed last Monday. Everything went their way against North Forest as they made off with a 14-0 victory. Fans of the Panthers have seen this all before: every one of the games they've played this season has ended in a blowout of 6+ runs.
Coco Hernandez was a major factor no matter where he played. He didn't allow a single earned run while striking out eight over four innings pitched. He has been consistent: he hasn't tossed less than five strikeouts in seven consecutive appearances. He was also stellar in the batter's box, going a perfect 2-for-2 with one home run, three runs, and one stolen base.
Jermy Castillo
| 04/14/25 vs North Forest | 4 |
| 04/07/25 vs Mickey Leland College Preparatory Academy for Young Men | 3 |
| 03/22/25 vs Kashmere | 3 |
| 04/04/25 vs Yates | 2 |
| 03/01/25 vs Scarborough | 2 |
In other batting news, Jesus Delosreyes and Jermy Castillo did most of the damage at the plate: Delosreyes went a perfect 2-for-2 with three stolen bases, one run, and one double, while Castillo went 1-for-3 with four stolen bases, two runs, and two RBI. Those four stolen bases gave Castillo a new career-high. Chris Huerta was another key player, going 1-for-3 with one stolen base, one run, and one double.
Northside always had someone on base and finished the game having posted an OBP of .593. That was just more of the same: they've now posted an OBP of .553 or higher in 12 consecutive contests.
One must be Washington's lucky number: they beat Kashmere with that score not once but twice on Monday. The Eagles didn't even let the Fighting Rams on the board, marking the Eagles' second-straight 1-0 shutout. The game snapped a strange streak: the last four times these teams have met, it?s been the away team that?s taken home the W.
Northside pushed their record up to 16-0 with the win, which was their eighth straight at home. The team's perfect season has a lot to do with their hitting performance: the team's won by an average of 12.9 runs thus far. As for Washington, their record is now 13-2.
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