The El Camino Wildcats will be taking part in a tournament against the Maranatha Christian Eagles at 4:00 p.m. on Monday. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (El Camino has three straight wins, Maranatha Christian has nine straight losses), but none of that matters once you're on the field.
El Camino will roll into the matchup after a wild two-game stretch: they only put up one run on Monday, then bounced right back against Arapahoe on Thursday. El Camino skirted past Arapahoe 10-9. That's two games straight that the Wildcats have won by just one run.
Kieren Smith looked comfortable as he didn't allow a single earned run over four innings pitched.
Tyson Rodriguez
| 03/27/25 vs Arapahoe | 4 |
| 04/27/24 @ Escondido | 2 |
| 04/23/24 @ Escondido | 2 |
| 03/22/25 vs Southwest EC | 1 |
| 03/04/25 @ Mission Vista | 1 |
On the hitting side, the team relied heavily on Tyson Rodriguez, who went 3-for-4 with one home run, four RBI, and two runs. Those four RBI gave him a new career-high. The team also got some help courtesy of Isaiah Saldivar, who scored a run while going 1-for-3.
Meanwhile, Maranatha Christian lost 18-2 to Rancho Bernardo on Thursday.
Maranatha Christian saw five different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Holton Heinrichs, who went 1-for-3 with one home run. Heinrichs also scored a run, marking his first of the season. Nolan Espinosa was another, going 1-for-2 with one triple and one run.
Maranatha Christian's defeat dropped their record down to 0-8. As for El Camino, their victory bumped their record up to 7-2.
El Camino couldn't quite finish off Maranatha Christian in their previous meeting back in March of 2023 and fell 4-2. Will El Camino have more luck at home instead of on the road? Come back here after the game to get an analysis of the match and other baseball content.
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