Baseball Recap: Pearland Drops Highest Score of Season Against Alvin

Oilers

Team Score (Highest)

03/14/25 @ Alvin	15
02/27/25 vs Keller	11
03/07/25 vs Sam Rayburn	10
03/06/25 vs Ridge Point	10
03/04/25 @ Sam Rayburn	10

Winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Pearland). They were the clear victor by a 15-3 margin over the Alvin Yellowjackets on Friday. Considering the Oilers have won six games by more than five runs this season, Friday's blowout was nothing new.

Nicholas Partida was a major factor while hitting and pitching. On the mound, he pitched three innings while giving up no earned runs off one hit. The dominant performance also gave him a new career-high in strikeouts (five). He was also big at the plate, scoring three runs and stealing Two bases. while going 2-for-4. He is on a roll when it comes to stolen bases, as he's now snagged at least one in each of the last three games he's played.

In other pitching news, Mitchell Araujo looked comfortable as he pitched one inning while giving up no earned runs or hits. Those zero hits allowed gave him a new career-low.

Back at the plate, Pearland got a big performance out of Ashton Arredondo, who scored two runs while getting on base in four of his five plate appearances. That's the most runs Arredondo has posted since back in April of 2024. Aidan Avalos was another key player, scoring two runs and stealing a base while going 2-for-4.

Pearland kept the outfield on their toes and finished the game with 12 hits. That's the most hits they've managed all season.

Pearland has been performing well recently as they've won seven of their last nine matchups. That's provided a nice bump to their 11-5 record this season. The wins came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 2.4 runs on average over those games. With the loss, Alvin broke their three-game winning streak and moved their record to 3-9.

Coming up, Pearland will venture away from home to challenge Manvel at 1:00 p.m. on Saturday. Manvel is strutting in with some hitting muscle as they've averaged 8.6 runs per game this season. As for Alvin, they will look to defend their home field on Saturday against South Houston at 12:00 p.m. Alvin has given up an average of 6.6 runs per game this season, so hopefully the team got some pitching drills in this week.