July 2, 2017 San Luis Obispo, CA Hayden Jorgenson (Azusa Pacific), Tucker Thomason (Fresno CC) and Chad Boudreaux (East Texas Baptist) combined to pitch a six-hit shutout, and the Southern California Catch offense scratched out two runs on six hits of their own to beat the San Luis Obispo Blues 2-0 today at Sinsheimer Park. The trio of Catch pitchers threw five one-two-three innings, allowed only one extra base hit, a double by Adam Fogel (Hawaii), and only two walks. Of the nine batters to reach base, three were erased on the bases by either a double-play or fielder’s choice, including a rally quashing double-play in the ninth inning when Fogel led off with a single but was immediately forced out at second on the front end of a 6-4-3 turn by the Catch infield. The Blues threatened to score in the fifth inning, putting a runner in scoring position with one out, but Jorgenson escaped unscathed by getting a flyball out for the second out and, after Drew Judson (Hendrix) singled to load the bases, got the last out on a groundball. With Fogel’s one-out double off Thomason, who entered the game in relief, San Luis Obispo also had a runner in scoring position in the sixth inning, but Boudreaux, who came into the inning to relieve after Thomason walked Jeremy Jess (Pomona-Pitzer) to put two runners on, induced an inning-ending double-play to escape damage. Boudreaux would go on to record 12 outs in a row, with the help of the two double-plays, to earn the save. San Luis Obispo pitchers Marco Murillo (Campbellsville), who started and notched seven strikeouts in five and two-thirds innings, Andy Garretson (Cal St San Marcos) and Jack Cosca (Cal) were almost as effective as their Catch counterparts, allowing only one extra-base hit, a double to Jonathan Ducoff (UC Irvine), and erased two runners on the bases. Only the sixth inning would prove problematic, as a two-base error put the leadoff hitter aboard, the second of two singles in the game by Shay Whitcomb (UC San Diego) put runners on the corners, Steven Garrett (Azusa Pacific) advanced both runners one base with an RBI-groundout and Ducoff drove in the second run with a two-out single. Click here for recaps of this game Elsewhere around the CCL today: Compton, CA The first three Long Beach Legends hitters of the game hit two singles and a double to score two runs against the Academy Barons today before an out was recorded, and then the first three hitters of the fourth inning similarly recorded three in a row, only this time the third hit was a Daniel Zimmerman (Michigan) three-run home run that put the Legends up for good as Long Beach posted a 9-6 victory at the MLB Urban Youth Academy. Zimmerman’s blast, which plated Richie O’Reilly (Georgetown) and Reese Berberet (Long Beach CC), was part of a four-run fourth inning that gave Long Beach a 6-2 lead after the Barons tied the score 2-2 in the bottom of the first on run-scoring singles by Solomon Bates (USC) and Randy Rubio (Marymount-NAIA). Bates and Rubio would figure in the Barons’ scoring twice more in the game. In the sixth inning, Bates led off with a double, Rubio singled and Bates scored on a Jonah Dean-Hargroves (Jackson St) single to trim the Legends lead to 6-3, and in the bottom of the ninth, Bates would score on a two-run single by Rubio, and Dean-Hargroves then singled Rubio home, but that is all the Barons would get. Bates, Rubio and Dean-Hargroves all finished with a game-high three hits. Long Beach finished with three runs of their own in the ninth inning, loading the bases with one out and, after a strikeout, scored three times with two outs, once on a walk and twice more on an two-run single by Luke DeVenney (Eastern Michigan). Click here for recaps of this game Santa Barbara, CA Lucas Halstead (Pacific) hit a two-run home run in the top of the ninth inning to tie the game and the Neptune Beach Pearl manufactured two runs without the benefit of a hit in the top of the tenth to beat the Santa Barbara Foresters 5-4 today at Pershing Park. Halstead’s homer, his second in league play this summer, followed a leadoff walk to start the ninth inning by James Free II (Pacific), and tied the scrore at 3-3, the second time he had tied the score with an RBI, having driven in Jordan Williams (Diablo Valley), who had singled, with a single of his own in the sixth inning to tie the score at 1-1. Evan Lee (Arkansas), who figured in each of the Foresters runs in the game, came in from his position in the outfield to pitch the rest of the ninth inning for Santa Barbara after Halstead’s home run and promptly retired three hitters, but when Lee went back to the outfield for the tenth, Neptune Beach put their leadoff hitter on with a walk, put runners on the corners with an error and, after a popout and an intentional walk loaded the bases with one out, scored the go-ahead run on a wild pitch and an insurance run on a fielder’s choice to make the score 5-3 without getting a hit. The insurance run proved vital as Steven Coe (UC San Diego) led off the bottom of the tenth inning with a single, moved to second on a one-out single by Chandler Bengston (Columbia) and, after a walk loaded the bases and Neptune Beach brought Justin Smith (Yuba College) in to pitch, Coe scored on a Lee ground out to make the score 5-4. With the tying and winning runs still in scoring position, Smith then got the next batter to also ground out to end the game and earn the save. Alec Olmstead (Wesleyan) picked up the win on the mound for Neptune Beach, recording four strikeouts in three and third innings in relief of starter Johnny Breidenthal (UC Riverside) who went six innings. Blair Henley (Texas) started on the mound for Santa Barbara and compiled seven strikeouts over seven innings of one-run ball, but did not figure in the decision. Lee, who singled and scored Santa Barbara’s first run in the fourth inning, drove in Hank LoForte (Cal St Fullerton), who had singled, with a sacrifice fly in the sixth, and drove in LoForte again in the eighth with an RBI single, matched Halstead’s game-high three RBI. Click here for recaps of this game Auburn, CA Kevin Sandri (Pacific), Max Smith (UNLV) and Logan Finley (Benedictine) got three consecutive one-out singles to load the bases in the top of the 13th inning and all three scored on two walks and an error as the Rockville Rock Hounds beat the Auburn Wildcats 17-14 in the completion of the June 13 game that was suspended due to darkness and resumed prior to the regularly scheduled game between the same two teams today at James Field. Rockville then won the regularly scheduled game later tonight as well, beating Auburn 10-7. Details of this game were not available at post time. Ventura, CA The Ventura Halos beat the Conejo Oaks 8-7 today at Ventura JC. 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