June 28, 2019 San Luis Obispo, CA Christian Scott (Tennessee) and Anthony Forte (Richmond) hit back-to-back RBI-doubles to erase a two-run deficit in the seventh inning, and Trevor Beer (UC Santa Barbara) pitched the last four innings scoreless to lead the Arroyo Seco Saints to a 5-4 victory over the San Luis Obispo Blues tonight at Sinsheimer Park. Trailing 4-2 heading into the seventh inning, Scott’s and Forte’s doubles were setup by a leadoff walk and a one-out single by Marco Martinez (Pasadena CC). Scott’s double plated one Saints run and put runners on second and third base, both of whom Forte drove in two pitches later to give Arroyo Seco the lead for the first time in the game. Beer, who entered the game to pitch to begin the sixth inning in relief of starter Eli Riechmann (Blinn), made the lead stick, pitching around a two-out double in the seventh inning by striking out the next batter, retiring the side in order in the eighth with two strikeouts, and pitching around a two-out single in the ninth to pick up the win. The Blues jumped out to the early lead against Riechmann, scoring twice in their first at bat when their first two batters reached base via a single and a walk and, after one out was recorded, Brett Harris (Gonzaga) hit a two-run double. Riechmann struck out two in a one-two-three second inning, struck out two more in a scoreless third and the Arroyo Seco offense got on the board in the top of the fourth on a run-producing groundout before the Blues struck again. Ryan McCarty drove in Reuben Mercado (San Jose St) who had led off the fourth with a single in an inning Riechmann struck out two, and San Luis scored again the fifth on a sacrifice fly to make the score 5-1. Mitchell Scott (Cal), who started on the mound for the Blues and matched Riechmann with six strikeouts, faced one over the minimum until the Saints scored their first run in the fourth and, after retiring the side in order in the fifth, Scott allowed Arroyo Seco’s second run when Forte hit the first of his two doubles in the game to leadoff the sixth and scored on a Drew Cowley (Cal Poly Pomona) RBI-single that made the score 4-2. Kai Janowicz (UC Davis) relieved Scott to start the seventh and suffered the loss, allowing three runs on four hits over two innings of work before Evan Ingram (Hendrix) struck out three of the four batters he faced to finish on the mound for the Blues. Cowley led all hitters in the game, recording a game-high three hits. Click here for recaps of these games Elsewhere around the CCL today: Compton, CA Noah Mattera (UNLV), Chris Torres (Moorpark JC) and Clay Rickerman (Cal Lutheran) combined to pitch four and two-thirds innings of scoreless relief, and Nico Lima (Oxnard JC) tripled and scored four runs to lead the Conejo Oaks to an 8-7 win over the Academy Barons tonight at the MLB Youth Academy. Mattera was the first reliever into the game for the Oaks, entering in the game with one out in the fifth inning in the middle of a Barons rally. At this point the Academy had already scored three times in the inning, getting their first five batters on base and scoring on a two-run triple by Basiel Williams Jr. (Jones JC) and an RBI-single by Channy Ortiz (Grand Canyon). Mattera, who was appearing in relief of Oaks starting pitcher Eric Ma (Whitman College), gave up a two-run single to the first batter he faced, Jaylen Heard (Heartland) that gave the Barons a 6-5 lead, but retired two of the next three batters, the last via strikeout, to limit the damage. After the Oaks tied the score in the top of the sixth inning when Lima reached on an error, advanced to third on a Jacob Castro (UC Irvine) single and scored on an RBI-groundout, Mattera struck out the first batter in the bottom half of inning and, after issuing a walk, was replaced by Torres who retired two batters to finish the sixth, and then Torres retired three of four batters to pitch a scoreless seventh. Rickerman entered the game to start the bottom of the eighth inning with the lead after Lima again got on base to start the inning, this time after being hit by a pitch, stole second base, advanced to third on a passed ball and scored with two outs on a wild pitch to make the score 8-7. Rickerman then stranded two runners in the eighth inning and pitched around a two-out error in the ninth to throw two scoreless innings and pick up the win. Conejo had jumped out to an early lead in tonight’s game, scoring three runs in the first inning when their first seven batters reached base safely and RBI-singles by Castro and Gabe Baldovino (Ventura JC) and a fielder’s choice plated their runs. The Oaks added their fourth run in the third inning when Lima hit his triple and scored on a Castro sacrifice fly, and their fifth in the fifth when a walk, an error and a wild pitch gave them a 5-1 lead. The Barons scored their first run after Ma had held them scoreless for the first three innings, retiring ten of the twelve batters he faced until Kyle Freeman (Pitzer) hit a one-out single in the fourth and scored on a Kendall Pettis (Oklahoma) two-out single. Noel Soto (Long Beach CC) was the starting pitcher for the Academy, pitching three innings and allowing four runs on six hits before being relieved by David Appleby (Michigan) who allowed two runs on two hits in two innings of work. Trevor Sutt (Long Beach CC) struck out four over two scoreless innings and JP Massey (Minnesota) struck out three while pitching the eighth and ninth innings, suffering the loss without surrendering a hit. The Oaks’ Justin Ammons (Tennessee) singled three times to finish with a game-high three hits. Click here for recaps of this game