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brand of baseball that we want to play but in this conference having the opportunity to get the W and get a conference series win, we’ll take it.”

Riverside will be on the road for a non-conference game against the LA Mission College Eagles on April 4. The team knows it has to follow the gameplan to win and get back on track.

“Just come out and simply compete,” Arechiga said. “Take care of the little things and if we can do that, then we’ll be successful.”

The Inland Empire was well represented on Opening Day with numerous players from the area

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Milwaukee Brewers rookie second baseman Brice Turang got the Opening Day start at second base. Just a few days later he hit a grand slam for his first major league home run. Turang attended Santiago High School in Corona.

Riverside City College legend Jesse Cavez got to work early this season as he pitched one and one third innings allowing zero runs on opening day for the Atlanta Braves. Since then he has appeared in one more game where he pitched a shutout inning. Chavez also went to A. B. Miller High School in Fontana.

Los Angeles Dodgers catcher and Riverside native Austin Barnes is going into his ninth MLB season. Barnes attended Riverside Polytechnic High School where he was teammates with Chicago White Sox outfielder Jake Marisnick.

Murrieta Valley High School alumni third baseman Patrick Wisdom recorded two home runs through the first two games of the season for the Chicago Cubs. He spent one year each with the St. Louis Cardinals and Texas Rangers before landing with the Cubs in 2020.

Pitcher Bailey Falter recorded his first start of the season for the Philadelphia Phillies three days after opening day where he held the Texas Rangers to two runs in five and one third innings. Falter was drafted out of Chino Hills High School in the fifth round of the 2015 MLB first-year player draft.