June 13, 2018 Compton, CA Paul Gomez (Missouri) hit a two-out, bases-clearing three-run double, Shaq Robinson (Long Beach St) hit a pair of RBI-doubles and starting pitcher Colin Townsend (St. Louis) threw four scoreless innings with four strikeouts to lead the Orange County Riptide to an 8-4 victory over the Academy Barons tonight at the MLB Urban Youth Academy. Gomez' double opened the scoring for the Riptide in the first inning and followed singles by Steve Curry (Georgia Southern) and Luke Bandy (Dallas Baptist) and a walk to give Orange County an early 3-0 lead. Bandy again set the table in the third inning, hitting the second of his and Curry's game-high three hits and scoring on Robinson's first double. In the fifth inning it was Curry's turn to single and score on a Robinson double to make score 5-0. Meanwhile, Townsend was holding the Barons offense in check, allowing only two hits and one walk before turning the pitching duties over to the bullpen. After Matthew Cooper (Clemson) tripled with one out in the sixth inning and scored on a groundout to up the Riptide lead to 6-0, the Barons offense got on the board in the seventh when lead-off hitter Cameron Dean (Rockhurst) singled, advanced to third on a Trevor Mattson (Arcadia) double. Both runners would score on run-producing outs and the Academy would score twice more in the ninth inning on a Daniel Harris (Eastern Kentucky) RBI-triple and another RBI-groundout to produce their four-run total. Robinson drove in Curry in the ninth inning for his third RBI of the game to set the final score at 8-4. Spencer Hereford (Dominguez Hills) had three strikeouts in two innings of scoreless relief to highlight the Barons pitching. Click here for recaps of this game Elsewhere in the CCL today: Pasadena, CA John Jensen (UC Irvine) hit a grand-slam, doubled and singled, and Logan Allen (Arkansas-Ft. Smith) scored three times and doubled in a pair of runs to lead the Santa Barbara Foresters to a 9-3 win over the Arroyo Seco Saints tonight at Jackie Robinson Stadium. Jensen's slam came in the third inning with the Foresters already leading 1-0 after Chase Illig (West Virginia) doubled and scored in the second, and followed a lead-off double by Christian Gambale (Air Force) and two walks to give the Foresters a 5-1 lead they would not relinquish. The Saints had tied the score in the bottom of the second inning when consecutive singles by Mitch Kerner and Nic Lacayo (Michigan St) got the Saints' offense moving. Santa Barbara's starting pitcher Dane Acker (Rice) limited the damage by getting a couple of groundouts and a baserunner was caught stealing to end the threat. Acker recorded three strikeouts over the first four innings before handing the ball to a trio of relievers who held Arroyo Seco scoreless in four of final five innings, Kerner's RBI-double and a RBI fly ball by Lacayo in the sixth inning being the only exception. Logan figured in each of the Foresters last four runs of the game. He singled, stole second base, advanced to third on an error and scored on an RBI-groundout in the fifth inning; walked, stole second again, advance to third on a passed ball and scored on a Jensen single producing his fifth RBI of the game; and then Logan doubled home two runners who had reached via a walk in the eighth. Jensen and Kerner each finished with a game-high three hits. Click here for recaps of this game