July 2, 2018 La Mirada, CA Matthew Cooper (Clemson) hit a three-run home run, and Mason McWhorter (Georgia Southern), Masen Hibbeler (Texas) and Brandon Alamo (Stony Brook) each hit a two-run home run as the Orange County Riptide pounded the Southern California Catch 19-3 today at Biola University. As a team, the Riptide collected 17 hits, six of them for extra bases, and put nothing but crooked numbers up on the scoreboard. They opened the scoring in the second inning, scoring three times on a Cooper double, an RBI-single by Thomas Delgadilo and an RBI-triple by Micah Pries (Point Loma). They plated four in the third inning on an Alamo RBI-single and Cooper's three-run home run, six in the fifth inning when Pries drove in a pair with a single, Paul Gomez (Missouri) drove in one with a single and Hibbler hit his home run, and two more in the sixth on an error and run-scoring fielder's choice 1o lead 15-0. The Catch got on the board in their half of the sixth when Miguel Abascal (USD) hit a solo home run, but Orange County went back to scoring in their next at bat as McWhorter and Alamo hit their two-run home runs. Pries, Cooper and Alamo each finished with a game-high three RBI, while seven Riptide players recorded multiple-hit games. Both teams had a "staff day", with Orange County utilizing seven pitchers in the game and the Catch five. Ryan Sublette (Texas Tech) started on the mound for the Riptide and struck out three in the first inning and two in the second to highlight the Orange County pitchers. Blake Wichert, who pitched the eighth and ninth innings, was the only Catch pitcher not to be scored upon, recording three strikeouts. Click here for recaps of this game Elsewhere in the CCL today: San Luis Obispo, CA Ryan Cash (Oklahoma St) tripled and scored in the eighth inning and drove in the go-ahead run with a sacrifice fly in the ninth as the Santa Barbara Foresters overcame a 3-1 deficit in their final two at bats to beat the San Luis Obispo Blues 4-3 tonight at Sinsheimer Park. Trailing since the fourth inning when Marco Murillo (Campbellsville) hit a leadoff double, advanced to third on a Noah Taylor (Cal Poly) single and scored on a sacrifice fly to put the Blues up 2-1, and a two-RBI single by Luc Lipcius (Tennessee) in the fifth made it 3-1, the Foresters, stymied since Conor Davis (Auburn) doubled and scored in the second inning, inched closer in the eighth when Cash hit a one-out triple and scored on a sacrifice fly. Then, in the top of the ninth inning, Santa Barbara got two runners into scoring position with one out when Utah Jones (North Greenville) hit a leadoff single, John Jensen (UC Irvine) reached on an error and a sacrifice bunt advanced the runners. After an intentional walk loaded the bases, a hit batsmen forced in the tying run and Cash put the Foresters ahead with his sacrifice fly. Brad Demco (Sam Houston State), who entered the game in the eighth inning in relief of Gavin Velasquez (Cal St Fullerton), who pitched two scoreless, hitless innings with three strikeouts, got the first two outs of the ninth inning but also allowed a single and a walk to give San Luis a tying-runner in scoring position. But James Notary (TCU) came into the game and struck out the only batter he faced to close out the win. Tanner Bibee (Cal St Fullerton) started on the mound for Santa Barbara, recording five strikeouts in five innings of work and allowed all three of the Blues runs before turning the pitching duties over to Velasquez. Frankie Scalzo (San Jose St), who entered the game in the second inning in relief of Blues starter Ben Kirke (Grand Canyon), struck out seven over seven innings, allowing one run while scattering six hits to highlight the San Luis pitching. Click here for recaps of this game