July 12, 2018 Fullerton, CA Luke Ritter (Wichita St) hit for the cycle and the Santa Barbara Foresters scored ten times in their last two at bats to break open an 8-7 game and beat the Orange County Riptide 18-7 today at Fullerton College. Not only did Ritter hit a single, double, triple and home run in the same game, each type of hit was also an RBI-hit. Call it a Production Cycle. He hit a one-run single in the sixth inning, a one-run double in the fourth inning, a two-run triple in the ninth and a two-run home run in the second. Not only that, he hit an ordinary single in the eighth inning and he walked in the first to log a perfect five-for-five game with six RBI. Oh, and he stole a base too. In a game when the Foresters scored 18 runs it would be reasonable to think Ritter's performance was just part of a total offensive team onslaught, but up until the seventh inning when it was still a one-run game, Ritter had produced half of Santa Barbara's run production, driving in four runs with his home run, double and single. The other half of the Foresters runs were generated in the first inning as Santa Barbara jumped out to a 4-0 lead when Chase Illig (West Virginia) hit a two-run single and Tyler Hardman (Oklahoma) hit a two-run double. In the eight and ninth innings, however, the entire Foresters offense got involved, scoring three runs on RBI-doubles by Hank LoForte (Cal St Fullerton) and Conor Davis (Auburn), and seven runs in the ninth when Ritter hit his triple, Hardman added another two-run double, Davis hit a run-scoring single and Ryan Cash (Oklahoma St) drove in one with a single. Brad Demco (Sam Houston State), the fourth pitcher utilized by the Foresters who entered the game with one out in the seventh inning when the outcome of the game was still very much in question, retired the first two batters he faced in the seventh, stranding the tying run at third base, and then struck out five of the final six outs to earn the win. The 4-0 lead the Foresters posted in the first inning did not last long as Orange County answered with four runs of their own in their half of the inning via RBI-singles by Mason McWhorter (Georgia Southern) and Thomas Delgadillo, a sacrifice fly and an error. Delgadillo, who had four hits in the game, added an RBI-single in the third inning and, after the Riptide scored once in the fourth on an error, he hit an RBI-triple and was the tying run on third whom Demco stranded. Colin Townsend (St. Louis) started on the mound for Orange County, pitching four innings, allowing seven runs on seven hits to suffer the loss. Michael Hobbs (St. Mary's) started for Santa Barbara and allowed five runs on five hits in two-plus innings of work and did not figure in the decision. Click here for recaps of this game Elsewhere in the CCL today: Compton, CA Joseph Argumedo (Lynn) doubled three times and singled once, driving in two runs, Ryan Hare (UNLV) threw six innings of one-run ball and Alonzo Billips (Santa Clara) struck out five in three innings of scoreless relief to lead the Academy Barons to a 10-1 win over the Southern California Catch tonight at the MLB Youth Academy. Argumedo doubled and scored the first run of the game in the second inning on a Christian Lucio (Eastern Kentucky) single, hit a two-out double to drive in a run in the fourth, singled in a run in the sixth, and doubled in the eighth, scoring the last run of the game on a wild pitch. His game-high four hits were one better than Lucio, who finished with three. Hare cruised through the first four innings of his start tonight, not allowing a runner to get into scoring position until the fifth when the Catch scored their lone run when a two-out walk and a hit batsmen set the table for Kristian Franklin (Grambling St) who delivered an RBI-single. Billips was even more stingy, striking out two batters in the seventh and eighth inning after surrendering leadoff singles in both innings, and then pitching around two hit batsmen in the ninth inning to close out the win. Trent Anderson (CSU Bakersfield) tripled and singled to finish with a multiple-hit game for the Academy while Daniel Jung (Notre Dame) was the only Catch player to do so with a pair of singles. Andrew Wilson (Marymount-NAIA) had an interesting offensive night, getting on base four times without collecting hit as he was hit by a pitch three times and drew a walk. Cade Smith (Hawaii) started on the mound for the Catch, striking out four in three innings of work but surrender seven runs (four earned) on five hits and suffered the loss. Click here for recaps of this game Pasadena, CA Brandon Frazier (Georgia Gwinnett) hit a two-run home run to drive in the tying and go-ahead runs in the seventh inning and Cameron Ziegler pitched four scoreless innings to close out the San Luis Obispo's 7-3 win over the Arroyo Seco Saints tonight at Jackie Robinson Stadium. With the Saints leading 3-2 after scoring twice in the first inning on a two-out, two-run double by Drew Cowley (Cal Poly Pomona), and a Brennan McKenzie (Cal Poly Pomona) two-out RBI-single drove in one in the third, Frazier pinch-hit with one out in the seventh and hit his home run that drove in Dane Stankiewicz (Grand Canyon), who had walked, to put San Luis up for good. The Blues, who had scored two runs in the third inning on RBI-singles by Jack Kuzma (Cal Poly) and Brian Klein (Texas Tech) in the second inning, then added two more in the eighth, one coming on a Justin Lutes (Pepperdine) RBI-single, and one run in the ninth when Jay Charleston (Tennessee) singled, stole two bases and scored on a passed ball to post the 7-3 final score. Ziegler, who entered the game to start the sixth inning in relief of Cole Tucker, who struck out four but allowed all three of the Saints runs, was never threatened. He retired the side in order in the sixth inning, pitched around an error in the seventh and a hit batsmen in the eighth and, despite allowing a pair of two-out singles in the ninth, retired the last batter on a pop-out to close out the win. Blake Beers (Michigan) started on the mound for the Saints and struck out seven in five innings of work before turning the pitching duties over to the bullpen with his team leading 3-2. Cameron Briggs (UC Davis) hit three singles for the Saints to finish with game-high honors. Click here for recaps of this game