Baseball Recap: King/Drew Wins Going Away Against Gardena

For whatever reason, it's the away team that's had the advantage when King/Drew and Gardena meet (three straight games heading into this one) and that held true again on Wednesday. Everything went the King/Drew Golden Eagles' way against the Gardena Panthers as the King/Drew Golden Eagles made off with a 12-0 win. The high-flying hitting performance was a huge turnaround for the Golden Eagles considering their two-run performance the game before.

Danilo Meade was a major factor no matter where he played. On the mound, he didn't allow a single earned run and allowed only two hits while striking out 12 over six innings pitched. He has been nothing but reliable: he hasn't given up more than two hits any time he's pitched this season. He was also big at the plate, scoring two runs and stealing two bases.

Joel Medrano

Hits (Career)

02/26/25 @ Gardena	3
05/09/24 vs Harbor Teacher	2
05/06/24 @ Locke	2
05/02/24 @ Dorsey	2
04/29/24 vs Port of Los Angeles	2

In other batting news, the team relied heavily on Joel Medrano, who scored two runs and stole a base while going 3-for-3. The dominant performance also gave him a new career-high in hits (three). Another player making a difference was Anthony Valenzuela, who scored a run while going 2-for-4.

King/Drew was getting hits left and right and finished the game having posted a batting average of .385. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as Gardena only posted a batting average of .150.

King/Drew now has a winning record of 2-1. As for Gardena, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 2-2.

Coming up, King/Drew will square off against Los Angeles at 2:30 p.m. on Monday. As for Gardena, they will hit the road for the first time this season to challenge Animo Leadership at 10:00 a.m. on Saturday. Gardena has given up an average of 8.8 runs per game this season, so hopefully the team got some pitching drills in this week.