Baseball Recap: Katella Turns Things Around After Road Loss

Knights

Margin (Wins)

02/24/25 @ Santa Ana	17
02/20/25 vs Godinez Fundamental	11
03/04/25 @ Anaheim	10
03/21/25 vs Segerstrom	6
02/19/25 @ Sunny Hills	6

There's no place like home for Katella, who bounced back after a loss on the road last Tuesday. Everything went their way against the Segerstrom Jaguars on Friday as Katella made off with an 8-2 win. Considering the Knights have won five matches by more than five runs this season, Friday's blowout was nothing new.

Ben Villela tossed a big game, tossing 5.2 innings while giving up just one earned (and one unearned) run off five hits.

At the plate, the team relied heavily on Kevin Reyes Mejia, who got on base in three of his four plate appearances with one home run, three RBI, and two runs. Katella is undefeated when Reyes Mejia posts two or more runs, but 2-3 otherwise. The team also got some help courtesy of Julian Bustos, who scored a run and stole a base while going 1-for-3.

Katella pushed their record up to 7-3 with the victory, which was their third straight at home. The wins came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 2.3 runs on average over those games. As for Segerstrom, their defeat was their first in the league, dropping their league record down to 2-1 and their overall record down to 5-5.

Katella and Segerstrom should be looking forward to their upcoming games as both have a sizable advantage in the MaxPreps California Rankings. Katella (ranked 250th) will meet Whittier (ranked 662nd) at 11:00 a.m. on Monday. The two teams have allowed few runs on average (Katella 2.6, Whittier 3.7) so any runs scored will be well earned. Meanwhile, Segerstrom will face off against Buena Park at 3:15 p.m. on Tuesday up 472 places (202 vs. 674). The two teams have allowed few runs on average (Segerstrom 3.8, Buena Park 3.6) so any runs scored will be well earned.