July 6, 2018 San Luis Obispo, CA Dane Stankiewicz (Grand Canyon) doubled to lead off the bottom of the ninth inning in a tie ballgame and, after a sacrifice advanced him to third, he scored the winning run on a passed ball as the San Luis Obispo Blues beat the Orange County Riptide 4-3 tonight at Sinsheimer Park. The walk-off win was even more dramatic because the Riptide had scored a run in the top of the ninth inning to tie the score and threatened to take the lead. In the top of the ninth and trailing 3-2, Orange County got consecutive leadoff singles from Luke Bandy (Georgia Southern), Chase Sebby (Ball State) and, after a Blues pitching change, another single from Mason McWhorter (Georgia Southern) that scored Bandy to tie the game and put the go-ahead run in scoring position with no outs. Jordan Chriss (Columbia), who came into pitch for the Blues after the first two singles in the ninth inning in relief of Cameron Ziegler, allowed the game-tying single but struck out the next three batters he faced to shutdown the threat. The Blues jumped out to the first lead of the game, scoring once in the third inning when Blayne Jones (Dallas Baptist) singled with one, went first-to-third on a single by Brian Klein (Texas Tech) and scored on an error, and once in the fourth when Slade Heggen (Gonzaga) hit a leadoff single, advanced station-to-station on a infield groundout, an error and scored on a Noah Taylor (Cal Poly) two-out single. The Riptide got on the board in the fifth inning when Aaron Simpson (Ball State) singled and Micah Pries (Point Loma) tripled with two outs to make the score 2-1. San Luis upped their lead back to two with an RBI-double by Jones in the seventh inning, and Orange County scored again in the eighth, Simpson and Pries again playing the major role, singling and doubling, respectively, before Simpson scored on a sacrifice fly to get the Riptide within one and setup the ninth inning drama. Mario Lopez started on the mound for San Luis, struck out five over five innings and allowed one walk and the first Riptide run before being relieved by Ziegler, who went three innings. Orange County utilized six pitchers tonight with Jacob Parker (Georgia Southern), who entered the game in relief of Daniel Zimmerman (Michigan) after Stankiewicz was sacrificed to third, suffered the loss. Click here for recaps of this game Elsewhere in the CCL today: Healdsburg, CA Ryan Shreve (Pacific) outdueled a pair of opposing relief pitchers, throwing five and a third innings scoreless with four strikeouts to lead the Healdsburg Prune Packers to an 8-6 win over the Arroyo Seco Saints tonight at Recreation Park. Both starting pitchers in tonight's game were ineffective, allowing six runs a piece and turning the game into a test of bullpens. Sherve entered the game with two outs in the fourth inning in relief of Arman Sabouri (Cal), who struck out seven in four-plus innings but allowed five first inning runs and a solo home run by Christian Moya (USC) in the fourth. Jesse Reed (Temple JC) entered the game for the Saints with one out in the third inning in relief of Wyatt Kelley (New Mexico St), who allowed three first inning two-out runs on a two-run single by Kurt Wilson (Texas Tech) and an RBI-double by Cade Peters (UC Riverside), and three third inning runs when Wilson hit an RBI-triple and when Reed, who inherited a bases-loaded situation, gave up a two-run single to Luke Fegen (Indiana State). Cole Brodnansky hit an RBI-double off Reed in the fifth inning to give Healdsburg the lead, and Sam Wezniak (Cal) hit a solo home run off Bobby Fulkerson (So New Hamp) in the eighth inning to post the final score. The Saints scored five first-inning runs by way of four singles, a hit batsmen and a walk, the big hit being a two-out two-run single by Bryce Gray (Notre Dame), but their offense stalled after Shreve entered the game. Shreve retired the first six batters he faced before Gabe Chavez (San Bernardino) hit a double with two outs in the sixth inning, and 14 of 17 total batters, including retiring the side in order in three of the four complete innings he pitched. Click here for recaps of this game Thousand Oaks, CA Brandon Lewis (UC Irvine) hit a solo home run, an RBI-double, two singles and a sacrifice fly, Tanner Wright (Cal Lu) hit a two-run single and an RBI-triple, Chase Cockrell (Ole Miss) doubled in two runs and Bart West (USC) hit a two-run single to lead the Conejo Oaks to a 13-4 win over the Southern California Catch today at Sparky Anderson Field. The Oaks pounded out 13 hits in the game and jumped out to an 11-0 lead before the Catch got on the scoreboard against Oaks starting pitcher Kevin Holcomb (Glendale JC), who struck out five and scattered four hits over five-and-a-third innings. The only run Holcomb allowed came in the sixth inning when Kristian Franklin (Grambling St), who had three hits in the game, led off with a single and scored after Holcomb turned the pitching duties over to Eric Ma (Whitman College) and Ma surrendered a three-run home run to Daniel Jung (Notre Dame). Barrett Vondereau (Pierce College) and Daniel Tobias (Pierce College) pitched the final two-plus innings in relief of Ma to close out the Oaks win. Click here for recaps of this game Santa Barbara, CA Jackson Wolf (West Virgina), Dane Acker (Rice) and Brad Demco (Sam Houston State) combined to strikeout 14 batters, and the Santa Barbara Foresters offense strung together five consecutive run-scoring at bats in the first inning as part of a 9-2 win over the Academy Barons tonight at Pershing Park. Wolf, who has been at or near the top of the league leaders in pitching all season, allowed the first runs of his summer tonight, allowing four hits in his fifth and final inning, including a two-out RBI by a Desmond Gates (West LA JC) single and an Andrew Wilson (Marymount-NAIA) double. Wolf was dominant early, pitching around two one-out walks in the first and retiring the next eight batters in order, escaped the fourth inning unscathed when Wilson led off with a single, was thrown out trying score on a Hunter Lewis (Indiana State) double, and Wolf retired the next two. Acker was first in to relieve Wolf and pitched two perfect innings with four strikeouts before Demco came in to stat the eighth inning and pitched around one single and retired all six other batters he faced to close out the Foresters win. Conor Davis (Auburn), John Jensen (UC Irvine), Tyler Hardman (Oklahoma) and Brandon Zaragoza (Oklahoma) all had RBI-hits and Kamron Fields (Texas) added a run-scoring groundout in the Foresters five-run first inning and, in the eighth, Chase Illig (West Virgina) hit an RBI-double to highlight a three-run rally that made the final score. Hardman and Wilson each had a game-high three hits, and Fields was the only player with multiple-RBI, finishing with two. Click here for recaps of this game