June 26, 2019 Thousand Oaks, CA Jacob Flores (San Diego St) pitched six innings of no-hit baseball, striking out nine, and he Charlie Bielenson (Brown) and Clay Rickerman (Cal Lutheran) combined to shutout the San Luis Obispo Blues 2-0 today at Sparky Anderson Field. Flores struck out seven of the Blues hitters the first time he faced them today, retired the first twelve he faced in order and 18 of 20 overall. The only blemishes on his six-inning performance were walks issued in the fifth and sixth innings. Bielsenson started the seventh inning for the Oaks and picked up where Flores left off, retiring the side in order in the seventh before surrendering the Blues first hit, a single by Nick Hansen (Grand Canyon) to lead off the eighth. Hansen was thrown out trying to steal second base and Bielenson retired the next two batters he faced to preserve the shutout through eight innings, and Rickerman did the same in the ninth, pitching around a two-out single by Hunter Swift (Oral Roberts) by striking out the last batter to close out the win for Conejo. Andrew Alvarez (Cal Poly) was the starting pitcher tonight for San Luis and had a very strong pitching performance as well. At one point between the second and fifth innings, Alvarez retired twelve straight and, overall, struck out five in five and a third innings of work. Alvarez wasn’t scored upon until the sixth inning when Justin Ammons (Tennessee) led the inning off with a double, advanced when Tyler Odekirk (Cal St LA) bunted for a single and an error on the play allowed Ammons to score and Odekirk to end up at third base. Odekirk then scored on a passed ball to give the Oaks a 2-0 lead. Alvarez struck out the last batter he faced in the sixth and then handed the ball to Pierson Ohl (Grand Canyon), who pitched the last two and two-thirds innings scoreless with a strikeout and one hit allowed. The only other hits in the game were a two-out triple by Nico Lima (Oxnard JC) in the first inning and a one-out single by Ryne Yamashiro (Cal Lutheran) in the seventh. Before today’s regularly scheduled game, the Oaks and Blues completed yesterday’s game that was suspended after nine innings due to darkness with the score 5-5. It took three innings for the game to be decided and it ended in the twelfth when Taison Corio (Delta JC) led off with a single, advanced to second base on fielding error that put two runners aboard, advanced to third base on a double-steal, and scored on a dropped third strike when the out was recorded at first. Derek True (Cal Poly), who pitched all three innings of this game for San Luis, escaped trouble in the tenth inning when his three walks loaded the bases with one out by striking out one and getting the next batter to groundout. He stranded two more runners on base in a scoreless eleventh and then retired the side in order in the twelfth to pick up the win. Angus Denton (Arkansas) started the extra-innings contest for the Oaks and pitched around three singles in two scoreless innings before turning the pitching duties over to Noah Mattera (UNLV) who allowed one unearned run on one hit while striking out two to suffer the loss. The Blues led yesterday’s game all the way until the last inning, having scored once in their first at bat on a Corio RBI-single, twice in the fourth inning on two-out RBI-hits by Brady Lindsly (Oklahoma) and Dylan Beavers (Cal) and twice in the ninth inning on a Julian Bury (Columbia) RBI-single. During this time, the Oaks’ batters had gone down in order in all eight previous innings at the hands of Braedon Gowdy, Tyler Chivens and Kyle Richardson (Texas A&M), who allowed a combined three baserunners over the first eight innings, all of whom reached via singles and all of whom were erased on the bases as part of a double-play or a caught stealing. But in the ninth inning against the fourth Blues pitcher Brett Super (Pitzer), the Oaks rallied for five runs on five hits, including RBI-doubles by Ammons and Lima and an RBI-singles Trent McKinney and Jacob Castro (UC Irvine) to tie the score 5-5 and send it for completion today. Click here for recaps of these games Elsewhere around the CCL today: Compton, CA The Santa Barbara Foresters took advantage of three walks and a two-run double by Jacob Katzfey (Wichita St) to score four runs in the fourth inning and went on to beat the Academy Barons 5-4 tonight at the MLB Youth Academy despite being outhit 12-3. The four-run rally erased a 3-1 Barons lead and included two of the Foresters three hits in the game. Two walks to leadoff the inning started the rally and, after an Eric Kennedy (Texas) single loaded the bases, another walk forced in a run, Katzfey hit his double and a balk gave Santa Barbara a 5-3 lead. Barons starting pitcher Julian Jackson (Eastern Kentucky) had limited the Foresters up until that point, striking out six over the first four innings, allowing one run when a pair of walks to leadoff the fourth inning put a runner in scoring position and, after Jackson struck out the next two batters, Spencer Jones (Vanderbilt) hit a two-out RBI-single to get Santa Barbara on the board. The Academy took their only lead of the game in their half of that same inning, notching four consecutive two-out hits, including an RBI-double by Trent Anderson and a two-run single by Channy Ortiz (Grand Canyon). That would be the only scoring the Barons had until their last at bat as four Santa Barbara relievers combined to hold the Academy hitters to one run on four hits over the last five innings. Nico O’Donnell (Texas) relieved Santa Barbara starting pitcher Jake Jackson (Nevada) to start the fifth inning and threw two scoreless innings, allowing one hit. Brad Demco struck out the first two batters he faced in the seventh inning and retired the side in order. Hunter Breault (Oregon) pitched around a one-out single by striking out the last two batters he faced in a scoreless eighth, and Connor Woods (UNLV) closed out the win despite allowing a one-out double to Ortiz, his third hit and second double of the game, and an RBI-single by Basiel Williams Jr. (Jones JC) that brought the Barons to within one with the tying run aboard. The game ended when Woods struck out the last batter he faced and Williams, who had advanced into scoring position on an error, was thrown out trying to steal third base. Travis Lavendier (Chico St) pitched the fifth and sixth innings for the Barons, allowing four runs on two hits while striking out three to suffer the loss. Noel Soto (Long Beach JC) pitched the seventh, striking out two and retiring the side in order, and Elijah Pleasants pitched the last two innings scoreless, retiring six of the seven batters he faced, three via strikeout. Click here for recaps of this game Irvine, CA Thomas Luevano (USD) had three hits, including a solo home run, and scored three runs, Andy Garriola (Old Dominion) hit a two-run home run, and Cade Bullinger (Texas St) and Jamie Robertson (Emory) retired the side in order in six of nine innings to lead the Arroyo Seco Saints to a 10-5 win over the Orange County Riptide tonight at Great Park Stadium. Both Luevano’s and Garriola’s home runs came before an out was recorded in the sixth inning and the Saints trailing 3-1. Luevano led off the inning with his home run, Evan Russell (Tennessee) singled and Garriola hit his home run to give the Saints a brief 4-3. The lead was brief because the Riptide, who had scored three times in the fourth inning on a single, a walk, two errors, an RBI-single by Chad Crosbie (Miami) and a run-producing groundout, scored twice more in their half of the sixth on a two-run double by Connor Aoki (Binghamton) to take back the lead 5-4. The Saints answered right back, however, scoring four runs before an out was recorded in the seventh inning on a walk and three singles, including Russell’s second RBI of the game, and two more with two outs after two walks an error and a wild pitch to post the final score. Robertson, who relieved Bullinger to start the seventh inning, held the Orange County hitters in check the rest of the way, retiring the side in order with one strikeout in the seventh, pitching around a hit batsman and a single to pitch a scoreless eighth and striking out the three batters he faced in the ninth inning to close out the Arroyo Seco win. Bullinger, who notched five strikeouts in his six-inning outing, retired the first nine batters he faced in order and, between the innings he allowed the Riptide’s runs, retired the side in order in the fifth inning as well to earn the win. DJ Sutorius (Biola) was the starting pitcher for Orange County tonight and allowed one run on five hits while striking out four before turning the pitching duties over to five Riptide relievers. The only run Sutorius allowed came in the fourth inning when Luevano led off with the first of his game-high three hits, stole second, advanced to third on a wild pitch and scored on a Russell sacrifice fly. 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