June 11, 2017 - Irvine, CA
Frankie Tostado (Oxnard JC) hit a three-run home run with two outs in the sixth inning to break what was a 2-2 tie and propel the Conejo Oaks to a 5-3 win over the Orange County Riptide today at Concordia University. Tostado's homer, his second of the summer, followed singles by
DJ Miller (Ole Miss) and Jassen Oliver (Cal St Bakersfield) as the Oaks improved to 4-1 in the league play.
Cody Farhat stepping in to relieve starter
Nate Wehner (Cal Lutheran) with one out in the fifth, was the beneficiary of the three-run sixth, picking up the win while recording three strikeouts in an inning and two-thirds work. Oliver and
Max Weinstein (Cal Lutheran) had two hits a piece to also post good games for the Oaks. For Orange County,
Joey Parente and
David Miranda (Florida Atlantic) each had two hits, and
Eric Wagaman (Houston) had a pair of run-scoring fly balls to highlight the offense.
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Elsewhere in the CCL:
Long Beach, CA
Grant Gamble (Azusa Pacific) hit a bases-loaded triple in the fourth inning to break the game open as the Long Beach Legends beat the Ventura Halos 6-1 in the first game of a doubleheader today at Long Beach City College.
Ryan Davis (Georgetown) added three hits and pitcher
Jason McLellan (Concordia) recorded five strikeouts in two innings of relief to highlight the Legends performance.
Chris May had two hits and
Dalton Duarte (Cal St Dominguez Hills) had a double and a single to lead the Halos.
In the second game, starting pitcher
Josh Aguilar notched seven strikeouts in four innings of work, and
Lucas Martinez (Cal St San Bernardino) hit a two-run single (the last of four singles in a row by Legends hitters) in a four-run second inning to lead Long Beach to a 6-4 win and a sweep of the doubleheader. Martinez,
Corey Treyes (Coppin St) and
Connor Montgomery all had two-hit games for Long Beach, while
Michael Tillman hit a single, a run-scoring double and a run-scoring fly ball to lead Ventura's offense.
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Healdsburg, CA
Brennan Mauchline (Academy of Art) drove in three runs on a pair of singles,
Spencer Lininger (Feather River) had three hits, and
Ben Skinner (Harvard) singled twice and scored three times to lead the Walnut Creek Crawdads to their first CCL win of the season, beating the previously undefeated Healdsburg Prune Packers 9-4 at Recreation Park.
Jake Scheiner (Houston) had an RBI-single, a double and a run-scoring fly ball to lead Healdsburg.
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