Baseball Recap: Fairfield Has No Trouble Against Johnson

Falcons

Margin (Wins)

04/08/25 @ West Campus	23
04/22/25 vs Johnson	21
03/04/25 @ Florin	21
04/24/25 @ Johnson	18
03/18/25 vs Foothill	18

Fairfield won the last time they faced Johnson and things went their way on Thursday too. The Falcons blew past the Warriors 19-1. Considering the Falcons have won 17 matches by more than five runs this season, Thursday's blowout was nothing new.

Devin Knox and Donavan Luu made a big impact while hitting and pitching. On the mound, Knox pitched 1.2 innings while giving up no earned runs or hits. Meanwhile, Luu struck out six batters over 3.1 innings while giving up just one earned run off three hits. Those six strikeouts gave him a new career-high. At the plate, Knox got on base in three of his four plate appearances with two runs, one stolen base, and one double, while Luu went a perfect 5-for-5 with two stolen bases, three runs, and four RBI. Luu has been hot recently, having also posted at least one triple the last four times he's played.

In other batting news, the team relied heavily on Tristen Smith, who got on base in all four of his plate appearances with two stolen bases, three RBI, and two runs. That's the most RBI he has posted since back in March. Ricardo Martin was another key player, going 2-for-3 with two runs, one stolen base, and two RBI.

Fairfield always had someone on base and finished the game having posted an OBP of .659. That was just more of the same: they've now posted an OBP of .641 or higher in three consecutive games.

Fairfield has been performing well recently as they've won five of their last six contests. That's provided a nice bump to their 19-6 record this season. The victories came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 2.5 runs on average over those games. As for Johnson, they have traveled a rocky road recently, having lost nine of their last 12 matchups. That's put a noticeable dent in their 5-12 record this season.

Fairfield didn't take long to hit the field again: they've already played their next game, a 5-2 defeat against Antioch on the 25th. As for Johnson, they also wasted no time getting back out on the field and have already played their next contest, a 13-12 loss against Valley on the 29th.