Fall 2026 · Doubleheader · Game 1 · L 1–8
Knights Fall to Hope in Doubleheader Opener
Nobel Baseball scored first but fell 8–1 to Hope in the opening game of the October 10 doubleheader at Amerige Park.
Leonardo Luna drove in the Knights' run with a first-inning single. Hope answered with three runs in the bottom of the inning and held Nobel scoreless the rest of the way. Hope added a solo home run in the sixth and four runs in the seventh, finishing with 14 hits.
The Knights collected five hits, with Luna, Bryant Poland, Preston Flint, Aaron Rojas and Evan Martinez each recording one. Poland doubled, and Rojas stole two bases as Nobel finished with four stolen bases overall.
Poland threw three scoreless innings in relief, striking out two without issuing a walk. The Knights committed no errors, but their early run was their only scoring in the opener.
Nobel returned for the second game of the doubleheader and earned an 11–6 win to split the two games.