Baseball Recap: Escondido Charter Continues Road Dominance on Monday

Tigers

Margin (Wins)

03/26/25 @ Tri-City Christian	33
04/28/25 @ Calvin Christian	29
03/04/25 @ Guajome Park Academy	29
04/23/25 @ Calvin Christian	22
02/24/25 vs Army-Navy	16

Escondido Charter's rock-solid pitchers showed up for the team's fourth consecutive shutout on Monday. They put the hurt on the Calvin Christian Crusaders with a sharp 29-0 win. Considering the Tigers have won 11 matchups by more than six runs this season, Monday's blowout was nothing new.

Karl (Liam) Ricciardi and Sam Romero made a big impact while hitting and pitching. Throwing, Ricciardi tossed two innings while giving up no earned runs off two hits. Meanwhile, Romero pitched three innings while giving up no earned runs or hits. He has been nothing but reliable on the mound: he hasn't given up more than one earned run in eight consecutive appearances. At bat, Ricciardi went 3-for-5 with three runs and three RBI, while Romero went 3-for-4 with three runs, three RBI, and one triple.

In other batting news, the team relied heavily on Joey Seavello, who got on base in four of his seven plate appearances with four runs and one RBI. The team also got some help courtesy of Silas Telfer, who got on base in three of his four plate appearances with three runs and one RBI.

Escondido Charter always had someone on base and finished the game having posted an OBP of .554. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as Calvin Christian only posted an OBP of .235.

Escondido Charter pushed their record up to 14-1 with the victory, which was their ninth straight on the road. Those road wins came thanks in part to their hitting performance across that stretch, as they averaged 17.6 runs over those games. As for Calvin Christian, they have traveled a rocky road recently, having lost five of their last six games. That's put a noticeable dent in their 4-6 record this season.

Escondido Charter will have a chance to go back-to-back against Calvin Christian: the pair's next game is a rematch scheduled at 4:00 p.m. on Wednesday.