June 27, 2017 Auburn, CA The Neptune Beach Pearl blasted the Auburn Wildcats 29-3, collecting 27 hits as a team, posting outrageous numbers for individually performances and creating problems for the scoreboard operator tonight at James Field. Lucas Halstead (Pacific) drove in runners in five of his eight plate appearances, including three on a home run in the fifth inning, to finish with a game-high seven RBI, Jordan Williams (Diablo Valley JC) scored five runs and had four hits in eight plate appearances, James Free (Pacific) scored six times, and on and on, too many big performances to list. And the scores by inning is no less dramatic. The biggest inning for the Pearl, and there were a few big ones, was the second inning when they sent 16 batters to the plate, collected six hits, were issued five walks, received two reached by error and score ten times. Right behind the second inning in terms of outrageousness was the fifth inning when Free hit a two run home run, the next two batters reached on singles and then Halstead hit his three-run homer. Cooper Morrison (Reedly JC) added a two-run home run in the seventh… and we will stop there listing the personal performances of the Neptune Beach Pearl. Sam Curtis (William Jessup) hit a two-run home run for Auburn. Click here for recaps of this game Elsewhere in the CCL today: San Luis Obispo, CA The Santa Barbara Foresters scored four times in their first at bat and their starting pitcher, Ty Weist (Columbia), made it hold up, throwing six innings of shutout ball, as the Foresters beat San Luis Obispo 10-2 tonight at Sinsheimer Park. Weist recorded seven strikeouts for his start, allowed only three singles with zero walks, and dealt with only one runner in scoring position, Price Visintainer (Ala-Birmingham) who singled to lead off the fourth inning and moved up to second base on a passed ball. Weist struck out the next two batters, however, got a ground ball for the third out and never was threatened again. San Luis Obispo’s starting pitcher, Jack Schneider (Grand Canyon), settled in after giving up four in the first on an RBI-double by Ryan Reynolds (Texas), a run-scoring triple by Evan Lee (Arkansas), an RBI-single by David Clawson (BYU) and a fourth run on a balk. Schneider then retired 14 of the next 15 batters he faced before striking out his third batter with runners in scoring position in the sixth. When both teams went to the bullpen, the Foresters were the ones who took advantage. Santa Barbara scored twice in each of the last three innings while the Blues scored twice only in the seventh to put the final score at 10-2. Ryan Cash (Oklahoma St) and Austin Todd (Texas) each scored three times in the game for the Foresters, Cash collecting two singles along the way, Todd a double and a single, to lead the Santa Barbara attack. John McMillon (Texas Tech) pitched the final two innings for the Foresters and posted four strikeouts to seal the win. Click here for recaps of this game Compton, CA Angel Mora hit a two-run home run, Denzl Chapman (San Diego St) added a solo shot, and Bruce Martin (Stetson) had a two-run single to lead the Academy Barons to a 7-4 win over the Southern California Catch tonight at the MLB Urban Youth Academy. While the home runs generally get top billing, it was Martin’s run producing hit that was the big event in tonight’s game. Catch starting pitcher Hayden Jorgenson (Azusa Pacific), although trailing 2-0 by way of Chapman’s homer in the third and an RBI-single allowed earlier to Jonah Dean-Hargroves (Jackson St), had notched six strikeouts in five innings and had retired the first two batters he faced in the sixth before his outing got unmanageable. With two outs he gave up a single to Roosevelt Bates (USC), a double to Dean-Hargroves and then faced Martin, who drove in both runners and then scored on an error to chase Jorgenson from the game. Mora’s home run, which came in the following inning, was just icing on the cake that Martin and company had baked. Matt Mogollon (Chapman) started on the mound for the Barons, pitched seven innings and was never really threatened until the seventh inning when Omar Ortiz (Pacific) picked one of his two RBI in the game on a groundout and Click here for recaps of this game hit a run-scoring double. Click here for recaps of this game Long Beach, CA The Long Beach Legends scored four runs on three consecutive two-out hits in the second inning to jump out to an early lead they would never relinquish en route to a 7-4 win over the Arroyo Seco Saints today at Long Beach City College. A two-run double by Trevor Steinman (Chico St), sandwiched between a pair of RBI-singles by Trevor Casanova (Northridge) and Michael Stefanic (Westmont) were the hits that put the Legends on top. The insurance runs came later as Stefanic, who finished with a game-high four hits, drove in two more runs on a single in the sixth and a double in the eighth, and Griffin Keller plated another with an RBI-single in the fifth. Arroyo Seco got within one, scoring on an RBI-triple by Josh Magee (Faulkner), a run-scoring single by Gabe Chavez (Rio Hondo JC) and an RBI-groundout to put the score at 4-3, but that was as close as they would get. Jacob Alcorn started on the mound for Long Beach and threw five innings with a pair of strikeouts to earn the win, Charles Carr (Grinnell) had four strikeouts in three scoreless innings of relief, and Luke DeVenney (Eastern Michigan) pitched the ninth to pick up the save. Dellan Raish (ASU) had six strikeouts in four-plus innings in his start for the Saints but suffered the loss. Click here for recaps of this game Ventura, CA Brandon Lewis (LA Pierce JC) hit a home run in the top of the tenth inning and Robby Medel (Arizona) closed the game out in the bottom to lead the Conejo Oaks to a 5-4 win over the Ventura Halos today at Ventura College. Stats from this game were unavailable at post time.