June 21, 2019
San Luis Obispo, CA
The San Luis Obispo Blues rallied for three runs in third inning, taking advantage of two hit batters, and scored twice in the fifth, taking advantage of another hit batter and a walk to beat the Orange County Riptide 5-4 tonight at Sinsheimer Park. Four of the five batters who reached base in those innings without the benefit of hit ended up scoring, and the fifth was thrown out at the plate. The first rally happened with the Blues trailing 2-0 after the Riptide scored once in the first inning when Carson Matthews (BYU) walked to lead off the game, stole two bases and scored on a Dylan Rock (UTSA) single, and once in the second inning on three consecutive singles by Connor Aoki (Binghamton), Daniel Jung (Notre Dame) and Antonio Cruz (Rice) before an out was recorded. Gabe Constantine (Rio Grande Vly) who started on the mound for San Luis and surrendered both early runs, escaped further damage in the second inning by striking out one and getting two groundball outs, and then retired the side in order in the third while waiting for some run support. The support came in the Blues’ next at bat when the first two batters reached base via a hit batter and a single. Duke Pahukoa (UNLV) then hit an RBI-single to drive in the Blues first run, the second hit batter of the inning loaded the bases and then two sacrifice flies gave San Luis a 3-2 lead. The Blues padded their lead in the fifth inning when the first two batters of the inning reached base via a walk and a hit batter and, after a passed ball advanced the runners to second and third, both would score, the first on an RBI-single by Ryan Cole (Notre Dame) and the second as part of a first-and-third double steal. Orange County scored two times in the sixth inning to get within one, plating once on an error and once on a two-out RBI-single by Chad Crosbie (Miami). Brett Super (Pitzer College), who relieved Constantine to start the fourth inning, struck out the final batter of the sixth to limit the Riptide rally and finished with five strikeouts in three innings, before turning the pitching duties over to Evan Ingram (Hendrix) who pitched around a double in the seventh by striking out the side, and then to Noah Bullard (Ventura JC) who pitched around a double in the eighth to retire six of the seven batters he faced to close out the Blues win. Nick Jones (Georgia Southern) started on the mound for Orange County and suffered the loss, allowing three runs on two hits, while striking out three and allowing five walks in two and a third innings. Wesley Scott (Vanderbilt) relieved Jones and struck out four over two and two-thirds innings while Sean Higgins (Columbia) struck out three over three scoreless innings.
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Santa Barbara, CA
Four pitchers threw eight scoreless innings and struck out a combined 14 batters to lead the Santa Barbara Foresters to a 6-3 win over the Academy Barons tonight at Pershing Park. Brett Walker (Oregon) was the starting pitcher for Santa Barbara tonight and struck out six over five innings of work. He retired the first seven batters he faced, four via strikeouts, and was given three runs of support when the Foresters scored once in their first at bat on three consecutive two-singles by Quentin Selma (Cal), Nick Bellafronto (Stanford) and Jacob Katzfey (Wichita State), and twice in the second inning on a walk, an error and singles by Tommy Holguin (SBCC) and Ryan Cash (Oral Roberts), all with one out. JP Massey (Minnesota), who started on the mound for the Academy and struck out the leadoff batter in the second, limited the damage in the inning by striking out the next two batters after Cash’s hit. Trevor Sutt (Long Beach JC) relieved Massey to start the third inning and, after striking out the side in the third and pitching out of a jam in the fourth, Sutt surrendered three runs in the fifth on four hits, including Katzfey’s second run-scoring single of the game which gave Santa Barbara a 6-3 lead. From that point forward it was pitching dominance for both teams. Hunter Breault (Oregon) was the first reliever in for the Foresters and retired all six batters he faced, including striking out three in the seventh inning, while Elijah Pleasants retired six of the seven batters he faced, two by strikeout, in relief of Sutt. Brad Demco pitched around a leadoff walk and retired the next three batters, two by strikeout, in the eighth inning for Santa Barbara and David Appleby (Michigan) followed suit, striking out two of the three batters he faced for the Barons. Drake Greenwood (Rice) then closed out the win for the Foresters with three strikeouts in the ninth.
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Healdsburg, CA
A week away from CCL play didn’t seem to hinder the play of the Healdsburg Prune Packers tonight as their offense strung together twelve runs on 15 hits on their way to an 12-5 win over the Solano Mudcats at Recreation Park. Eight of the nine hitters in the Healdsburg lineup tonight collected hits, five of which recorded multiple-hit games, and those same eight all scored runs, four of the them multiple times. John Lagattuta (Cal) hit a three-run home run and posted a game-high four RBI, Logan Douglas (Santa Rosa JC) singled and hit a solo home run, Jason Dicochea (Santa Clara) had three hits, including a triple, and Bryan Sturges (UTSA) had three hits and scored twice to lead the Packers attack. Solano got the early lead by scoring twice in the top of the first inning on an RBI-double by Jack Pridy (Sonoma St) and a run-scoring groundball, but that didn’t last long as Healdsburg scored twice in their half of the inning on an RBI-single by Sturges and an error. Douglas’ home run in the second inning gave just as brief a lead to Healdsburg as it was matched by a Solano solo home run hit in the third by Pridy and, then, when the Mudcats took a two-run lead by scoring a run in the fourth on a double by Wellington Balsley (Solano JC) and a run in the fifth on a run-scoring single by Christian Harkey (Savannah St), Healdsburg answered back again by scoring on a Blake McDonald RBI-single in the fifth and an error in the sixth to tie the score 5-5. Healdsburg erupted for four runs in the seventh inning when Bryson Hill (Houston) hit an RBI-single in front of Lagattuta’s home run, and three runs in the eighth on a wild pitch, an RBI-groundball and Lagattuta’s fourth RBI of the game put the game away. Jackson Cunningham (CSUN) pitched two scoreless innings after Healdsburg took the lead and Devin Kirby pitched a scoreless ninth inning to secure the Packers victory.
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Pasadena, CA
Nickolas Pagan (Hartford) hit a three-run home run, Jamie Robertson (Emory) pitched four and two-thirds innings of stellar relief and David Reyna (Ark-Monticello) hit a three-run triple to lead the Arroyo Seco Saints to an 11-5 win over the Conejo Oaks tonight at Jackie Robinson Stadium. Pagan’s home run, which followed an Andy Garriola (Old Dominion) RBI-single in the first inning, gave the Saints a seemingly comfortable early 4-0 lead, but it wouldn’t hold up. It wasn’t until Reyna’s triple in the eighth inning, which was followed by RBI-singles by Anthony Forte (Richmond) and Drew Cowley (Cal Poly Pomona), that the outcome of the game was decided. Conejo’s starting pitcher, Eric Ma (Whitman College), after allowing the four first inning runs, retired the side in order over the next two innings as the Oaks’ offense started scoring. Conejo generated two runs in the second inning on three hits, including a RBI-single by Zach Kaminkow (West Texas A&M), and a wild pitch, and three runs in a wild fourth inning in which three batters walked with the bases loaded and three batters struck out, two with the bases loaded, to take the lead 5-4. Chris Burnette (Cal Poly Pomona), who issued the last two walks and struck out the last two outs of the wild fourth inning for the Saints, recorded one out in the fifth but walked two more before Robertson entered the game and proceeded to dominate. Robertson retired 14 of the last 15 Oaks batters, three by strikeouts, to earn the win in relief for Arroyo Seco as he was on the mound when the Saints tied the game in the seventh inning when Forte doubled with one out and scored on a Thomas Luevano (USD) two-out single, and was the pitcher of record when the Saints took over the lead on Reyna’s home run.
June 20, 2019
Alameda, CA
Justin Banks (Coppin St) had three hits, including a two-run home run, Jason Pridy (Solano JC) and Eric Robles (Sterling College) hit back-to-back RBI-doubles and Nick Peifer (Cal Poly Pomona) hit a two-run triple to lead the Solano Mudcats to an 11-6 win over the San Francisco Seals tonight at Alameda College. Bank’s home run, which came with two outs in the first inning, opened the scoring for Solano and highlighted the Mudcats’ 15-hit attack in which all nine batters in their lineup recorded at least one hit and all but two of them scored runs. San Francisco’s starting pitcher Ricky Hernandez settled in for a while after Bank’s home run, facing the minimum three batters in each of the next three innings as the Seals rallied in the fourth inning to score three times to take the lead on two singles, an RBI-double by Drew Lowe (Oral Roberts), a sacrifice fly and an error. But once the fifth inning started, Hernandez didn’t record another out, as the first two batters reached on a hit batsman and a single, followed immediately by the two doubles by Pridy and Robles that drove in one and two runs, respectively, and another hit batsman chased Hernandez from the game. Sonny Brandwood, who relieved Hernandez, allowed Peifer’s triple and an RBI-single by Josh Medina (Sonoma St) before striking out the next three batters in a row to end the 6-run Mudcats rally. Solano added a run in the sixth inning when Christian Harkey (Savannah St) led off with a single and scored on an Isaiah Verrett (UC Davis) single, and scored once in the seventh when Banks led off with a double and scored on Harkey’s third single of the game before the Seals scored three times in the eighth on a sacrifice fly and a two-run double by Gianni Bloom made the score 10-6. Banks singled in the ninth, advanced to third on a double by Eric Waldichuk (Willamette) and scored on an RBI-groundout to finish out the scoring. Cody Switzer (Napa Valley JC) started on the mound for the Mudcats, picking up the win by pitching six innings while allowing three runs on four hits and striking out two.
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San Luis Obispo, CA
For the third night in a row at Sinsheimer Park the Santa Barbara Foresters pitching staff stymied the hitters of the San Luis Obispo Blues and the Foresters offense scored just enough to win as the Foresters beat the Blues tonight 2-1 in twelve innings. The Foresters won the three-game series by a total of five runs, 4-2 Tuesday, 3-1 Wednesday and by one tonight, and that run tonight was a manufactured run when, with one out in the twelfth inning, Eric Kennedy (Texas) reached base after being hit by a pitch, stole second base, advanced to third on a single and scored what proved to be the winning run on a fielder’s choice groundout. That was how the Foresters grabbed the lead in tonight’s game, but how they won this game, and how they won all three games in this series, is with dominant pitching. Seven Foresters’ pitchers combined to hold the Blues to one run on eight hits and stranded twelve runners on base. The Blues got runners into scoring position in seven innings but the Santa Barbara pitchers escaped all of those situations except one, when a leadoff walk and a stolen base got a runner to second base in the fifth inning and Taison Corio (Delta JC) hit a two-out RBI-single. Corio’s hit tied the score 1-1, as the Foresters took the early lead in the second inning when Zach Presno (Fresno State) led off with a double, advanced to third on a single and scored on a groundball double play. Other than that, the rest of the game was a pitchers’ duel as both starting pitchers and both bullpens dominated. Larson Kindreich (Biola) started on the mound for Santa Barbara and pitched three scoreless innings with four strikeouts, and Braeden Gowdy started for San Luis and went four innings with three strikeouts. Kevin Larson (Fresno St), Drake Greenwood (Rice), Hunter Breault (Oregon), Connor Curry (Nebraska), Christian Winston (San Diego State) and Ryan Bergert (West Virginia) combined for eight scoreless innings for Santa Barbara, while Tyler Chivens, Derek True (Cal Poly), Hunter Swift (Oral Roberts), Kai Janowicz (UC Davis) and Andrew Alvarez (Cal Poly) matched them every step of the way until the twelfth inning. While Chivens struck out three in two innings of work, True struck out four in two innings, and Swift struck out five in two innings, the dominant performance of the night has to go to Bergert who, once the Foresters grabbed the lead, came into the game in the bottom of the twelfth and struck out three straight to close out the win.
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Pasadena, CA
The Arroyo Seco Saints hit four singles and took advantage of two errors to score four runs in the fourth inning en route to beating the Orange County Riptide 5-1 tonight at Jackie Robinson Stadium. The four-run rally came at the expense of Riptide starting pitcher Ricky Reynoso (Pacific) who had cruised through the first three innings, allowing only a single and a walk in the second inning and a leadoff double by Anthony Forte (Richmond) whom he stranded by retiring the next three batters he faced in the third. But after allowing two consecutive singles to lead off the fourth inning, Reynoso was bitten by a error that allowed one run to score, an RBI-single by Thomas McCarthy (USF), a sacrifice fly and another run-producing error before he could retire the next two batters and get out of the inning. The Saints’ starting pitcher Colin King (Regis) also had to pitch through innings extended by two errors, but in both those cases, neither of the errors produced runs and he was able to pitch three and third scoreless innings before turning the pitching duties over to Cade Bullinger (Texas St) who scattered six hits over four and two-thirds innings of work, allowing only one run to score when Blake Faddoul (Santa Clara) hit a two-out RBI-double in the sixth inning to make the score 4-1. Arroyo Seco answered the Riptide run by scoring one in their half of the inning without the benefit of a hit and then Bullinger faced the minimum three batters in the seventh and eighth innings before Chris Burnette (Cal Poly Pomona) closed out the win with a scoreless ninth, pitching around a leadoff walk and a single to retire the last three batters he faced.
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Thousand Oaks, CA
Jair Donovan (Concordia), Logan Pollack (Michigan) and Jaylen Heard (Heartland) hit three consecutive two-out RBI-doubles and Trent Anderson hit a pair of run-producing singles in consecutive at bats to lead the Academy Barons to an 8-7 win over the Conejo Oaks today at Sparky Anderson Field. The back-to-back-to-back doubles for the Barons came in their first at bat and followed a single by Basiel Williams Jr. (Jones JC) that got things going after the first two batters of the inning were retired. Reece Matheisen (Glendale JC), who started on the mound for Conejo, struck out a batter to end the Barons’ first inning rally and went on to throw three scoreless innings, striking out five, before turning the pitching duties over to the Oaks bullpen. Julian Jackson (Eastern Kentucky) was the starting pitcher for the Academy and held the 3-0 lead in dominant fashion for a while, retiring 12 of the first 13 batters he faced until the Oaks got an RBI-single by Alexander Briggs (Cal Lutheran) and a two-out, two-run single by Tyler Odekirk (Cal St LA) and tied the score 3-3. The Barons answered the Oaks three runs with four of their own in their next at bat, stringing together four singles, including RBI-hits by Anderson and Donovan, and a costly Oaks error to retake the lead, and then added another run in the seventh inning when Anderson hit a two-out single to make the score 8-3. Nico Lima (Oxnard JC) doubled and scored on a sacrifice fly for the Oaks in the eighth and Conejo rallied for three runs on five hits, including a two-run double by Justin Ammons (Tennessee) and an RBI-single by Lima in the ninth, but fell just short when Jacob Castro (UC Irvine) hit his second double of the game with two outs in the ninth but was stranded when the last batter flew out to end the game.
June 19, 2019
Pasadena, CA
Leading 5-2 heading into the ninth inning, the Academy Barons scored two insurance runs on two singles, a walk and an error, and needed both as the Arroyo Seco Saints rallied for four runs in their last at bat and left the tying run at third as the Barons held on to beat the Saints 7-6 tonight at Jackie Robinson Stadium. The Barons got a leadoff single from Basiel Williams Jr. (Jones JC) to start the ninth inning. Williams then stole second and third base and scored on an error, and, after a walk, Kyle Freeman (Pitzer College) hit an single to drive in what would prove to be the winning run. Up to this point in the game, the Academy relief pitchers had been nearly perfect as Travis Lavendier (Chico St) retired all four batters he faced in order, Noel Soto (Long Beach JC) pitched around a leadoff walk by retiring three straight, two by strikeout, and Trevor Sutt (Long Beach JC) retired the side in order in his one-inning appearance. But when the bottom of the ninth inning started the fourth Barons reliever, Elijah Pleasants, faced a fierce Saints rally sparked by an error that allowed the leadoff batter to reach. Nolan Tressler (Georgia Southern) hit an RBI-triple and scored on a balk, and Thomas McCarthy (USF) doubled before and out was recorded to get the Saints within two. Pleasants struck out the next two batters, to seemingly squelch the rally, before an RBI-single by Christian Scott (Tennessee), a walk and two passed balls put another run across and the tying run at third. Pleasants struck out his third batter of the inning, however, to close out the win for the Academy. Brandon Mitchell (New Orleans) started on the mound for the Barons, striking out four in four and two-thirds innings of work and allowing two runs on four hits before turning the pitching duties over to the bullpen. The Barons jumped out to an early lead in the game, scoring three times in their first at bat on doubles by Channy Ortiz (Grand Canyon) and Freeman and two singles and, after the Saints scored their two runs, added two more when Ortiz drove in a pair with his game-high third hit in the sixth. Drew Atherton (Cal Poly Pomona) started on the mound for Arroyo Seco and suffered the loss, allowing three runs on eight hits while striking out five in three and a third innings of work. Trevor Beer (UC Santa Barbara) also struck out five in his two-plus innings, but allowed two runs in relief of Atherton.
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San Luis Obispo, CA
Jake Jackson (Nevada) struck out five in six innings of one-run baseball and Ross Cadena (Wichita State) and Tommy Holguin (SBCC) got clutch two-out RBI-hits to lead the Santa Barbara Foresters to a 3-1 win over the San Luis Obispo Blues tonight at Sinsheimer Park. Jackson stranded five runners on base in his outing and retired eight batters in a row after allowing the first two hitters he faced to reach via a single and a walk. The only run he allowed came in the fifth inning when Ryan Cole (Notre Dame) , who would finish with a game-high three hits, hit a bunt single with two outs and scored on a Hunter Swift (Oral Roberts) double. Jackson stranded Swift by retiring the next batter and retired three straight in the fifth before turning the pitching over to the Foresters bullpen with a 2-1 lead. Santa Barbara scored both of their early runs off of Blues starting pitcher Jack Hodgins (Hendrix College) who suffered the loss, pitching four innings while striking out two. Ryan Cash (Oral Roberts) doubled to lead off the third inning and scored the first Foresters run on a Blake Hall (Oral Roberts) RBI-single, and Quentin Selma (Cal) singled to lead off the fourth and scored their second run when Holguin hit his two-out single. Mitchell Scott (Cal) was the first reliever into the game for San Luis and held Santa Barbara at bay for three scoreless innings, striking out five and allowing only one hit before turning the pitching duties over to Bradley Tews (Azusa Pacific), who surrendered Cadena’s two-out RBI-double in the eighth inning, and Evan Ingram (Hendrix) who struck out three in a scoreless ninth. Four Santa Barbara relievers held the Blues scoreless for the second night in a row, capped by a close out ninth inning performance by Connor Woods (UNLV) who pitched around a leadoff bunt single by striking out two and getting a fly ball out to pick up the save.
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Irvine, CA
The Orange County Riptide rallied for seven runs to overcome a three-run deficit in the seventh inning and went on to beat the Conejo Oaks 10-8 tonight at Great Park Stadium. The Riptide batted around and got six hits in the seventh, including two singles in the inning by Dylan Rock (UTSA), a two-run single by Michael Peabody (UC Irvine) and a pair of two-out run-scoring doubles by Blake Faddoul (Santa Clara) and Blake Evans (Georgia Southern). It was the first time the Oaks had trailed in the game, having posted a 2-0 lead when Nico Lima (Oxnard JC) hit a two-run home run in the fourth inning, a 5-2 lead after Rock drove in a pair of runs for the Riptide in the fifth and the Oaks answered with three in the sixth on a bases-loaded two-run single by Jacob Castro (UC Irvine) and an RBI-single by Tyler Odekirk (Cal St LA), and 7-3 in the seventh when Justin Ammons (Tennessee) singled, advanced to third on a pair of singles and scored on a wild pitch after Faddoul hit an RBI-single for Orange County in the sixth. Devin Sutorius (Biola) started on the mound for Orange County, striking out five in five innings and allowing three runs on four hits, and Jacob Flores (San Diego St) started for Conejo, striking out six while allowing one run on four hits over four and a third innings of work. Noah Walker (Texas St) very much earned the pitching win for the Riptide, entering the game after the Oaks had already scored three times in the sixth inning with no outs and two runners still on base. Walker struck out the first three batters he faced to escape the sixth inning and struck out two more in the seventh after allowing one run on three singles. Cole Samuels (St Louis) stuck out two in a scoreless eighth and after Odekirk hit a two-run home run off of Sean Higgins (Columbia) to make the score 10-8 in the ninth inning, Marrick Crouse entered the game and recorded the final two outs to close out the win for Orange County.
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Alameda, CA
Wellington Balsley (Solano JC) and Nick Peifer (Cal Poly Pomona) each had three hits and three runs scored, and Nik Dodson struck out six batters in three innings of relief to lead the Solano Mudcats to a 13-7 win over the San Francisco Seals tonight at Alameda College. Balsley and Peifer’s stats lines highlighted the Mudcats 13-hit performance tonight, which was bolstered by ten walks issued by San Francisco’s pitchers. That combination made for a busy night on the bases for Solano as every batter in their lineup reached base safely, and all but one reached base safely multiple times. Seven of the nine hitters scored runs and a different seven of nine collected hits. In comparison, Edgar Aqui (Solano JC), who started on the mound for Solano and struck out four while allowing four runs on six hits over five innings, Ben Aguigui (Holy Names) who pitched one scoreless inning, and Dodson, combined, issued only two walks. Still the game was relatively close-fought as Solano did not pull away until scoring five unanswered runs in the fifth and sixth innings, and four to put the game away in the ninth. The Seals got two-hit performances from Tommy Cruz (Abilene Christian), Robert Lujan (Cal State East Bay) and Flynn Morrison (Redwoods JC).
June 18, 2019
Irvine, CA
Tyler Booth and five relief pitchers tossed eight scoreless innings, combining for six strikeouts and no walks allowed and making the three unearned runs the Orange County Riptide offense scored in the first inning good enough for a 4-2 win over the Conejo Oaks today at Great Park Stadium. Booth retired the first seven batters he faced in order before giving up a one-out single to Gabe Baldovino (Ventura JC) in the third inning. At this point in the game, Booth and the Riptide were leading 3-0 after Orange County scored three times on an error and consecutive singles by Connor Aoki (Binghamton) and Daniel Jung (Notre Dame), all with two outs in their first at bat. The Oaks would rally after Baldovino’s hit, however, scoring two times on two-out RBI-singles by Justin Ammons (Tennessee) and Tyler Odekirk (Cal St LA) to get within one, 3-2. That was as close as Conejo would get as Booth pitched around an error in the fourth inning, a double and single by Ammons and Odekirk, respectively, in the fifth, and then the Orange County relief corps dominated the rest of the game, allowing only one hit and two total baserunners over the last four innings to close out the win. Gerry Ramirez started on the mound for the Oaks and struck out three over six innings, allowing only one earned run by way of a Dylan Rock (UTSA) RBI-double in the fifth inning. Jung, who doubled in the sixth inning, finished three-for-three and had a game-high three hits.
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San Luis Obispo, CA
Isaac Coffey (Oral Roberts) struck out five in a five-inning start and four relief pitchers struck out seven more over the last four innings to lead the Santa Barbara Foresters to a 4-2 win over the San Luis Obispo Blues tonight at Sinsheimer Park. The five Santa Barbara pitchers, combined, allowed only three hits and no earned runs, as the Blues scored both of their runs tonight by way of Foresters errors. Both unearned runs occurred while Coffey was pitching. In fact, Coffey had to pitch around four Foresters errors in his five-inning outing. The first batter he faced in the game reached on an error and, after a stolen base and another error put the runner on third base, the Blues got on the board via a sacrifice fly while Coffey retired the next three batters in order. Coffey retired the side in order in the second inning and, after issuing a leadoff walk in the third, was bitten by another error as a single was compounded by a two-base error allowed the Blues’ second run to score. He pitched around a leadoff error again to start his fourth inning, retiring the next three batters, and retired the side in order in the fifth before turning the pitching duties over to the Foresters bullpen. At this point in the game the Foresters were leading 3-2 after scoring two runs in the first inning on three consecutive one-out singles and a sacrifice fly, and one in the fifth when Eric Kennedy (Texas) doubled and scored on an RBI-single by Blake Hall (Oral Roberts). Drake Greenwood (Rice) was the first reliever in for Santa Barbara and faced the biggest test, allowing a walk and two singles in the sixth inning but escaping unscathed as a runner was caught stealing and a groundball out stranded two runners. Brad Demco pitched around a hit batsman to pitch a scoreless seventh inning, striking out two, Connor Woods (UNLV) struck out two in a perfect eighth and Ryan Bergert (West Virginia) pitched around two walks and another Foresters error that threatened to undo all the dominance as the Blues loaded the bases in the ninth, but Bergert struck out three in the inning to close out the win. Pierson Ohl (Grand Canyon) started on the mound for San Luis and struck out four in his four innings of work, Noah Huerta (Texas Tech) pitched three innings with a pair of strikeouts and one run allowed, and Connor Wilford pitched the last two innings, allowing the fourth Foresters run by way of a sacrifice fly in the ninth inning.
June 16, 2019
Compton, CA
Channy Ortiz (Grand Canyon) had three hits, including an RBI-double in the Academy Barons’ five run sixth inning that helped the Barons overcome a three run deficit and go on to beat the Conejo Oaks 9-5 today at the MLB Youth Academy. Ortiz’ double drove came with two outs in the sixth inning and drove in Trent Anderson from first base to cap a five run inning that gave the Barons the lead, 7-5, after trailing 5-2 through five. The five-run outburst was sparked by consecutive singles by Jair Donovan (Concordia) and Logan Pollack (Michigan) to lead off the inning and by Christian Lucio (Eastern Kentucky) who reached base on a dropped third strike. In turn, all three batters, once they reached first base, stole second, which generated runs for the Academy. First, Donovan scored on the passed ball that Lucio struck out on and, two outs later, Lucio scored on a wild pitch. The Barons also got a run on a sacrifice fly, a two-out RBI when Anderson singled and on Ortiz’ double. Three Acadmey relief pitchers took it from there. Larry Barabino III (Southern), who entered the game for the Barons in the top of the fifth inning in relief of David Appleby with one out and two runners on base, retired the first two batters he faced to end the Conejo rally in the fifth and went on to pitch two scoreless innings with two strikeouts. Trevor Sutt (Long Beach JC) the pitched an inning and a third scoreless with two strikeouts and Elijah Pleasants, who relieved Sutt with two outs and two on in the eighth inning, got the last four outs to close out the Academy win. The Oaks scored first in the game on a solo home run by Ramon Gomez (Oklahoma Baptist) in the second inning and added two in the fourth when Steele Ledford (UC Santa Barbara) hit an RBI-triple and scored on a wild pitch. Travis Weston started on the mound for Conejo and cruised through the first three innings, facing a one-over-the-minimum twelve batters while striking out five, before surrendering two runs in the fourth inning on three singles and error. Weston, who received additional run support when the Oaks scored twice in the fifth inning on a hit batsman, two walks and an RBI-single by Nico Lima (Oxnard JC), pitched the bottom of the fifth scoreless and finished with eight strikeouts, leaving with the Oaks ahead 5-2. The Barons got two insurance runs in the seventh inning when Pollack led off with a single, stole second base and eventually scored on a wild pitch, and when Matthew Elizalde (Loyola) hit an RBI-single. Yuji Sakane (East LA JC) started on the mound for the Barons and allowed three runs on five hits in four innings of work.
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Santa Barbara, CA
Connor Pavolony (Tennessee) hit an RBI-double, Diego Harris hit a two-run triple and Eric Kennedy (Texas) added a run-scoring single to spark a four-run seventh inning that turned a close two-run ballgame into a rout as the Santa Barbara Foresters beat the Orange County Riptide 10-4 today at Pershing Park. Even though the Foresters led for most of the game, the Riptide kept things close. When Santa Barbara scored once in the first inning after Kennedy, who had three hits in the game, hit a leadoff single and later scored on a sacrifice fly, Orange County answered right back in the their next at bat when Andre Antone (UC Irvine) tripled and scored on a sacrifice fly. Likewise, when the Foresters scored twice in the bottom of the second inning via a balk and another sacrifice fly, the Riptide answered next inning with a pair of their own, scoring twice on a Michael Peabody (UC Irvine) single. After the Foresters scored once in their half of the third inning on a bases loaded walk to take the lead for good, Santa Barbara’s starting pitcher Cole Quintanilla (Texas) put a halt to the back and forth scoring by retiring the side in order over the next two innings, compiling five strikeouts in his five innings of work. The Foresters added one run in the fifth inning when Tevin Tucker (West Virginia) hit an RBI-single, and added an unearned run in the eighth. Kevin Larson (Fresno St) pitched a scoreless and hitless sixth inning in relief of Quintanilla, Brad Demco pitched two scoreless and hitless innings, and Nico O’Donnell (Texas) retired three of four batters in the ninth, but did surrender a leadoff home run to Chad Crosbie (Miami) which completed the scoring. The Riptide utilized seven pitchers in today’s game, all of whom allowed at least one hit, and were highlighted by the three strikeouts posted by Nick Jones (Georgia Southern) in two innings of work.
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Fairfield, CA
Isaiah Verrett (UC Davis) had four hits, including a solo home run and a double, Wellington Balsley (Solano JC) hit a base loaded triple and an RBI-double, Christian Harkey (Savannah St) hit a pair of RBI-doubles and Josh Medina (Sonoma St) added a three-run double to lead the Solano Mudcats to a 20-9 rout of the San Francisco Seals today at Vanden High. Despite those performances, the game was not a blowout until late in the game. In fact, San Francisco, which split-squad two games today here and in Lincoln, led most of the game, scoring first to lead 1-0 after one, leading 3-2 after two, trailing 6-8 after the Mudcats had a six-run rally in the third, and leading 9-8 after four completed innings, a lead the Seals carried until the sixth when Solano tied the score. And then the Mudcats scored eleven times in the seventh to blow open the game. Diego Ramirez (Occidental), who pitched in relief of starter Caleb Hill (Savannah St), very much earned the win for Solano. Ramirez shut down the Seals for the last five and a third innings, entering the game to get the final out in the fourth inning after Shane Jones hit a three-run home run to chase Hill. At one point, Ramirez retired eleven batters in a row and finished with five strikeouts and three hits allowed in his five-plus shutout innings of work.
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Lincoln, CA
The San Francisco Seals scored three runs with two outs in the seventh inning after the third batter of the inning struck out with two outs but reached first base safely on a dropped third strike and sparked a rally that turned a one-run deficit into a two-run lead and the Seals went on to beat the Lincoln Potters 6-5 tonight at McBean Stadium. The two-out seventh inning rally, capped by an RBI-single by Cam Climo (UMass Lowell) and a two-run single by Marco Castillo (Claremont McKenna), flipped the lead the Potters had just taken in their previous at bat when back-to-back RBI-doubles by Daniel Susac and Lorenzo Debrecht (Sierra) put Solano up 4-3. Sam Gomez (Citrus JC), who entered the game to pitch for San Francisco in relief of starter McGrain Pledger to get the final out in the sixth inning after Debrecht’s double, made the lead stick despite allowing one run in the seventh on a Matt Lopez RBI-single and facing a runner on third with one out situation in the eighth, which he escaped by inducing a fielder’s choice groundball that erased the runner at the plate and a runner caught stealing erased the batter who had reached. San Francisco, which split-squad two games today here and in Fairfield, scored the first three runs of the game on three singles and a pair of Lincoln errors and led until Zach Arnold (Oregon) hit a two-run triple in the bottom of the third in for the Potters to make the score 3-2 Seals. Travis Parker (Utah Valley) started on the mound for Lincoln, pitching six innings with three strikeouts before turning the pitching duties over to Nathan Lemos (UC Davis), who pitched the three-run seventh, and Ian Miller (Yakima Valley JC), who retired six of the seven batters he faced, striking out three.
June 15, 2019
Thousand Oaks, CA
Bailey Holbrook hit a two-out bases loaded two-run single to tie the game in the ninth inning, advanced to second when Zach Kaminkow (West Texas A&M) singled and scored the winning run when Alexander Briggs (Cal Lutheran) hit a walk-off single to lead the Conejo Oaks to a 8-7 win over the Academy Barons today at Sparky Anderson Field. The dramatic win in the ninth inning was setup by a leadoff walk, a Jacob Castro (UC Irvine) single and, after two outs were recorded on fly balls, another walk that loaded the bases. The win was made even more dramatic because the Barons had come back late in the game from a 5-2 deficit by scoring five unanswered runs in the seventh and eighth innings to head into the ninth leading 7-5. The Academy got a big game from Kyle Freeman (Pitzer College) who drove in four of the Barons five late inning runs with an RBI-double in the seventh inning and a bases-clearing three-run single in the eighth and also hit a solo home run in the fifth to score the Academy’s first run and finished with a game-high five RBI. The Oaks led early in the game, having scored once in the first inning when Raul Sandoval (Oxnard JC) led off with the first of his three hits of the game and Niko Lima (Oxnard JC) drove him in with a two-out single; once in the second when Holbrook hit a solo home run; and once in the third when a bases loaded walk gave Conejo a 3-0 lead. Reece Matheisen (Glendale JC), who started on the mound for Conejo, held the Barons hitless throughout his four-inning outing, striking out three and facing the minimum twelve batters as the two batters he walked were erased on the bases, first as part of a double-play and, second, as the out in a fielder’s choice. Even the batter who reached base on the fielder’s choice was erased on the bases, caught stealing, to assist Matheisen’s performance. After Freeman’s home run in the fifth made the score 3-1, the Oaks answered in their half of the inning with a run of their own when Lima led off with a single, stole second and scored on an error. Conejo scored their fifth run in the sixth inning when Briggs and Sandoval led off with consecutive singles and Briggs scored later on a sacrifice fly to make the score 5-2 and setup the late inning dramatics.
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Santa Barbara, CA
Starting pitcher Luke Taggart (Incarnate Word) allowed only one run in six innings, and the three relievers that followed him allowed only one hit to lead the Santa Barbara Foresters to a 4-1 win over the Arroyo Seco Saints tonight at Pershing Park. Taggert faced the minimum three batters in three of his first four innings allowing only two hits, a Thomas Luevano (USD) double to lead off the second inning, which ended on a double-play, and a two-out single in the third. Taggert’s scoreless start was matched by the Saint’s starting pitcher Hayden Harris (Georgia Southern) for three innings, but in the fourth, the Foresters got to Harris, scoring four runs on six hits, including an RBI-double by Conor McKenna (Oklahoma) and run-scoring singles by Tevin Tucker (West Virginia) and Ryan Cash (Oral Roberts). The four-run outburst would be the only scoring of the game for Santa Barbara as Luis Ramirez (Long Beach St) relieved Harris to start the fifth inning and held the Foresters scoreless over the next four, striking out four while scattering four hits. The Saints got their first two batters aboard via singles in the fifth inning, but Taggert retired the next three batters he faced to maintain his shutout. But with two outs and nobody on base, Arroyo Seco got back to back doubles by Charlie Harrigan (Miami) and Leuvano to make the score 4-1. That was as close as the Saints would get, as Taggert turned the pitching duties over to the relief corps of Christian Winston (San Diego State), who retired the side in order in the seventh inning, striking out one; Brock Helverson (West Virginia) who pitched a scoreless eighth despite facing a bases-loaded situation after allowing, with two outs, a hit batter, a walk and a single; and Ryan Bergert (West Virginia) who struck out the side to close out the win.
June 14, 2019
Pasadena, CA
Michael Peabody (UC Irvine) singled, doubled and tripled and scored each time, Daniel Jung (Notre Dame) hit a two-run home run, and Carson Matthews (BYU) singled twice and scored twice to lead the Orange County Riptide to a 7-5 win over the Arroyo Seco Saints tonight at Jackie Robinson Stadium. The trio of Riptide hitters accounted for all of the Riptide’s runs scored in tonight’s game and seven of the team’s hits. Jung started the offensive production for Orange County by singling to lead off the second inning and eventually scored with two outs on a wild pitch to give the Riptide a 1-0 lead. That lead didn’t last very long as the Saints rallied for four runs in their half of the inning after a single and two walks loaded the bases with two outs and David Reyna (Ark-Monticello) hit a grand slam to put Arroyo Seco ahead. Jung produced runs for the Riptide again in the third inning, hitting a two-run home run to drive in Peabody, who had doubled, to make the score 4-3. Ricky Reynoso (Pacific), who was the starting pitcher for Orange County, and Sean Higgins (Columbia), the first reliever in, held the Saints in check, retiring eight batters in a row after Christian Scott (Tennessee), who finished the game with three hits, tripled after Reyna’s slam and until the Riptide hitters took the lead in the fifth inning. Matthews started things for the Riptide in the fifth by leading off with a single, stealing second base and scoring to tie the game on Peabody’s RBI-single. Peabody then also stole second base, advanced to third on an overthrow and scored the go-ahead run on an run producing groundout. The Saints then tied the game again in their half of the ninth when Nolan Tressler (Georgia Southern) singled to lead off the inning and scored from first on an Andy Garriola (Old Dominion) double. Matthews and Peabody repeated their run production in the seventh inning when Matthews again led off with a single and stole second base. This time, however, Peabody tripled Matthews in with what would prove to be the winning run, then scored an insurance run himself when Jung drove him home with a sacrifice fly for Jung’s game-high third RBI. Andre Antone (UC Irvine), Cole Samuels (St Louis) and Wesley Scott (Vanderbilt) made that two-run lead stick by each retiring the side in order for one inning to close out the win for Michael Defelippi (Pacific) who relieved Higgins with one out in the fifth inning and was the pitcher of record when Peabody’s triple put the Riptide in front for good.
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Santa Barbara, CA
Four Santa Barbara pitchers combined to throw a three-hit, one-run game, Ross Cadena (Wichita State) hit a solo home run and Conor McKenna (Oklahoma) singled, stole third base and scored what proved to be the winning run on a wild pitch as the Santa Barbara Foresters did just enough to beat the Conejo Oaks 2-1 tonight at Pershing Park. The four pitchers for the Foresters were the decisive factor in the win tonight as the Santa Barbara offense, despite collecting ten hits and stealing seven bases, couldn’t get runners to score. Garrett Clarke (College of Southern Nevada) started on the mound for Santa Barbara and struck out three in five innings of work while allowing only two hits. Both hits Clarke allowed came in the second inning when Ryne Yamashiro (Cal Lutheran) doubled to lead off the inning and a one out single by Ramon Gomez (Oklahoma Baptist) put runners on the corners. Yamashiro scored on an RBI-groundout to give the Oaks a 1-0 lead but Clarke struck out the last batter of the inning to avoid further damage. The Foresters tied the game immediately thereafter when Cadena hit his home run to lead off the bottom of the second inning and Clarke and the Foresters relievers held Conejo in check until the offense could muster another run. Drake Greenwood (Rice) was the first Santa Barbara reliever in, retiring six of the seven batters he faced in the sixth and seventh innings, and was the pitcher of record when the Foresters offense, having gotten runners in scoring in every inning, finally pushed one across in the bottom of the seventh when McKenna got his second hit of the game. Nico O’Donnell (Texas) pitched around a one-out single to pitch a scoreless eighth inning and Connor Woods (UNLV) retired the side in order in the ninth to close out the Santa Barbara win. Jacob Katzfey (Wichita State) had a pair of singles to join Cadena and McKenna as the only hitters with a multiple-hit game. Eric Ma (Whitman College) started on the mound for Conejo and pitched four and a third innings with a strikeout and one run allowed on six hits before turning the pitching duties over to Matthew Strother (UC Santa Barbara) and Carson Carter (Texas Tech) who allowed two hits each and one run which saddled Strother with the loss.
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Lincoln, CA
Sonny Brandwood and Peyton Baker (Alabama A&M) struck out five batters each, Cam Climo (UMass Lowell) hit a two-run home run, and Matt Mollahan (Chapman) drove in three runs on a pair of singles to lead the San Francisco Seals to a 9-5 win over the Lincoln Potters tonight at McBean Stadium. Brandwood started on the mound for the Seals and pitched five innings, recording one strikeout in each inning, and was given a comfortable lead before he even took the mound as Climo’s home run drove in Eric Callahan (Millersville), who had led off the game with a single, and a single and an error put a runner in scoring position for Mollahan to drive in his first run of the game and give Brandwood and the Seals a 3-0 lead. They would need those runs because the Potters answered right back in the bottom of the first inning by scoring two runs via a hit batsman, a single, an RBI-single by Jake Plecas (Utah Valley) and a passed ball made the score 3-2. Brandwood settled in and pitched around singles in the next three innings and two walks in the fifth inning to not allow another run, while the Seals offense rallied for two runs in the third inning and four more in the fourth. Joe Morin‘s double and a single by Drew Lowe (Oral Roberts) produced the two third inning runs, while a single, two hit batters, an error, a walk and Mollahan’s bases loaded single generated the four in the fourth before an out was recorded. Radd Thomas, who entered the game for Lincoln with the bases loaded and no outs in the fourth and surrendered Mollahan’s hit, retired the next three batters he faced by way of strikeouts to escape further damage, and then pitched three scoreless and hitless innings before turning the pitching duties over to Tyler Mead who finished with two scoreless innings himself. Baker, who relieved Brandwood to start the sixth inning, struck out the first batter he faced in the sixth and seventh innings, the first two batters of the ninth, but was tagged for three runs on three hits and two walks in the eighth to account for the final 9-5 score.
June 13, 2019
Pasadena, CA
Colin King (Regis) and Cade Bullinger (Texas St) struck out a combined 14 hitters, Thomas Luevano (USD) hit a clutch two-out, two-run single and Christian Scott (Tennessee) doubled and scored what proved to be the winning run to lead the Arroyo Seco Saints to a 4-3 win over the Santa Barbara Foresters tonight at Jackie Robinson Stadium. King and Bullinger were tough to score upon tonight. Each scattered four hits over four plus innings and pitched with runners in scoring position in seven of their nine innings. King started the game for the Saints and stranded two baserunners in scoring position with one out in the first inning after allowing a walk and a double to Blake Hall (Oral Roberts) but struck out two batters in the inning to escape unscathed. He stranded another runner in scoring position in the second inning, again striking out a batter to avoid damage, but the Foresters did get to King in the third inning when Hall got his second hit of the game with two outs, advanced to second base when the next batter was hit by a pitch and scored on an RBI-single by Ross Cadena (Wichita State), but King struck out the next hitter to hold Santa Barbara to a 1-0 lead. In the bottom half of the third inning Arroyo Seco answered the Foresters run with two of their own as a hit batter, a double by Justin Watari (New Mexico) and a walk loaded the bases with no outs and, after Foresters’ starting pitcher Larson Kindreich (Biola) struck out the next two batters, Luevano got his clutch single to put the Saints up 2-1. King and Kindreich, who notched five strikeouts in his four and a third inning start, retired the side in order in the fourth inning but neither would finish the fifth. The Foresters scored once in the fifth when the leadoff batter walked and eventually scored on a wild pitch and, after two more batters reached via an error and a hit batsman, Bullinger replaced King, and like King, stranded runners in scoring position without incurring further damage. The Saints again answered the Foresters run with one of their own, chasing Kindreich after Watari was hit by a pitch to leadoff the inning and a batter walked and, after Kindreich was replaced by Ryan Bergert (West Virginia), Watari scored on a groundout to again give the Saints a one-run lead 3-2. Bullinger pitched around a leadoff single in the sixth inning, stranding a runner in scoring position by striking out a batter, then struck out two in the seventh before Scott doubled to leadoff the Arroyo Seco half of the inning and scored on a Morgan Allen (St. Edward’s) two out single. Now leading 4-2, Bullinger maintained the same approach that had worked all game. After allowing a one out single in the eighth inning, Bullinger struck out two batters to strand a runner in scoring position. And then again in the ninth inning, after allowing a single and Hall’s second double of the game to get the Foresters within one, Bullinger then retired the next two batters, this time by fly balls, stranding Hall, the potential tying run, on base to close out the Saints win. Bergert struck out four in two and two thirds innings of relief and Conner Woods (UNLV) struck out two in his one inning appearance for Santa Barbara.
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Irvine, CA
JP Massey (Minnesota), Travis Lavendier (Chico St), Trevor Sutt (Long Beach JC) and Elijah Pleasants compiled a combined 15 strikeouts to lead the Academy Barons to a 4-3 win over the Orange County Riptide tonight at Great Park Stadium. The strikeouts by the Barons’ pitchers were key to their win tonight because nine of them occurred with runners in scoring position, eliminating any chance a ball put in play would produce a run. Massey, who started on the mound for the Academy, set the pattern for using the strikeout in each of his two innings. He struck out the final two outs in the first inning after a batter reached base on a fielder’s choice and stole second base and he recorded two of the three outs in the second inning via strikeout after Andre Antone (UC Irvine) doubled to lead off the inning for the Riptide. Lavendier relieved Massey to start the third inning and, after giving up one run on a two-out triple by Connor Aube (UT Arlington) and an RBI-single by Dylan Rock (UTSA), picked up where Massey left off and struck out the last batter he faced to limit the damage in the third and stranded the leadoff batter at second base in the fourth inning by striking out two of the next three batters. At this point the Barons had a 4-1 lead, having scored all of their runs in the game in a flurry of four hits and a walk to start the third inning, including RBI-singles by Trent Anderson and Channy Ortiz (Grand Canyon) and a two-run double by Jaylen Heard (Heartland). Sutt, the third Barons pitcher, struck out five batters in three scoreless innings, allowing only one runner to reach base via an error, and Pleasants retired the side in order in the eighth inning before closing out the win by striking out the last two batters he faced in the ninth. For their part, the Orange County pitchers were, except for the third inning Barons rally, every bit as dominant on the mound as the Academy, retiring the side in order in six of the nine innings and allowing only three singles and one walk outside of the four-run third.
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Healdsburg, CA
Connor Mack (Cal) hit a three-run home run, a two-run triple and a single, Blake MacDonald (Santa Rosa JC) hit a three-run home run, and Cole Brodnansky (UConn) hit a solo home run to lead the Healdsburg Prune Packers to a 21-3 blowout win over the San Francisco Seals tonight at Recreation Park. The three players with home runs were only a slice of the 17-hit attack that was boosted by 11 walks issued by the Seals. In all, ten of the twelve Healdsburg batters who made an appearance tonight collected hits, six of whom had multiple hit games and all twelve of them scored runs. The Packers pitching was equally dominant over the Seals, who split their squad for two losing efforts tonight, here and in Lincoln, as Morgan White (Portland) struck out seven in his four-inning start, Spencer Hynes (Houston) struck out four in two innings of relief, including all three in a perfect sixth inning, Jackson Cunningham (CSUN) notched two strikeouts in two innings, and Noah Rennard (Santa Rosa JC) retired the side in order in the ninth to secure the win.
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Lincoln, CA
Lorenzo Debrecht (Sierra) hit a bases-clearing three-run double and Alex Schroeder hit a two-run single before an out was recorded in the ninth inning as the Lincoln Potters rallied from five runs down to a win in walk-off fashion 8-7 over the San Francisco Seals tonight at Vanden High. Trailing 7-2 after the Seals had broken open a 3-2 game with two runs in the eighth inning on a two-run home run by Drew Lowe (Oral Roberts) and two runs in the top of the ninth on a sacrifice fly and an RBI-groundout, the Potters started getting runners on base in their half of the ninth until their win was secured. Jordan Berry (Chochise JC) led off the ninth inning with a single, three batters walked, the Seals changed pitchers, Debrecht hit his double, two more batters walked and then Schroeder won it with his single. It was the only time Lincoln had led in the game. The Seals scored first when Hayden Craig (Southwestern) singled to leadoff the second inning, advanced to third on a Gianni Bloom double and scored on an RBI-groundout. After the Potters tied the score in the fourth on a two-out RBI-double by Berry, the Seals scored twice in the fifth on two singles, a walk, an error and a fielder’s choice to make the score 3-1. Lincoln added a run in the sixth on a pair of singles and a sacrifice fly, then the late inning mayhem ensued. Aaron Clark (Southwestern) started on the mound for San Francisco, recording five strikeouts in his five inning outing and allowed one run on three hits, and Drew Stahl had four strikeouts in three innings of relief of Clark but allowed five runs on three hits and five walks. Six pitchers appeared in the game for Lincoln, none performing better than Nolan Murphy (William Jessup) who entered the game with the bases loaded and no outs in the top of the ninth inning and limited the damage by retiring the next three batters he faced to allow the walk-off victory to have a chance.
June 12, 2019
Irvine, CA
Devin Sutorius (Biola) pitched six and one-third innings of one-run baseball and Dylan Rock (UTSA) hit a two-run single and scored the third run to lead the Orange County Riptide to a 3-2 win over the Santa Barbara Foresters tonight at Great Park Stadium. Sutorius struck out six in his start and pitched with runners on base throughout, surrendering four of the six hits he allowed to the leadoff batter of an inning. In the first inning, he used a pair of strikeouts to neutralize the bunt single Eric Kennedy (Texas) used to lead off the game. In the second he induced a double play to erase the leadoff single by Jacob Katzfey (Wichita State) and, in the sixth inning, he used a strikeout and a flyball out to strand Kennedy at third who had hit a leadoff double. Only in the fourth inning was Sutorius scored upon when allowing a leadoff hitter to reach. This time, three Foresters hit consecutive singles to start the sixth, but Sutorius escaped with only one run allowed, via Katzfey’s RBI-hit, by two of the three runners being erased off the bases trying to steal. Sutorius struck out the first batter he faced in the seventh but, after he walked the next batter, he turned the pitching duties over to Andrew Beauvais (Pittsburgh) who stranded two runners to keep the inning scoreless, and then to Marrick Crouse who pitched around another leadoff single by Kennedy, his game-high third hit, in the eighth and around two errors in the ninth to close out the Riptide win. Jake Jackson (Nevada) started on the mound for Santa Barbara and pitched five scoreless innings, allowing only one hit while striking out five, and left the game leading 1-0. Orange County greeted the first Foresters reliever with three runs in the sixth inning on four singles, including Rock’s two-run hit and a two-out RBI-single by Chad Crosbie (Miami).
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Compton, CA
Gabe Baldovino (Ventura JC) hit a two-run triple, Niko Lima (Oxnard JC) had three hits, and Jacob Flores (San Diego St) retired the first nine hitters of the game in order to lead the Conejo Oaks to a 9-6 win over the Academy Barons tonight at the MLB Youth Academy. Leading 1-0 after Tyler Odekirk (Cal St LA) hit a two-out single and scored on Lima’s first hit in the third inning, the Oaks scored three times in the fourth when Steele Ledford (UC Santa Barbara) singled, Ramon Gomez (Oklahoma Baptist) doubled and Baldovino hit his triple and scored on a passed ball. Flores’ streak of consecutive batters retired ended in the fourth inning when the Barons walked three times and singled once to chase the Oaks starter with the bases loaded and one out but still leading 4-1. Logan Pollack (Michigan) drove in another run in the fourth inning and Basiel Williams Jr. (Jones JC) hit a two-out, two-run single in the fifth to tie the score 4-4. Both teams then went quietly in the sixth inning but in the seventh the Oaks scored two runs when Odekirk led off with a double, Lima got his second hit and Jacob Castro (UC Irvine) hit an RBI-single and the Barons scored once when Jaylen Heard (Heartland) doubled and scored later on a groundball out to make the score 6-5. Likewise, both teams were retired in order in the next inning and, in the ninth, the Oaks put the game away by scoring three runs on three singles and an error, while the Academy could only muster one run on a pair of doubles by Pollack and Matthew Elizalde (Loyola), who matched Lima with a game-high three hits.
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Pasadena, CA
Eli Riechmann struck out seven batters in four innings of relief pitching, Nickolas Pagan (Hartford) hit a bases loaded three-run double and Jacob Wyeth (Cisco JC) singled, doubled and scored twice to lead the Arroyo Seco Saints to a 6-3 win over the San Luis Obispo Blues tonight at Jackie Robinson Stadium. Riechamann entered the game to start the fourth inning in relief of Saints starter Drew Atherton (Cal Poly Pomona), who allowed two hits in three scoreless innings while striking out two, and Riechmann used the strikeout to strand two runners in the fourth inning, two strikeouts to end the fifth, one strikeout to start the sixth and struck out the side in the seventh. The only blemish to Riechmann’s outing was the solo home run he surrendered to Duke Pahukoa (UNLV) in the sixth inning that tied the score 1-1. Having scored once in the fifth inning when Wyeth led off with a single and scored on an error, the Saints scored four times in the sixth when the first five batters of the inning recorded hits, including Wyeth’s RBI-single and Pagan’s bases-clearing double to make the score 5-1. San Luis added one run in the eighth inning on an RBI-single by Hunter Swift (Oral Roberts), which the Saints answered in their half of the inning on a run scoring single by Thomas Luevano (USD), and the Blues added one more in the ninth when Ryan Cole (Notre Dame) hit a leadoff single and scored on an RBI-groundout to post the final score. Pierson Ohl (Grand Canyon) started on the mound for the Blues, pitching three scoreless innings while allowing only one hit and striking out three, but did not figure in the decision. Mitchell Scott (Cal), who relieved Ohl to start the fourth inning, also struck out three in his two-inning stint. Michael Garza (Incarnate Word) pitched the final two innings for Arroyo Seco, striking out four while allowing two runs on four hits.
June 11, 2019
Thousand Oaks, CA
Zach Presno (Fresno St) hit a grand slam, an RBI-triple and a single, Blake Hall (Oral Roberts) had three hits, including a pair of doubles, and three RBI, and five pitchers combined to strikeout 13 hitters and throw seven hitless innings to lead the Santa Barbara Foresters to a 10-1 win over the Conejo Oaks today at Sparky Anderson Field. Presno’s slam was the topper in the Foresters 12-hit attack, coming with two outs in the ninth inning, but it was his triple in the fourth that put Santa Barbara ahead for good. Trailing 1-0 early after Raul Sandoval (Oxnard JC) hit a solo home run in the first inning for Conejo, the Foresters scored twice in the fourth, tying the game when Eric Kennedy (Texas) bunted his way on base, stole second, advanced to third on an error and scored on a sacrifice fly. Presno’s triple came one out later and drove in Hall who had doubled to give Santa Barbara the lead. Hall doubled again in the sixth inning, driving in one to up the score to 3-1, and Connor Pavolony (Tennessee) hit a two-out RBI-single in the eighth to make it 4-1. The Foresters blew the game open in the ninth inning on three walks, two singles, including Hall’s third RBI of the game, and Presno’s home run to put the game away. Isaac Coffey (Oral Roberts) started on the mound for Santa Barbara, notching six strikeouts in four innings of work. After allowing three hits and a walk in his first inning, Coffey settled in and retired nine of the next ten batters he faced. Dylan Kelley (SBCC) and Christian Winston (San Diego State) were the first two relievers in after Coffey, and each retired the three batters they faced in order, both with two strikeouts. Then Nico O’Donnell (Texas) pitched two innings, retiring six of seven while striking out two and Brad Demco closed out the ninth inning with two more strikeouts.
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Pasadena, CA
Andre Antone (UC Irvine) hit a home run and a pair of RBI-singles, Caleb Denny (Arkansas) and Antonio Cruz (Rice) each hit two-run doubles, Tyler Booth pitched five innings of one-hit ball and Noah Walker (Texas St) struck out four in the last two innings to lead the Orange County Riptide to a 10-4 win over the Arroyo Seco Saints tonight at Jackie Robinson Stadium. Antone started and ended the Riptide scoring tonight, driving in the first run of the game with a two-out single in the first inning, and driving in the last run of the game with another two-out single in the eighth. His first hit, which drove in Cason Matthews (BYU), who had led off the game with a single, ignited a five-run two-out rally for Orange County in which Denny and Cruz both notched their two-run doubles. After the Saints got on the board by scoring an unearned run in the second inning on two errors, Antone led off the third inning with a solo home run to up the lead back to five, 6-1. The unearned run was the only blemish on Booth’s five-inning start. He pitched around three walk during his outing and, except for the two errors that allowed the one run to cross the plate, was never threatened and left the game leading 8-1 after the Riptide added two more runs in the fourth inning when Matthews again led off with a single, scored on a Blake Evans (Georgia Southern) single and an error allowed Evans to score. After Matthews walked and scored for the third time on a groundout in the sixth, Arroyo Seco managed a pair of runs in their half of the inning on three singles, including an RBI-variety by Oscar Serratos (Georgia Tech), and a sacrifice fly, and one run in the seventh via a walk and a fielder’s choice. Walker came on the pitch the last two innings for the Riptide and squelched any thought of a Saints rally. He struck out the first two batters he faced and the last two he faced to close out the win.
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Compton, CA
Ruben Mercado (San Jose St) hit an RBI-triple and TJ Rumfield (Texas Tech) hit a run-scoring double to lead a six-run rally in the fifth inning and break open a one-run game as the San Luis Obispo Blues beat the Academy Barons 9-2 tonight at the MLB Youth Academy. Mercado’s triple tied the scored 2-2 after the Barons had scored a run in their first at bat on an RBI-single by Kyle Freeman (Pitzer College) and another in the third inning on an error and a wild pitch, and the Blues had scored once in the fourth when Taison Corio (Delta JC) singled and eventually scored on an error. Mercado’s triple also unhitched the Blue’s offense. Batting around in the inning, San Luis put seven runners on base via five hits and two walks, culminated by Rumfield’s double to score their six runs and put the score at 7-2. The Blues tacked on two more runs in the sixth inning on a sacrifice fly and an RBI-single by Duke Pahukoa (UNLV). Brett Super (Pitzer College), the second reliever called upon by the Blues, entered the game in the seventh inning in relief of Noah Huerta (Texas Tech), who earned the win with three scoreless innings in relief of starter Dan Harrington (Columbia). Super pitched around a single to the first batter he faced in the seventh and then retired the next six batters in order before turning the ball over to Bradley Tews (Azusa Pacific), who pitched a scoreless ninth inning with two strikeouts to secure the win. Channy Ortiz (Grand Canyon) had two singles and scored twice to lead the Barons’ offense, while Trevor Sutt (Long Beach JC) pitched three scoreless innings to lead the Academy’s pitchers.