Verdugo Hills hasn't had much luck against Banning recently, but that could start to change on Wednesday. The Dons will face off against the Pilots at 6:00 p.m. The two teams each escaped (but just barely!) with wins against their previous opponents.
Verdugo Hills is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Saturday. They sure made it a nail-biter, but they managed to escape with a 5-4 victory over San Pedro. The win made it back-to-back victories for the Dons.
Miguel Wong looked comfortable as he didn't allow a single earned run and allowed only one hit over four innings pitched.
David Castaneda
| 05/17/25 @ San Pedro | 2 |
| 04/28/25 vs San Fernando | 1 |
| 03/22/25 @ Marshall | 1 |
| 02/25/25 @ San Marino | 1 |
| 05/16/24 vs Los Angeles CES | 1 |
At the plate, the team relied heavily on David Castaneda, who went a perfect 3-for-3 with three runs and two doubles. Those two doubles gave him a new career-high. The team also got some help courtesy of Bryan Aquino, who earned three RBI.
Meanwhile, Banning had already won nine in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 6.6 runs) and they went ahead and made it ten on Saturday. They came within a single run of losing the streak, but they secured a 2-1 W against the Bulldogs.
Banning saw seven different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Pedro Ibanez-Eddy, who went a perfect 3-for-3 with one run.
Banning's win bumped their record up to 21-8. As for Verdugo Hills, their victory bumped their record up to 13-16.
Verdugo Hills came up short against Banning when the teams last played back in May of 2024, falling 4-1. Can the Dons avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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