July 25, 2017 San Luis Obispo, CA Jack Schneider (Grand Canyon) pitched a complete game shutout and the San Luis Obispo Blues scored two runs without the benefit of a hit and a third on an error to beat the Ventura Halos 3-0 tonight at Sinsheimer Park to keep their hopes of reaching the CCL playoffs alive. Schneider, who notched six strikeouts and scattered six hits, used 101 pitches to complete the game, right on the mark of the Pitch Smart limits established by USA baseball to govern summer competition, benefitting from two double-plays turned by his defense and runner a thrown out trying to steal second base. The Blues offense manufactured one run in the first inning when leadoff hitter Ricky Martinez (Sacramento St) reached base after being hit by a pitch, stole second base, moved to third on a wild pitch and scored on a sacrifice fly by Andrew Ramos (Cumberlands). They manufactured a run in the second inning when Marco Murillo (Campbellsville) drew a lead-off walk, stole second base, moved to third on a passed ball and scored on an RBI-ground out by Tate Samuelson (Cal Poly). Martinez then scored again in the sixth inning after hitting a lead-off double and, one out later, scoring on an two-base throwing error to post the final score. The win moves the Blues to within one half game of the Conejo Oaks in the race for the final berth to the CCL playoffs beginning Friday at the MLB Youth Academy in Compton. The Oaks travel to Sinsheimer Park tomorrow night for a final meeting between the two teams. If the Oaks win, they clinch a berth to the playoffs. If the Blues win, they will still have to win their game Thursday night against the Arroyo Seco Saints in Pasadena to clinch a playoff berth. Click here for recaps of this game Elsewhere around the CCL today: Oakland, CA The Healdsburg Prune Packers scored 15 runs in each game of their doubleheader with the Walnut Creek Crawdads, winning 15-1 and 15-7 today at Laney College. Alec Rennard (Michigan), Nolan Bond Houston), Chrit Rudkin and Alex Waldsmith (Santa Clara) combined to strikeout eleven in the first game, with Rennard starting the game by striking out five of the six batters he faced. The four pitchers allowed a combined five hits without issuing a walk and the only run they allowed came in the ninth inning when Max Gray hit a leadoff home run. Offensively, the Packers collected 17 hits as a team, with every member of the starting lineup notching at least one hit and six of them having multiple-hit games. Clay Koelzer (Texas Tech) hit a three-run home run and two RBI-singles to finish with a game-high five RBI, Nickolas Oar (Stanford) hit a solo home run and an RBI-double, Cameron Warren (Texas Tech) drove in three runs and Dane Tofteland (Indiana St) had three hits to lead Healdsburg. In the second game, the pitching rotation of Dillon Brown (Cal St Fullerton), Jared Noonan, Edward O'Bannon III (Pacific) and Nick Vega (Sonoma St) did not dominate as much as their teammates in the first game, but the offense didn’t miss a beat. Recording another 16 hits as a team, this time Healdsburg had seven players collecting hits and five finishing with multiple-hit games. Oar hit another home run, this time a two-run shot, and added an RBI-single and a double, Jamey Smart (LMU) had a pair of two-run doubles and a run-scoring ground out to finish with a game-high five RBI, Esteban Martinez (Ottawa) had three hits and two RBI, Bret Bautista (San Jose St) hit two triples and a double, and Bryce Nagata (Sonoma St) had three hits to lead the Packers. The Healdsburg pitching foursome collected eight strikeouts and walked only one batter, but allowed twelve hits, including a three-run home run by Daylen Calicdan (Hawaii), who totaled three hits in the game, and the pitchers allowed run-scoring singles by Joshua Nelson (Holy Names), Kevin Whitaker (Laney), Darrel Quiroz and Edwin Garcia. Click here for recaps of these games La Mirada, CA Andreas Kim (So Carolina Upstate) hit a three-run home run and two singles, Gabe Chavez (Rio Hondo) had a four-for-four game, and Alex Briggs (LIU Brooklyn) hit a two-out two-run double to lead the Arroyo Seco Saints to an 11-10 win over the Southern California Catch today at Biola University. Omar Ortiz (Pacific) hit two home runs for the second consecutive game, Steven Garrett (Azusa Pacific) hit a home run and a two-run double, and Evan Sandmann (Dallas Baptist) added a solo home run to lead the Catch. The Saints used five pitchers in the game, including Gabe Golob (NYU) and Gunnar Friend (Avila) who retired the side in order in the eighth and ninth innings, respectively, to preserve the win. The Catch used six pitchers, including Joseph Hanley (North Central) who struck out three in two innings of work. Click here for recaps of this game Fairfield, CA Jason Wutsch (College of Marin), Nathan Gutierrez (Solano CC) and Kenney Quilitan (Solano CC) combined for 15 strikeouts, Max Smith (UNLV) hit two doubles, two singles and drove in three runs and Dominic Foscalina (Utah) had four run-generating at bats, including a solo home run, two sacrifice flies and a two-run single to lead the Rockville Rock Hounds to an 11-6 win over the Auburn Wildcats today at Yarborough Stadium. Wutsch started on the mound for Rockville, recording six strikeouts in five innings, but allowed five runs, including four in the first on an RBI-double by Justin Glover (Eckerd) and a three-run double by Gaige Howard (Kenyon), and a solo home run by Glover in the third. Gutierrez entered the game to pitch in the sixth inning and struck out six over two and two-thirds innings to pick up the win, and Quilitan pitched the last inning and a third, striking out three, to close out the game. Click here for recaps of this game Compton, CA Jonah Dean-Hargroves (Jackson St) reached base on an error to lead off the ninth inning with the score tied, advanced to second on a passed ball and scored the game winning run on another error to lead the Academy Barons to a 6-5 walk-off win over the Long Beach Legends today at the MLB Youth Academy. Trailing 5-0 after Long Beach scored four in the first inning on an RBI-ground out, a bases loaded walk and a two-run double by Joe Caparis (Pepperdine), and once in the second on a run-scoring single by Jake Sahagian (Sonoma St), the Barons scored four times in the fourth inning on an RBI-single by Jason Wallace and three bases loaded walks and once in the fifth when Joseph Argumedo (Lynn) led off with a double and scored on an error to tie the score 5-5. Aaron Soto (Marymount), Sebastian Sanchez, Joseph Mercado (Dominguez Hills) and Tyler Tungate (Faulkner) shutout the Legends the last seven innings in relief of starter Tyler Witt (Wake Forest), allowing only three hits and no walks while striking out seven, with Tungate picking up the win. Evan May (Hawaii-Pacific) was saddled with the loss despite pitching the last three and one third innings hitless and striking out five. Click here for recaps of this game