CCBC Essex Baseball Caps Off Historic 2025 Season in Region 20 Divisional Final

Wye Mills, MD – The 2025 CCBC Essex Knights concluded a milestone season on Sunday afternoon, falling to Anne Arundel Community College 11-1 in the Region 20 Semifinals. Despite the defeat, the Knights' season will be remembered as one of the most prolific campaigns in school history — both statistically and competitively.

�� Final Game Recap – Region 20 Semifinal

Facing elimination in the double-elimination tournament, the Knights took an early 1-0 lead in the top of the first when Justin Cook grounded out to bring in a run. But Anne Arundel responded with 11 unanswered runs, including a six-run fifth inning that broke the game open.

Starter Yadier Henriquez Lopez (Harrisburg, PA / Central Dauphin East) went 2.1 innings, allowing five runs (four earned). Anne Arundel totaled 13 hits, while the Knights were held to five.

CCBC Essex's lone RBI came from Cook. Eduardo Zayas, Maxwell Urena, Ethan Holland, Jimmy Perez, and Rafael Castillo each collected one hit. The loss ends the Knights' season at 30-27 overall and 22-17 in Region 20 play.

�� Team Achievements & New Program Records

Most Walks in a single season: 238

Most Hit by Pitches: 69

Most Sacrifice Bunts: 43

Most Total Bases: 931

Tied Most Stolen Bases: 157

Highest Batting Average since 2006: .297

Highest Slugging Percentage in program history: .638

Second-most wins in school history: 30

Most games played in a season: 57

�� Individual Season & Career Milestones

Eduardo Zayas (Sophomore – Cidra, PR / Bilingual Education School at Cidra)

Tied single-season games played: 55

39 stolen bases - 4th in program history

Hiyu Ota (Sophomore – Sammu Chida, Japan / Chiba Prefectural Naruto)

Set career record for sacrifice bunts: 14

Cameron Brewer (Sophomore – York, PA / Susquehannock)

18 career HBP – 2nd all-time

Rafael Castillo (Sophomore – Queens, NY / HS for Construction Trades)

8 home runs this season

11 career home runs – 2nd in program history

Jimmy Perez (Sophomore – Queens, NY / HS for Arts and Business)

5 career home runs – 8th all-time

49 carrer RBI - 9th in career RBIs

Justin Cook (Sophomore – Bradenton, FL / Manatee)

40 RBIs this season – team leader

56 career RBI – 5th all-time

Maxwell Urena (Sophomore – Brooklyn, NY / Christ the King)

44 career walks – 4th in program history

33 career stolen bases – 6th in program history

Arnaldo Carrion (Wellington, FL/ Wellington)

2nd in career games started on the mound (17)

⚾ Playoff Run Summary

�� Eliminated Cecil College 11-8 in the opening round

�� Eliminated #2 Seed CCBC Catonsville 8-3

�� Eliminated #1 seed Chesapeake 12-4