{"id":229696,"date":"2026-03-21T05:24:26","date_gmt":"2026-03-21T05:24:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/229696\/"},"modified":"2026-03-21T05:24:26","modified_gmt":"2026-03-21T05:24:26","slug":"castro-valley-trojans-vs-oakland-tech-bulldogs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/229696\/","title":{"rendered":"Castro Valley Trojans vs. Oakland Tech Bulldogs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"infosentience-paragraph\" style=\"order:1\">The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.maxpreps.com\/ca\/castro-valley\/castro-valley-trojans\/baseball\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Castro Valley Trojans<\/a> will venture away from home to  square off against the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.maxpreps.com\/ca\/oakland\/oakland-tech-bulldogs\/baseball\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Oakland Tech Bulldogs<\/a>  at 2:30  p.m.  on Friday. Castro Valley will be strutting in after a  win while Oakland Tech will be coming in after a  defeat.<\/p>\n<p class=\"infosentience-paragraph\" style=\"order:2\">Castro Valley was handed a heart-breaking two-run  loss in their last  game, but they sure didn&#8217;t let that happen against West  on Wednesday. The Trojans blew past the Wolfpack 8-1. The result was nothing new for the Trojans, who have now won four matchups by seven  runs or more  so far this season.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"ID4b54e2f383f24212a3e37dc87a750220\" style=\"width:48px;height:48px;border-radius:24px;\" class=\"infosentience-float-left \" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/4eab5b4b-436a-4d14-aafd-924608417ceb.gif\" alt=\"\" onerror=\"this.style.display=\" none=\"\"\/><\/p>\n<p id=\"ID9a23f13a829e46cc9ced9b7d41ef0d83\" style=\"color:#000000;margin-left:10px;margin-right:10px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;padding-top:12px;font-family:Siro-Semibold,Siro;font-size:16px !important;font-weight:500;\" class=\"infosentience-standard-text infosentience-float-left \" tabindex=\"-1\"> Andrew Mu?oz<\/p>\n<p class=\"infosentience-paragraph\" style=\"order:3\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.maxpreps.com\/ca\/castro-valley\/castro-valley-trojans\/athletes\/andrew-mu?oz\/?careerid=ldt7iigodgq77\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"> Andrew Mu?oz<\/a> looked comfortable as he  didn&#8217;t allow a single  earned run while striking out six over four innings pitched. He also  tossed  no  earned runs, which is notable because Castro Valley is 2-1 when he allows at  most  two  earned runs, but 3-4 otherwise.<\/p>\n<p class=\"infosentience-paragraph\" style=\"order:4\"> On the hitting side,  the team  relied heavily on <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.maxpreps.com\/ca\/castro-valley\/castro-valley-trojans\/athletes\/aidan-hackbarth\/?careerid=brbhcarb73mtd\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"> Aidan Hackbarth<\/a>, who  got on base  in four of his five plate appearances with two  runs, one  triple,  and one  stolen base. Castro Valley is 3-1 when  Hackbarth posts two or  more  runs, but 2-4 otherwise. <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.maxpreps.com\/ca\/castro-valley\/castro-valley-trojans\/athletes\/ryan-autio\/?careerid=7kdn589a6jco8\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"> Ryan Autio<\/a> was another key player,  getting on base  in all three of his plate appearances with two  runs and one  stolen base.<\/p>\n<p class=\"infosentience-paragraph\" style=\"order:5\"> Castro Valley  hit smart and  finished the game with only one  strikeout. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as West struck out 11 times.<\/p>\n<p class=\"infosentience-paragraph\" style=\"order:6\">Meanwhile, Oakland Tech fought the good fight in their extra-innings  contest against Arroyo  on Thursday but wound up with a less-than-desirable result. They fell just short of the Dons by a score of  7-6. The Bulldogs&#8217; defeat continues a  trend for the  team, making it three in a row.<\/p>\n<p class=\"infosentience-paragraph\" style=\"order:7\">Oakland Tech handed starting duties to <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.maxpreps.com\/ca\/oakland\/oakland-tech-bulldogs\/athletes\/ben-weade\/?careerid=2aulo8muq59o8\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"> Ben Weade<\/a>, who gave a strong showing despite the result:  he  struck out nine batters over  seven innings while giving up  four earned  (and two unearned) runs off   seven  hits.<\/p>\n<p class=\"infosentience-paragraph\" style=\"order:8\"> At the plate, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.maxpreps.com\/ca\/oakland\/oakland-tech-bulldogs\/athletes\/elijah-rucker\/?careerid=smkut2uicn9n7\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"> Elijah Rucker<\/a> made the most of his time in the batter&#8217;s box despite the final result and  went 3-for-4 with two  stolen bases, two  runs,  and one  double. He is  on a roll when it comes to  stolen bases, as he&#8217;s  now  snagged  at least one in each of the last five games he&#8217;s  played. Another player making a difference was <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.maxpreps.com\/ca\/oakland\/oakland-tech-bulldogs\/athletes\/sebastian-godinez\/?careerid=4hdml0uajd6rb\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"> Sebastian Godinez<\/a>, who  went 1-for-3 with one  run, one  double,  and one  RBI.<\/p>\n<p class=\"infosentience-paragraph\" style=\"order:9\"> Oakland Tech suffered their first road  loss, dropping their record down to 4-4. As for Castro Valley,  with the  victory, they broke their four-game losing streak and moved their record to 5-5.<\/p>\n<p class=\"infosentience-paragraph\" style=\"order:10\">Both  the two teams just can&#8217;t seem to miss. Castro Valley has been making plenty of contact this season,  having  averaged 9.9  hits per game. However, it&#8217;s not like Oakland Tech struggles in that department as   they&#8217;ve been averaging  only 4.8  hits. With both teams so capable at the plate, fans should be ready for an impressive hitting performance.<\/p>\n<p class=\"infosentience-paragraph\" style=\"order:11\"> Castro Valley got the &#8216;W&#8217; in their previous meeting  back in March of 2025 against Oakland Tech by a conclusive  20-3 score. The rematch might be a little tougher for the Trojans since the  squad won&#8217;t have the home-field advantage this time around. We&#8217;ll see if the change in venue makes a difference.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Castro Valley Trojans will venture away from home to square off against the Oakland Tech Bulldogs at&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":229697,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[34],"tags":[143,145,144],"class_list":["post-229696","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-oakland","tag-oakland","tag-oakland-headlines","tag-oakland-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/229696","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=229696"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/229696\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/229697"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=229696"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=229696"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=229696"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}