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Martin’s Grand Slam, Seven RBI Boosts Barons

| June 22, 2017

June 22, 2017 Compton, CA Bruce Martin (Stetson) had the performance of the CCL season so far, driving in seven runs on a grand slam, a two-run double and a sacrifice fly to lead the Academy Barons to a 10-5 win over the Conejo Oaks tonight at the MLB Urban Youth Academy. Martin’s grand slam, the big hit in the Barons’ six-run fifth inning, came with two outs in the inning and followed an RBI-double by Solomon Bates (USC), who had a game-high four hits, and an RBI-single by Jonah Dean-Hargroves (Jackson St). Martin’s two-run double in the second inning, following a run scoring single by Eric Whitfield, gave the Barons a 3-2 lead after the Oaks had scored twice in the top of the frame on a two-run triple by DJ Miller (Ole Miss). Miller drove in a total of three runs while matching Bates’ game-high total with four hits of his own (two singles, the triple and an RBI-double in the eighth inning) to lead the Oaks and improve his league third-best average to an even .500. Click here for recaps of this game Elsewhere in the CCL today: San Luis Obispo, CA Dayton Provost (Canyons JC) hit three run-scoring singles and a double and Dylan Francis (Cal Poly Pomona) had nine strikeouts in six innings of work to lead the Ventura Halos to a 9-6 win over the San Luis Obispo Blues tonight at Sinsheimer Park. Provost upped his league batting average to .551 with his four-hit performance, swapping places at the top of the leaders’ board with the Blues’ Price Visintainer (Ala-Birmingham), whose two hits in four at bats tonight, including a first inning solo home run, actually made his average dip to .526. Aside from the bragging rights of being the league’s best hitter and the early 1-0 San Luis Obispo lead, Ventura scored four runs on five singles and a sacrifice fly in the second inning to take command of the game while Francis kept the Blues at bay. Francis retired 14 of the first 15 hitters he faced, Visintainer being the exception, before allowing consecutive singles in the fifth inning with two outs, but avoided giving up any runs by punching out the next hitter. He was tagged for a run in the sixth inning, however, giving up a leadoff double to Tyson Quolas (Monterey Bay) and an RBI-single by Nkosi Djehuti-Mes (Corpus Christi), but by then the game was well in hand. Ventura added their fifth run in the third inning on an RBI-double by Joey Mendez (Fresno St), an insurance run in the seventh on a Provost single, and three more in the eighth on three consecutive two-out RBI-singles by Chris McKee (Ventura JC), Provost and Calvin Farris (Brown). Click here for recaps of this game Santa Barbara, CA The Santa Barbara Foresters spoiled a great outing by Southern California Catch starting pitcher Zac Whittaker (Fresno CC) by scoring two runs with one out in the bottom of the ninth to post a 4-3 walk-off win tonight at Pershing Park. Whittaker pitched eight strong innings, allowing only two runs, both unearned, on only two hits while striking out five with only one walk. He was relieved in the ninth by Matthew Wade (SE Missouri St) who immediately met trouble. Ryan Reynolds (Texas) hit a single, his second hit of the game, to lead off the inning and David Hamilton (Texas) was brought in as a pinch-runner. A wild pitch and a sacrifice bunt later, Hamilton was at third base when David Clawson (BYU) singled him home to tie the score at 3-3. Joey Fiske (St. Mary’s) was then brought in to run for Clawson, stole second base and scored on a single by Ashton Easley (Air Force) with the game winner. Evan Kravetz (Rice) picked up the win in relief for Santa Barbara, finishing the last two innings for starter Jake McDonald (Texas Tech) who went five, allowing two runs on RBI-singles by Mitchell Bumann (Hawaii-Pacific) and Nate Pecota (William Jewell) in the fifth inning. Pecota also had an RBI-groundout in the seventh to score Shay Whitcomb (UCSD), who had doubled, to post a game-high two RBI. Click here for recaps of this game Oakland, CA The Rockville Rock Hounds erupted for seven hits, including a three-run home run by Max Smith (UNLV) and a two-out, two-run double by Nathan Gutierrez (Solano CC), to post a seven-run fourth inning en route to a 15-5 win over the Walnut Creek Crawdads today at Laney College. Brandt Frazier (Rice) drove in another one of the fourth inning runs with a single and added a two-run home run later in the seventh to join Smith with a game-high three RBI. In total, Rockville collected 16 hits in the game with each one of the nine starters accounting for at least one hit, and leadoff hitter William Homza (Brown) led all with a double, two singles, two RBI and two runs scored. Connor Caspersen drove in two runs on a double and two singles to lead Walnut Creek. Carson Haws had five strikeouts in two and a third innings of relief for Rockville to lead the pitching performances. Click here for recaps of this game Long Beach, CA For the second day in a row, the results for today’s game in Long Beach will have to be delayed to a later date as the game between the Arroyo Seco Saints and the Long Beach Legends was suspended in the 12th inning due to darkness with the scored tied 3-3. This game will be resumed prior to the next regularly scheduled game between the same two teams at the same location. Oakland, CA The Neptune Beach Pearl swept a doubleheader against the Auburn Wildcats 4-2 and 7-6 tonight at Laney College. Details of the games were not available at post time.
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