July 10, 2018 Thousand Oaks, CA Luke Ritter (Wichita St) hit a three-run home run and an RBI-single, Conor Davis (Auburn) hit a solo home run and an RBI-single, and Tanner Bibee (Cal St Fullerton) struck out eight over five scoreless innings to lead the Santa Barbara Foresters to a 7-2 win over the Conejo Oaks today at Sparky Anderson Field, snapping the Oaks' eight-game winning streak. Ritter's home run opened the scoring for Santa Barbara, coming before an out was recorded as leadoff hitters Logan Allen (Arkansas-Ft. Smith) and Hank LoForte (Cal St Fullerton) both singled to start off the game. The score remained 3-0 until LoForte drove in one run in the fifth inning with a single and Davis hit his solo home run in the sixth to make it 5-0. Then, in the seventh inning, both Ritter and Davis had RBI-singles to make the score 7-0. Bibee was the starting pitcher today for the Foresters and allowed only four baserunners during his outing. Two of the baserunners were a result of hits by the first two batters he faced, Michael Spears (Ole Miss) and Brandon Lewis (UC Irvine), both of whom singled. Bibee struck out the next two batters of the inning and Spears was caught trying to steal base to end the threat, however, and Bibee went on to retire the side in order in the second inning, struck out three in the third, stranded a two-out single in the fourth and retired the side in order in the fifth. Gavin Velasquez (Cal St Fullerton) relieved Bibee to start the sixth inning, pitching around a Lewis double in the inning, and threw a scoreless seventh to extend the shutout pitching. The Oaks finally got on the board against Elliot Anderson (Auburn) in the eighth inning when Will Pickets (CSU Bakersfield) reached on a one-out single and Lewis hit a two-out two-run home run for his game-high third hit. Chase Wallace (Tennessee) pitched the ninth inning for Santa Barbara, striking out three in the inning to close out the 7-2 win. Elijah Alexander (Rio Grande Valley) hit two singles and a double for the Oaks to also finish with three hits. Click here for recaps of this game Elsewhere in the CCL today: Pasadena, CA Thomas Delgadillo homered, Masen Hibbeler (Texas) doubled in a run and Micah Pries (Pt. Loma) drove in two with an RBI-single to lead the Orange County Riptide to 6-2 win over the Arroyo Seco Saints tonight at Jackie Robinson Stadium. Delgadillo's home run, a solo shot to lead off the third inning, was the first baserunner Saints starter pitcher Wyatt Kelley (New Mexico St) allowed and the only run he would give up in his five innings of work, striking out six before turning the pitching duties over to the bullpen with the game tied 1-1. Arroyo Seco had grabbed the lead early when their two leadoff batters were hit by pitches in the first inning and Nic Lacayo (Michigan St) singled the first of them in. Riptide starting pitcher Brandon Ivey (Texas) frustrated the Saints offense for the most part, however, stranding runners in scoring position in each of the three innings he worked, including leaving the bases loaded in both the first and third innings without allowing more than the one run to score. After Delgadillo's home run and Kelley was relieved by Zach Bromstead (Mt. SAC), the Saints retook the lead when Drew Cowley (Cal Poly Pomona), who would collect a game-high three hits, tripled in a run to make the score 2-1. From that point on, however, the scoring was strictly an Orange County thing. The Riptide took the lead for good in the sixth inning when Steve Curry (Georgia Southern), who also had three hits in the game, singled, moved to second on a wild pitch, scored on an error and Mason McWhorter (Georgia Southern) hit a two-out RBI-single to make the score 3-2. Then Hibbler and Pries got their RBI in the seventh inning to post the final 6-2 score. Jason Farese (Irvine Valley JC) and Daniel Zimmerman (Michigan) each pitched two scoreless innings to close out the win, Farese striking out three with runners in scoring position and Zimmerman facing the minimum six batters for his two innings. Delgadillo, who added two singles after his home run, matched Curry and Cowley with a game-high three hits. Bobby Fulkerson (So New Hamp) pitched the last two-plus innings scoreless to highlight another Saints pitcher. Click here for recaps of this game Compton, CA The San Luis Obispo Blues stormed back from a 3-1 deficit by scoring three runs in the top of the ninth inning to beat the Academy Barons 4-3 tonight at the MLB Urban Youth Academy. Putting the tying runs aboard in the ninth when Justin Lutes (Pepperdine) led off with a single and Dane Stankiewicz (Grand Canyon) hit a one-out single, the Blues took advantage of a pair of walks to push one run across and took the lead when Brain Klein (Texas Tech) got the big hit, a bases-loaded two-run single that gave San Luis the lead. The dramatic win spoiled a strong pitching performance by Barons starter Nikelle Galatas (Jackson St). Galatas threw five shutout innings, striking out two and allowing only two singles before handing the pitching duties over to the bullpen with the Academy ahead 2-0. The Barons had scored twice in the fourth inning to take the lead when Andrew Wilson (Marymount-NAIA) singled to lead off the inning, advanced to third when the next batter reached on an error and both runners scored on RBI-singles by Hunter Lewis (Indiana State) and Daniel Harris (Eastern Kentucky). The Barons added an insurance run in the sixth inning when Alex Rodriguez led off with a single and scored on a RBI-triple by Harris, who finished with a game=high three hits, but the insurance was not enough as the Blues scored once in the seventh on a Stankiewicz sacrifice fly that got the Blues closer into striking distance which they needed when the ninth inning rally happened. Peyton Sherlin (Dallas Baptist) started on the mound and surrendered all three Barons runs on nine hits in six innings of work before being relieved by TJ Mullins (Grayson), who threw two and one-third scoreless innings, earning the win, and Josh Andrews (Grand Canyon), who recorded the final two outs to pick up the save. Click here for recaps of this game