Diamond Notes- March 2006
|
March 31, 2006 The Cleats Invitational is in the books after Horizon held on for a 5-3 win over Chaparral to claim the hardware. Both teams started promising sophomore arms. Danny Coloumbe got the nod for Chap and JV call up Michael Transon was on the bump for the Huskies. Transon earned the win in his first varsity start, allowing only 3 runs before giving way to Evan Foreman in the 5th. Coloumbe was solid as well, but the usually solid Chaparral defense let him down a bit with 3 errors. In the seventh inning, Spencer Rothery and the Human Rocket, Kyle Williams, started things off with singles. Horizon Coach Eric Kibler then turned to Kevin Roderick to try to stifle the rally. A wild pitch advanced the runners to second and third and after a strikeout and a walk to Charles Brewer, Roderick found himself facing bases loaded and one out. Roderick then rang up Race Hansen on a 92 MPH heater that painted the outside corner, and followed that by buckling Jon Bagley twice with razor sharp sliders. Roderick led the way offensively for the Huskies, going 2-3 and knocking in 3 runs. Chaparral's Danny Coloumbe (L) and Horizon's Evan Foreman Earlier, in the third place game Brophy defeated Hamilton 7-4 with Chris Walden picking up the win. In the morning's semi- final matchup, Brophy lost a real heartbreaker to Chaparral 6-5 . Harlyn Griffiths was strong on the hill for Brophy, allowing only 3 hits and 3 runs (1 earned, 2 unearned) and taking a 5-3 lead into the seventh inning before giving wya to bullpen help. Chap leadoff hitter Chase Rose walked, and after 2 outs, Kyle Williams ripped a triple to right center, scoring Rose and making it 5-4. A ball in the dirt that squirted only 10 feet away from the catcher was enough to score the ridiculously fast Williams and knotted the score at 5-5. Jake Schlander and Jason Jarvis then both singled and Charles Brewer followed with a double to left center for the game winner. Mike Velasco shut down the Bronco offense in the 7th to secure the win. Brophy out hit Chap 13 to 7 - including a 2 run homerun by Raoul Torrez and 3 for 3 outings by both Josh Garcia and Chris Walden.
Charles Brewer rips a game winning double to down Brophy on Thursday It was another nail biter in the Desert West region. Tolleson won again in extra innings on a perfectly executed squeeze bunt by soph. Joey Clark Queen Creek's Dominic Gamboa picked up the win, 4-3 over #4 ranked Tempe for the Bulldogs. In what proved to be a "Bulldog" performance, Gamboa
gave up only one earned one and 4 hits while going the distance and Andrew Danner Shutdown another potent offense as Pinnacle defeated Arcadia beat Higley 12-2, Connor Whalen struck out 8 for the win, Max Sandra Day O'Connor defeated West Linn, Oregon 9-2 behind a superb pitching performance by Josh Moody. Moody struck out 11 batters and yielded 5 hits in 6 innings of work. Brian Carr and Nick Carrillo continued their torrid hitting by both going 3-4 for the Eagles. Ben Kaufman went 2-3 also for the Eagles. The Eagles have won 4 out of their last 5 games and take on Boulder Creek Tuesday in a league conference game. |
|
March 30, 2006 Horizon reached the semi-finals of the Cleats Invitational with a 2-0 victory over Eagle (ID) High School. Tim Alderson struck out 16, and allowed one hit in the complete game effort, his third shutout of the season. Kevin Roderick's RBI double and Alderson's RBI base hit in the third frame accounted for the scoring. A pretty fair contingent of scouts were on hand to see Alderson and Eagle right hander Forrest Cannon, a UC Santa Barbara signee. Cannon showed a very loose arm and velocity in the 86-88 range early, but by the third he had dropped to 83-85 on the gun. Still, the body is lean and projectable and he's no doubt a name to remember. On this night, however it was Alderson who stole the spotlight, which has virtually become an every outing experience. The 6-6 righty sat 90-91 in the first, and continued to ride there in the seventh when the Eagle group was no doubt happily packing their gear for another day. What often gets ignored, however, is the 79-81 MPH hard slurve that he snaps off and commands very well. He works fast, throws on a good downhill plane and works ahead in counts. All this, coupled with a take charge, bulldog mentality, make Alderson a special talent. Earlier at Chaparral. the Firebirds advanced to the semi-finals with a 16-6 pasting of Yucaipa (CA). Jason Jarvis showed the scouts some good arm resiliency, sitting 90-91 and topping 92 at times. He maintained that velocity for a full seven innings and showed some ability to spin the ball. It was a good test against a tough Yucaipa lineup that smoked Canyon Del Oro on Wednesday. Casey Lytle continued on a tear, going 3-3 with 3 RBIs. Jon Bagley doubled, homered and drove in 3 for the 'birds.
Jason Jarvis (L) deals while Kyle Williams takes a cut Brophy's 7-0 win over Wilson (OR) places it in the semis this morning against Chaparral. R.J. Preach worked 4 solid innings and got relief help from matt Chaffee. Raoul Torrez was 3-4 with a pair of doubles. Andrew Tonner went deep for the Broncos. Hamilton moved to a semi-final matchup with Horizon by virtue of a 15-2 pounding of Lincoln (OR) and Tucson Salpointe's loss to Boulder (CO). Jason Kudlock, recovering from a bout with Mono, got the start and worked a pair of shutout innings. Geoff Matrtone earned the win in relief. Justin Rosales, Andy Workman and Kasey Pierson all had a pair of knocks for the Huskies. Sandra Day O'Connor Eagles defeated the defending Eagle Invitational Classic champs, Lake Oswego, Oregon 13-7 with a come from behind victory. The Eagles from O'Connor scored 8 runs in the top of the seventh to send the defending champs to defeat. Travis Lane went 3-4 with 5 RBI's for the O'Connor in the victory. Matt Word got the win in relief. Adrian Ramirez went 2-5, and Matt Bridgewater went 2-4 for the Eagles. Desert Mountain continued to kill the ball witha 17-3 win over Marcos De Niza. Jeff Fox, Hayden Parrot and Mike Galterio all went deep. Bobby Lasker had a pair of doubles. For Marcos, Shaun Deisler went 2-3 with a double. Goldwater got a big Northwest region win over Mountain Ridge 11-6.
|
|
March 29, 2006 In honor of our fair state becoming a veritable launching pad for long balls this season, I've created a new feature heretofore known as The Bomb Cellar. We'll keep a running total on home run leaders and document multi dinger games. Help me out with this as I know I'm missing some names and dates. Brophy got their 15th win on Tuesday, beating Smokey Hill of CO 11-5 in the Cleats Invitational. Stephen Streich pitched a solid 5 innings, recording 11 K's and giving up 3 hits. Mike Abbott and Mark Appel also got in some time on the mound in the 6th and 7th innings. Raoul Torrez was 3 for 4 with a solo homerun and 3 RBI's. Matt Newman was also 3 for 4 for the Broncs. Desert Vista edged out Corona del Sol 1-0 in a pitcher's duel on Wednesday. Tim Martin was the tough luck losing pitcher for Corona giving up only one hit and a lone first inning run. For DV, Roy Metter scattered 5 hits in a complete game shutout. Merrill Kelly moved to 5-0 on the year with a complete game 7 hitter as Desert Mountain collected a Desert Valley Region win over St. Mary's 6-4. Jeff (Bubba) Fox and and Mike Dufek both homered for DM. Gilbert Espindola and Jorge Morales both went 2-3 for the Knights. Sandra Day O'Connor came from behind to defeat Monarch, Colorado 12-7 Tuesday in the 3rd. Annual Eagle Invitation Tournament. Matt Bridgewater got the win in relief. Trevor Allred hit his 4th Home run of the season, going 2-3. Brian Carr and Ben Kaufman went 2-4 for the Eagles in the victory. Big win last night for Tolleson in region play against Centennial. Tolleson won it in the bottom of the 11th on a game winning base hit by Cory Rojas with a close play at the dish. Both teams had runners in scoring position in every inning after the 8th but a combination of clutch pitching and defensive gems kept the game moving. This game had it all, grand slam in the first for Centennial, botched squeeze play, do or die plays at the dish two times, attempted double steals late in the game, great defensive plays for both teams, player ejections, and a close play at the dish to end it. |
|
March 28, 2006 Two of the top senior right handers in the state squared off at Chaparral yesterday as the 2006 Cleats Invitational tournament kicked off. Chap's Charles Brewer allowed only 4 hits and got the better of Canyon del Oro's Taylor Lewis with a 4-2 decision. Jason Jarvis led the way offensively for the 'birds, going 2-3 with a home run. Brewer also went 2-3 at the plate with a double. Tucson Salpointe lefty Chris Griffith scattered 4 hits and kept Hamilton off balance all day as the Lancers took a 6-4 win in the Cleats Invitational. Griffith took a 4-1 lead into the sixth inning when Hamilton freshman Matt Helm connected on a 3 run bomb to tie the score. In the bottom half of the inning, Santa Clara bound Taylor Thomas' single drove in the go ahead run and the Lancers added an insurance tally on a throwing error by Hamilton. Thomas Chadwick was 2-3 with a long fly, and Kevin Hussey added a pair of hits to lead the way offensively for Salpointe. In other Cleats action, Brophy Prep continues to be a very poor host to its opponents. The victim this time was La Jolla (Ca) Country Day in a 21-0 boat race. Tony Strazzara had a pair of dingers. Raoul Torrez, Thomas DeAngelis, and Matt Newman all homered. Chris Walden had a pair of doubles. The Broncs hung a 12 spot on the board in the first inning and cruised the rest of the way. Newman, Walden and Kevin Keller combined on a 1 hitter. Arcadia treated their out of town guests very rudely in 23-0 smoking of Ft. Lupton, Co. Casey Reynolds and Jack Regan both had three hits for the Titans. JJ Nace got the win on the mound.
|
|
March 27, 2006 The Republic had a blurb today mentioning Desert Mountain and catcher Drew Beurlein being "plagued by injuries this season". In fairness to Drew, injuries haven't sidelined him...a bout with mononucleosis put him on the sideline at the beginning of the year. He has returned to action, but sat out Friday's game with Mesquite feeling a bit weak. Drew was in incredible shape in January when I saw him at a tournament, but the mono caused him to lose 15 pounds. He's regaining his strength and will hopefully be 100% for a playoff run. Notre Dame Prep went 4-1 at the Mustang Invitational tournament scoring 41 runs to the opponents 23. Game results: St Mary's played Skyline Friday and won 12-0 in 5 innings. Ryan Greer threw all 5 innings, scattering 3 hits. Gilbert Espindola and Paul Dancowski both hit 2-run home runs. J.D. Sprague went 3 for 3 with a double and a walk. SM finished up the week winning 3 out of 4. Pinnacle defeated Faith Lutheran of Nevada on Friday as Bryan Karraker pitched 5
innings of 1 hit baseball. Colin Lowe came in to closeout the 7-0
|
|
March 25, 2006 After some soul searching and agonizing, I've decided to concentrate my efforts on the Arizona Diamond Report and have informed Jason Becker that he should find a new Arizona contributor for Inside Prep Baseball. I want to be crystal clear on one thing: my decision has nothing to do with Jason or his site. I think the concept of IPB will fly and I wish Jason much success. My decision is based on what I think is in the best interest of this site and its readers. Believe it or not, there are over 3000 of you who regularly visit this silly spot on the internet. When I produce content that is read by only a percentage of you, my focus has been not on the subscribing readers, but on the people who AREN'T reading it. To be candid, making money on this site has never been my focus. I think there's a lot of information here that needs to be read, and I want it to be available to all of you rather than a small percentage. You'll notice a new "Snapshot" feature on the site starting today. The first subject is J.D. Sprague of St. Mary's. This will be a regular feature going forward. There was a nice feature story on Deer Valley's Khris Davis in yesterday's Arizona Republic written by Jose Garcia. |
| Desert Mountain's Mike Dufek tamed a
dangerous Mesquite Wildcat lineup on Friday en route to a 10-1 non- region
victory. Dufek was nasty, touching 87 on the gun and throwing the breaking
ball for strikes. In the fifth inning, Mesquite loaded the bases, but
Dufek induced Ronnie Welty to pop up and struck out Ty Forney and Seth
Furmanek to end the threat. He scattered 4 hit and helped his cause with a
double, a homer and 5 RBIs at the plate. Jeff Fox went off again, homering
twice for the second time in 2 days and bringing his season total to
seven. Austin Gibbs had 2 of the 4 hits for Mesquite.
Kyle Brule tossed a 6 hit shutout and Shaun Deisler's solo blast in the 6th inning was the difference as Marcos de Niza dropped Mountain Pointe 1-0 in Central region action. Mike Ford allowed only 3 hits through 6 innings for Pointe. Colin Laufenberg's 4 hit shutout and Marco Mosquiera's lead off homer were enough for Hamilton to squeek by Horizon 1-0. Tim Alderson struck out 10 and allowed only 3 hits in a losing cause. Notre Dame took a pair of games on Friday, defeating Jenks, Oklahoma 9-6 and Columbine, Colorado 11-4. Mike Greco homered in both games and Dominic Piazza had 2 dingers in the Columbine game. Brophy defeated Red Mountain 6-2 as Matt Newman and Raoul Torrez both had 3 hits. Andrew Tonner went deep for the Broncos. Chris Love was 3-4 for RM. Casey Barnes went 6 strong innings, allowing only 4 hits, as Corona del Sol took an 8-1 victory over Desert Vista. Andrew Pollak had 2 doubles and 3 RBI for the Aztecs. |
Mike Dufek mowin' down Wildcats|
March 24, 2006 Mesa Mountain View needed 11 innings to complete a 5-4 win over Corona del Sol. Corona's Cameron Smith threw 7 solid innings with 9 strikeouts. Tim Martin was 2-3 for the Aztecs and Casey Barnes had a 2 RBI base knock in the bottom of the 7th to send the game into extra innings. Desert Vista got their second win in as many days over Marcos de Niza 12-2. Darren Pilcher tossed a 7 inning 3 hitter for the win. Joe Pace was 3-4 with 2 RBI and Bub Delos and David Coronado each had 2 hits. Shaun Deisler went downtown for Marcos. Justin Anderson allowed only 1 hit, a lead off infield single, and went 2-3 at the plate as McClintock shut out Tucson Sabino 3-0. St. Mary's took an 8-1 decision over Cesar Chavez. Mike Nunez went all 7 innings giving up one run on three
hits and added an RBI Jason Jarvis, Corey Bannister and Mike Velasco combined on a 4 hitter as Chaparral blanked Arcadia 8-0.Jon Bagley had a 2 run big fly for the Firebirds. Freshman Ryan Klem allowed only 2 hits in a five inning shutout over Basha 16-0. Sid Zapata scattered 5 hits in 6 innings as Westwood shut out Paradise valley 3-0. Sid's brother Dan spelled him in the 7th, inducing a double play with 2 on and no out, then striking out the final batter to seal the deal. Jesus Arzaga had a pair of knocks for the Warriors. Red Mtn beat Desert Mtn 8-5. For RM, Ryan Nunley pitched 6 strong innings giving up 3 runs (2 earned).
Kyle Frasard came in to seal the win for Red Mtn. Justin Hendrick started on the bump for Desert Mtn and went 5 solid innings, giving up 4 runs on 9 hits. Red Mtn sophomore Dean Espy hit a solo homerun in the 1st inning off the center field batters eye.
Hitters: Red Mtn- Dean Espy 3-4 HR, Double, RBI Ryan Nunley 2-4, Double, 2 RBI Josh Rodriguez 2-4, 2 RBI Alex Schultz 3-4, Double, RBI Jerry Pajak 1-4, Double, 2 RBI |
|
March 23, 2006 Mesquite got a key region win over arch rival Hamilton yesterday with a 9-8 come from behind win, their ninth in a row. Hamilton carried a 7-0 lead into the bottom of the fifth with some help from a shaky Mesquite defense that committed 6 errors. The Wildcats scored 3 times in each of the last three innings. Mesquite trailed 8-6 going into the bottom of the seventh when Joe Cuttone, leading off the innning, was hit by a pitch. Brett Whiteside followed with a single to right field but was erased on a double play after being called out for interference at second on a Nolan Church ground ball. Cuttone scored on the play. Pinch hitter Alex Sandoval followed and reached on an infield error. Colby McGinn then reached on an infield hit bringing the top of the order and Ronnie Welty to the plate. Welty singled to left scoring the tying run. Ty Forney's infield single moved Welty to third and Seth Furmanek got the game winner with a base knock between short and third. Jeff Hibner got the win in relief of Furmanek. Tim Aderson had a grand slam and 5 RBI and Mike Acosta added an inside the park homer as Horizon avenged an earlier loss to St. Mary's 12-2. Kevin Roderick went the distance, scattering 3 singles and striking out 4. Fountain Hills downed Payson 9-2 with Mark Bolstad getting the win over Jason Sweet. H.P. Rollins had a pair of hits for the Falcons.
Roy Metter threw 5 solid innings and Desert Vista scored 7 times in the first inning as the Thunder run ruled Marcos 16-3 in 6 innings. Mitch Garrett went 2-4 with 5 RBI while Martin Gordon added a pair of hits and 4 RBI. Notre Dame collected a win over Wheat Ridge Colorado 12-5. Nick Sanich had a 3 run blast and Torrey Jacoby went 2-2.
|
Payson's Jason Sweet on the mound|
March 22, 2006 Mike Ford tied a state record with 3 home runs as Mountain Pointe took a Central region win over Chandler Basha 12-3. Ford was 4-4 with 8 RBI on the day. David Nash also homered and David Darnell was 3-4. Bryan Anderson picked up the win on the mound. McClintock dropped Pinnacle 5-2 with Jimmy Patterson earning the win. The Chargers had multi-hit games from Vicente Pineira, Xorge Carrillo, Justin Anderson and Adam Foster. Bryan Karraker homered and doubled for Pinnacle. Mesquite set a new school record with their 8th consecutive win after downing Corona Del Sol 9-4. CDS jumped out to an early 4-0 lead in the first before starter Nolan Church settled in to shut down the Aztecs the rest of the way and improve his record to 4-0. Mesquite scored 5 times in their half of the first with a lead off bomb off the batter's eye by Ronnie Welty and another solo shot from Seth Furmanek. Furmanek and Brett Whiteside were both 3-4 on the day. Corona's Travis Kniffen threw 5 scoreless innings in relief and Matt Ortiz was 2-2 with a double. Desert Mountain's Merrill Kelly tossed a complete game 2 hitter as the Wolves smoked Mesa 12-0. Jeff Fox was 3-3 and Mike Dufek had a three run tater. Brophy, despite a missed extra point, squeaked by Gilbert 23-0 on Tuesday night. Josh Garcia and Tony Strazarra (6 RBI) both homered twice. Austin Shackelford and Thomas (Cheese) Deangelis (5 RBI) also went downtown. Stephen Streich allowed only 2 hits in the five inning affair. Chris Shelley allowed only 4 hits and struck out 4 as St. Mary's blanked Chandler High 1-0 on Tuesday. Shelley also drove in the game's only run in the 6th inning. Chandler's Landis Ware was the hard luck loser, allowing only 3 hits in 6 innings of work. Chris Olsen homered in a losing cause as North Canyon fell 5-4 to Ralston Co.
|
|
March 21, 2006 Peoria took a 2-1 win over Mountain Ridge at the Mustang Invitational. Peoria's Brian Councilor and Ridge's Ben Zierten both threw great games.
Ridge's Kyle Stiner applies the tag Saguaro got a solid pitching performance from Christian McDaniel and Mike Petello homered and went 2-3 with 3 RBI as the Sabercats took a 9-1 win over Golden, Colorado. Steven Boren was 3-3 at the plate for the 'cats. Notre Dame's Dominic Piazza had a grand slam, a double and 5RBI as the Saints handed Tucson Sabino their second loss of the season 6-4. Kyle Conroy got the win on the mound, taking a no hitter into the sixth inning. Charles Brewer tossed a 5 inning complete game 3 hitter as Chaparral blanked Cactus Shadows 10-0. Chap got home runs from Jake Schlander, Jason Jarvis and Spencer Resch.
|
|
March 20, 2006 Tucson Sabino kicked off the Mustang Invitational on Saturday with a pair of wins against Phoenix area opponents. Junior righthander Jerry Ahearn outdueled Centennial's Chase Lehr in a 3-1 win. Cody Harshman was 2-3 with a triple and 2 runs scored for the Sabercats. Ahearn scattered 3 hits and struck out 7 for the win.
Sabino's Jerry Ahearn (L) and Chase Lehr of Centennial
Later at Sunrise Mountain, Josh Crooks served up a healthy dose of hard cheese as the Sabercats dropped Sunrise 10-3. Crooks, who hit 91 MPH in the first inning, allowed only 3 hits. He was still 88-89 in the fifth as the arm showed some nice resiliency. Sophomore shortstop Jason Hansen (3-4) led the way offensively with a double, a homer, 3 runs scored and 4 RBI. Mark Tarantola, Cody Harshman and Tanner Nance all had 2 RBI for the 'cats.
|
David Jones takes a cut for Centennial
Josh Crooks brings the heat as Jason Hanson makes a play at short
Sunrise
Mountain's Taylor McGregor
|
March 18, 2006 St. Mary's got a gutsy, complete game pitching performance from Michael Nunez on Friday night and upended Horizon 6-2 at Husky field. J.D. Sprague and Jorge Morales were both 2-4 for the Knights. Afterwards, legendary Horizon Coach Eric Kibler was honored for the program's recent 500th victory. Longtime assistant Bob Strachan delivered a classy, stirring tribute to Kibler and the Husky skipper was presented with a home plate shaped plaque commemorating the achievement. St. Mary's Gilbert Espindola awaits the pitch (L). Horizon Coach is presented with a plaque commemorating the program's 500th win on Friday night.
Lou McAnany (above left) delivers for Camelback. The Spartans claimed a 3-2 9 inning win over Yuma High on Friday. Scottsdale Saguaro took a 4-3 victory over Tucson Sahuaro on Friday as Devin Thaut, Tyler Sanford, Christian McDaniel and Neil Harden all contributed 2 hits.
|
Steven Boren goes
headfirst for Saguaro
|
March 17, 2006 I've updated the 5A rankings and am now providing a 5A overall ranking as I think its important to note that many of the better teams are actually playing in the D2 division. Shame on the decision makers at the Mesquite/McClintock tournaments for not allowing the two top teams at each site, Mesquite and Desert Mountain, to play yesterday. It would have been an opportunity to not only see two top teams go at it, but both squads had top pitchers rested and ready. A Mike Dufek versus Ronnie Welty duel would have been a treat. Look for more info from the Phoenix west valley starting now as I've pretty much seen every east valley team multiple times. I'll be out at the west side tournaments next week. Matt Shannon picked up the win in his first Varsity start for Mesa Mountain View in a 5-2 win over Desert Vista. Jesse Hudson's first inning 2 run homer was the big blow. Later, MVT fell to Desert Mountain 3-2. Bobby Lasker went 3-3 for DM and Jeff Fox had 2 hits. Mesquite finished the tournament week at 6-0 after a 6-4 win over Corona Del Sol. MESQUITE 6 Mesquite had a brief scare in the 5th when right fielder Seth Furmanek dove for a fly hit near the RF line by Matt Ortiz. With the ball just out of reach, Furmanek's momentum carried him into the path of the ball where it short-hopped him just before he hit the ground, striking him on the temple/ear area. Laying motionless for a few seconds, he came around and was escorted off the field by the trainer, and then later returned to the game. Desert Mountain took an 11-4 victory over Dobson with Jason Butler, Brad Douthit and Taylor Hubbell combining on a 5 hitter. Hubbell had 2 hits, including a 2 run homer and 3 RBI. Eric Henkel drove in 3 runs for Dobson.
Taylor Hubbell gets some love after a homer while Hayden Parrott starts the double play for Desert Mountain Horizon's Tim Alderson avenged the week's earlier loss to Paradise Valley with a 14 strikeout shutout of the Trojans. Alderson also went 3-4 with 3 RBI and Mike Acosta went 2-3 and drove in 3 runs as well. Gilbert, after dropping 4 of their first 5 games, has rattled off 9 wins in a row, including yesterday's 16-7 thumping of Marcos de Niza. Mike Dibiasi got the win on the bump over MDN's Kyle Brule. Dibiasi also went 3-3 at the dish with 4 RBI. Thomas Gutierrez went 4-5 for the Tigers. Jon Varrelman, and Eric Navarro both had a pair of hits for Gilbert and Shaun Deisler and Billy Place had 2 hits apiece for MDN.
Eric Navarro (L), Jon Varrelman, and the rest of the Gilbert Tigers are red hot
|
|
March 16, 2006 Because Of The Snowfall In Flagstaff, Cactus Hosted The Flagstaff High Eagles Wednesday And Prevailed 4-3 On A Stellar Pitching Performance By Matt Tassinari Who Raised His Record To 3-1. Matt Threw A Complete Game 3 Hitter, Fanning 13 And Walking Just One. Offensively, The Cobras Were Led By Chas Brunke Who Went 2-4 With 2 Doubles And Bo Cuthbertson Who Went 2-4 With A Double. Eric O'brien Continued On His RBI Tear Driving In 2 More Runs To Bring His Season Total To 20 After Just 11 Games. Cactus Is Now 7-4. A red hot Mesquite team notched another pair of wins on Wednesday. GAME 1: Red Mountain's Ryan Nunley (below) had his hands full with Ronnie Welty (above left) and Brett Whiteside
Desert Vista handed Dobson their first loss of the East Valley tournament with a 9-2 victory. Darren Pilcher got the win on the mound and freshman Cole Pembroke went 3-4 with a double, a home run and 2 RBI. Earlier, DV thumped Skyline 17-6 as Pembroke went 4-4 with a homer and 5 RBI.
DV Freshman SS Cole Pembroke tries to apply the tag |
|
March 15, 2006 Mt. Ridge defeated O'Connor 3-1 in a pitchers duel at Mt. Ridge High School. Ricky Lasker was the winning pitcher for Mt. Ridge giving up 1 run in 6 innings of work. Lasker gave up 5 hits, and struck out 7 for the Mountain Lions. Ben Zierten hit a 2 run home run for Mt. Ridge in the bottom of the fifth inning to prove the decisive factor in the contest. Zierten went 2-3 for the Mountain Lions. Josh Moody pitched 6 innings for O'Connor givnig up 3 hits, and 7 strike outs. Adrian Ramirez went 2-4 for the Eagles.
Chaparral's Charles Brewer allowed only 2 hits in 6 innings of work as the Firebirds downed region foe Saguaro 10-1Casey Lytle went 3-3 for the 'birds with a double and 3 RBI and Jon Bagley went 2-3 with a home run and 3 RBI. Dobson got another outstanding pitching performance as Chris McGaughey tossed tossed a 2 hit shutout in a 8-0 whitewashing of Red Mountain. The Mustangs played long ball as well with Britt Bingham and Mickey McConnell both going yard. McConnell, Bingham, Zach Kimball, Cody McKenna and Eric Henkel all had multiple hit games for Dobson.
Dobson's Chris McGaughey( L) tosses a shutout. Chad Kimball slides in with a triple.
Nick Orr (L) tracks a fly ball. Jerry Pajak scoops at first. Joel Mathers homered and got the win in relief as North Canyon dropped Kingman 8-7. Freshman Ryan Klem, making his first varsity start, got the better of Rudy Owens in a pitchers duel as Mountain Pointe defeated Mesa 1-0. Klem allowed only 2 hits and struck out 10 in an impressive debut performance. Pointe sophomore C.J. Cron doubled in the game's only run. Pointe also got a 3-2 win over McClintock as David Nash's 2 run homer proved to be the difference. Bryan Anderson got the win in relief of Jason Mitchell who had to leave the game with an apparent injury. Goldwater beat Deer Valley 3-2. Joe Gustafson bested Calvin Lewis in dual complete games. Khris Davis homered, walked twice, stole a base and scored both runs for Deer Valley Basha defeated Central region foe Marcos De Niza 7-6 in extra innings. Mitch Zakula doubled twice and scored the winning run in the ninth inning.
In a pitcher's duel, Agua Fria beat Central High, 3-0. Sammy Solis Mesquite got a pair of wins on Tuesday. Joe Cuttone tossed a complete game 3 hitter as the 'cats took down Skyline 8-1. Seth Furmanek homered and doubled, and Ronnie Welty and Brett Whiteside both had a pair of hits. Later, Furmanek tossed a 3 hit shutout and went 3-4 with 5 RBI in a 9-0 pasting of Desert Vista. Ty Forney was 4-4 while Whiteside and Chase Frampton had 2 hits apiece. |
SDO's
Josh Moody
March 14, 2006 Monday, the Cactus Cobras fell 6-4 to Pinnacle. Ryan Miller got 3 hits and Ryan Underwood, Bo Cuthbertson, and Scooter Manos had 2 hits each to lead Cactus.
Chandler's hopes of an unbeaten season were blown on Monday at the McClintock portion of the East Valley Spring Break tournament as McClintock edged the Wolves 4-3. Down by 1 in the 5th, McClintock catcher Xorge Carrillo hit a line drive home run to tie the game. Then in the 6th the Chargers scored the go ahead run on a sac fly to put the Chargers ahead. McClintock Junior Jimmy Patterson continued to be a big game pitcher and finished the complete game to get the win.
McClintock's Jimmy Patterson (L) outduels Chandler's Kevin Hennessey
Chandler's Michael Morales charges a slow roller Patterson was not finished there though, In the second game of the day against Mesa, McClintock again found itself down in the 5th when Patterson hit a 3 run Bomb to put the Chargers ahead of Mesa. That was Patterson's 5th HR of the season. Mike Sweeney picked up the win while Matt Grogg came in and pitched the final two innings for the Chargers. Chargers 5- Mesa 4. Mesa Mountain View's Aaron Rhodes scored the game's only run in the bottom of the seventh on an ill advised pick off throw to first as MVT edged Corona del Sol 1-0 at the McClintock Tourney. Nick Shannon got the complete game shutout win for MVT while Matt Ortiz tossed six scoreless innings for CDS.
Desert Mountain played long ball in a 12-1 thrashing of Mountain Pointe at McClintock. The Wolves scored 6 times off Pointe starter Mike Ford in the second, highlighted by Drew Beurlein's line drive grand slam to center field. Mike Dufek (3-3) and Hayden Parrot also went downtown for DM. Junior Merrill Kelly continues to impress, throwing 4 innings of 2 hit shutout ball.
Mike Dufek gets congrats for Coach Bryan Rice while SS Bobby Lasker makes the play on a tough hop grounder
Merrill Kelly on the bump for Desert Mountain
|
MVT's Nick Shannon at the plate
|
March 13, 2006 Baseball America recently released its Top 100 High School Prospects for the class of 2006. Two Arizona names made the list: Centerfielder Khris Davis of Glendale Deer Valley, a Cal State Fullerton signee, came in at #63 on the list. RHP Charles Brewer of Scottsdale Chaparral, made the cut at # 97. Congrats to both of these young men on a huge honor. Deer Valley's Khris Davis (above)
|
|
March 11, 2006 Woke up this morning at daylight to a strange noise.... a faint tapping that appeared to come from roof top...stumbled downstairs....opened the blinds....the sky a dark, ominous shade of gray .....the ground, as far as the eye could see covered with what appeared to be a liquid of some sort...on closer examination drops of this substance seem to be appearing and indeed, falling from the sky ..... For those of you from outside Arizona, our string of continuous days without rain has finally been broken after 143 days of bone dryness. A full slate of tournament games around the state are no doubt cancelled for today, but to say that we need the rain is an understatement of mammoth proportions. Brophy jumped out to an early 4 run , first inning lead and cruised to a 13-5 victory at Deer Valley yesterday. In conditions that were downright west Texas-like, with a gusty wind blowing out to center field, the Broncos added 5 more in the third to lead 9-0. Deer Valley added 5 of their own in the fourth, led by a laser beam opposite field grand slam off the bat of Khris Davis. For Brophy, Harlyn Griffiths, Raoul Torrez and Tony Strazzara all went deep. Steven Streich got the win on the mound for Brophy while Chase Johnson took the loss for the Hawks.
Brophy's Steven Streich (L) deals while Khris Davis takes a big hack
Chase Johnson applies the tag at third
Shadow's Woody Nisbet (above L) faces Queen Creek's Austin Carnes Shadow Mountain edged Queen Creek 4-3 on Friday night in Tournament play at Thunderbird High. On Thursday, Mesquite upper their record to 6-2-1 with a 5-3 victory over Mesa Dobson. Joe Cuttone's 2 run homer in the fourth inning gave Mesquite a one run lead, and Chase Frampton's 3 run shot in the fifth sealed the deal for the Wildcats. It was the 4th bomb of the year for each. Mesquite's Ronnie Welty took a no hitter into the fifth inning. Seth Furmanek and Ty Forney both had a pair of hits for Mesquite. |
| March 10, 2006
A combined 2 hitter by Lefties Conner Whalen and Kellen Hope and two key hits by Maxx Buchanan helped Arcadia upset Scottsdale Saguaro at Arcadia 4-1. JJ Nace homered for Arcadia.
Chandler hosted Mesa. Fernando Blanco pitched a 2 hitter shut out, with 1 BB, and no K's. Chandler turned three double plays. Sean Lewis hit a 3 run homer in the first inning to put Chandler ahead. Leading hitters; Sean Lewis 2-2, HR, 3 RBI; Daniel Kozell 2-3, 2B, 3 RBI; Kevin Hennessey 2-3, 2 RBI; Fernando Blanco, 1-2, 2B; Tony Simmons, 1-1; Hits for Mesa-- Rudy Owens 1-2; Sam Ashby 1-2. Mesa went through 3 pitchers: Ray Gonzalez; Dan Guerro (2); Thomas Whiting (4). Chandler scored runs by inning: 1st - 4; 2nd - 4; 3rd - 1; 4th - 4. I'm getting some good game reports from a handful of you, but I need a lot more help from more of you to make this as good as it can be. Here's an example of why I need your input. I took some time yesterday to go watch my son Jake and the Corona Del Sol freshman team against Mesa Stapley (the ninth graders that will be at Mesa Mountain View next year). Jake pitched 6 innings and left with a 7-3 lead going into the seventh inning . He allowed 4 hits, had 8 Ks, 2 walks, and threw only 63 pitches.... A pretty solid outing. In the seventh the wheels fall off on the bullpen and the Mesa boys rally for 5 to take an 8-7 lead. Corona's Kirby Pellant (a name to remember) came on to get CDS out of the inning. In the bottom of the seventh with a man on, Tyler Giannonatti (another name to remember) unloads a 2 run walk off blast for the game winner. Now I'm not relating this story to get my kid and his buddies some ink (it's a nice side benefit though :^). My purpose is to illustrate that, if I had access only to a line score of the game, my synopsis might say " Kirby Pellant got the win on the mound in an 8-7 win for Corona. Tyler Giannonatti had a home run." So now the starting pitcher, who could be your kid, deserves some love but gets the wood put to him because no one tells me what truly happened. Please don't be bashful here. Feel free to go Grantland Rice if you want on these reports. I'll edit them if need be. For example I'll usually edit out more than 4 mentions of your own kid in one sentence . Also, words like "stupendous", "magnificent" and "Ruthian". Try to avoid phrases like "475 foot homer " or "96 MPH heater". I think you get the point. Also, don't assume if you see me at your game that I have all the info. I'm normally focusing on players more than the actual game. I often don't hang around for the end of games. I'm not a newspaper reporter who looks for post game quotes and gets line scores. Have some fun with this and give the kids some props. |
| March 9, 2006
St. Mary's got a solid pitching performance from Logan Ganem and defeated Yuma Kofa 6-2 at Phoenix College. Robert Rodriguez went 3-3 at the plate to lead the way offensively for the Saints.
St. Mary's Anthony Maldonado (L) and Kofa's Luis Tovar Chandler Hamilton edged Gilbert Mesquite 3-2. Kasey Pierson drove in Marco Mosquiera with the winning run in the bottom of the seventh. Jason Kudlock tossed a complete game 5 hitter for the win. Pierson and Mosquiera each had a pair of hits for Hamilton. Kevin Roderick allowed only 4 hits in a complete game, 4-1 win over Deer Valley. Tucker Rubino had a pair of hits and Mike Acosta went 3-3 for the Huskies. Greenway defeated Notre Dame 6-1 as Justin Harper scattered 7 hits for the win. Brock Butts homered for Greenway and Dominic Piazza went yard for the Saints. Fountain Hills ' Michael Lessig went 4-4 as the Falcons beat Maryvale 8-7 at the Patriot Classic at Glendale Independence. Mark Bolstad got the win on the mound.
Catalina sophomores Anthony Rodriguez (L) and Shaun Cooper at the Independence Patriot Classic
|
.jpg)
| March 8, 2006
Mountain Ridge took a 9-7 decision over Red Mountain on Tuesday. Ridge got off to an early 2 run lead in the first with a home run by Senior CF Kurt Keller. Red Mountain answered with a solo home run by Kyle Frasard in the 2nd inning. Ridge added 2 runs in the second and and one in the 4th to go up 5-2. Red Mtn. responded with a 5 run 5th inning and led going into the bottom of the 5th 7-5. In the bottom of the 5th, Ridge rallied to score 4 runs capped off by LF Jon Ott's 2-run double, to take the 9-7 lead going into the 6th inning. Ridge senior Zack Anderson (who came on in the 5th inning) shut Red Mtn. down in the 6th and 7th to pick up the win in relief. Ben Zierten for Ridge threw 4 1/3 solid innings. Mountain Ridge senior Dan Duffy was 1-2 with 2 RBI's, and juniors Jason Pohl and Mike Wales were both 2-3 with a RBI in the ball game. For Red Mountain, Dean Espy, Jerry Pajak and Ryan Nunley all had a pair of hits. Frasard was 3-4 with a homer.
Kyle Brule (L) and Nolan Church locked up on Tuesday at Mesquite Mesquite's Ronnie Welty broke a 1-1 tie in the fourth inning with a long 3 run home run to right center as the Wildcats handed Marcos De Niza their first loss of the season 10-2. Marcos jumped out to an early 1-0 first inning lead but Joe Cuttone unloaded a solo shot in the bottom half to tie the core at one. Nolan Church scattered scattered 5 hits, struck out 9 and allowed no earned runs in a complete game performance. For the Padres, Kyle Brule threw 4 solid innings, allowing 4 hits with 6 K's. Shaun Deisler was 2-3 with a double for Marcos. Mesquite's Ben Garcia , Chase Frampton, and Ty Forney all had 2 hits for the 'cats.
In a hard fought battle, Queen Creek upset a great #2 ranked Notre Dame,
7-6. The come from behind win in the seventh inning was an outstanding team effort. Aaron McRae drove in the game winning run to cap off a
three run seventh. Heath Nichols picked up his second win(2-0)in as many relief appearances. The dogs were led offensively by Brock Fultz, who A pair of Tucson 5A schools came to the valley yesterday and showed their northern brothers that the Southern region is not to be ignored. Tucson High broke open a close contest by virtue of several CDS defensive miscues and smoked Corona Del Sol 17-3 on Tuesday. Tucson Sunnyside scored 8 times in the opening innng and cruised to a 12-2 win over Hamilton. Catcher Carlos Ramirez went 3-3 and Luis Hernandez homered, doubled and was 3-4 to lead the way for the Blue Devils. Juan Orozco got the win on the mound. Highland defeated North Canyon 5-3 behind Sophomore Devyn Rivera. Rivera threw 6 2/3 innings, allowing only 3 hits and 1 earned run with 4 strikouts. Blair Whatcott, Jake Bowyer and Derek Geisinger all had 2 hits for the Hawks. Chandler's Landis Ware tossed a complete game and had a pair of doubles as the wolves defeated Bahsa 6-5. Daniel Kozell added a pair of hits in the win. Big Frankie Magallanez homered and had 4 RBI for Basha while Trent Thompson went 3-4.
|
| March 7, 2006
Phoenix Greenway prevailed over Cave Creek Cactus Shadows 1-0 in a battle of 2 solid pitchers. Brett Klinger got the victory for Greenway, allowing only 2 hits and striking out 11 in a complete game performance. He sat in the 84-85 range all night and topped 86 for me with some good arm side run at times. At 6-4 185 it looks like there's more in the tank as well. Shadows' Devin Dvorak deserved better, allowing only a sixth inning run in a great effort for the Falcons.
Chandler Basha took a 6-1 victory over Phoenix North with junior Hector Moncada earning the victory on the mound.
Josh Lucas and Ryan Etchebarren both had a pair of hits as Paradise valley stayed hot with a 12-2 victory over Phoenix Thunderbird. PV's Anthony Paolone tossed a complete game for the victory.
|
|
March 6, 2006 I've posted the first AZDR rankings of the 2006 season. As you can see I've softened my stance in regards to the new classifications and will go along for the ride. I could only find 9 schools in 4A1 that truly deserved ranking right now. I've updated the 2007 Watch List. Keep in mind that these types of lists are very encompassing and are not meant to imply the ability to play at a particular level. The more selective Top 50 lists are available to college coaches and pro scouts.
|
|
March 5, 2006 Sandra Day O'Connor played 3 games Saturday at the Aztec Classic at Corona del Sol. In Game 1, O'Connor defeated Mountain Point 4-3. Matt Bridgewater got the win in relief. Nick Carrillo went 2-3, and Bryant Burnett hit his second home run of the season for O'Connor. In game 2., Mesa Westwood defeated O'Connor 11-6. Brian Carr went 2-3 for O'Connor and Trevor Allred and Nick Carrillo both hit their 3rd home runs of the season. Westwood scored 5 times in the top of the 7th inning to bust open the game.
Jay Leal and randy Mejia both went 3-4 with 4 RBI apiece for the Warriors. Corona Del Sol defeated O'Connor 8-7 on a sacrifice fly in the bottom of the seventh by Vito Dascoli. Corona del Sol came back from a 7-2 deficit to pull out the victory. Tim Martin was 3-4 for Corona while Casey Barnes and Mike Pollak both had 2 hits for the Aztecs.
Chandler High's Kevin Hennessy allowed only 3 hits as the Wolves claimed the Scottsdale QB Club title with a 3-2 win over Chaparral. Hennessy regrouped after back to back homers by Chap's Adam Bailey and Jason Jarvis tied the score at 2 in the fourth inning. Fernando Blanco scored the game winner in the 7th on a wild pitch. Mike Dufek scattered 7 hts and struck out 5 as Desert Mountain claimed 3rd place in the Scottsdale tourney. Dufek, Jeff Fox and Bobby Lasker all had 2 hits for DM. Kevin Roderick went 3-4 for the Huskies. Hamilton and broke out the lumber in an 11-6 win over Desert Vista. Danne Quiroz 3-3), Marco Mosquiera (3-3) and Andy Workman all went yard for the Huskies. DV center fielder Martin Gordon launched a pair of taters for the Thunder in the losing cause.
Hamilton later continued the hitting barrage in a 15-5 victory over Glendale ironwood. Kyle Peterson muscled up for the Huskies, going 3-3 with a homer and 4 RBI. Teammate Kasey Pierson also went downtown. Colin Laufenberg earned the win on the bump. McClintock got six strong innings from Justin Anderson as the Chargers downed Prescott 9-2 at the McClintock tourney. McClintock's Dan Milner homered, doubled and had 4 RBI while Marty Rover went 3-3. Jimmy Patterson and Kyle Heckathorn both had 2 hits for MHS. Burke Lieppman homered for Prescott.
Earlier, McClintock and St. Mary's battled to a 5-5 tie. Michael Nunez homered for St. Mary's whle Jimmy Patterson answered for the Chargers. Notre Dame sophomore Sean Lafferty homered, doubled and had 5 RBI as the Saints defeated St. Mary's 10-2. Torrey Jacoby added 3 hits for NDP. Craig Kinneberg got the win on the mound with 5 strong innings.
East Valley Region foes Red Mountain and Mountain View squared off in the Desert Vista tourney with RM getting a 4-3 win. Chris Love got the win for RM with Dean Espey, Josh Rodriguez, and Ryan Nunley all collecting 2 hits. Nick Shannon and Jesse Hudson both had a pair of hits for MVT.
|
|
March 4, 2006 North Canyon claimed a come from behind win over Central high 7-6 on Friday. The Rattlers fell behind early 6-0 afeter some defensive lapses. Andrew Shriver pitched well, allowing three hits through 4 innings and striking out 8. Johnathan Combes went 2-3 with 3 rbi . Chaparral smoked Dobson 11-0 behind the 2 hit pitching of Charles Brewer. Brewer was never in trouble, with velocity in the 88-91 range and his normal outstanding command. For good measure, he added a tape measure blast that carried over the protective screen in left field onto the roof of a house. Adam Bailey set the tone with a first inning laser beam 2 run shot while Jake Schlander also went yard for the 'birds. Mountain Pointe edged Mountain Ridge 4-2. Bryan Anderson got the win in relief of Mike Ford who worked a solid 5 innings. Philip Konieczny had a pair of homers for Pointe. Mesa Westwood's Randy Mejia cranked a seventh inning homer to give the Warriors a come from behind 4-2 win over Corona del Sol.Sid and Dan Zapata both had 2 hits for Westwood and Gavin Rodriguez went 3-3 for the Aztecs. Brophy destroyed Tucson Salpointe 12-0 with R.J. Preach working 4 innings and Harlyn Griffith closing the 5th. DH Chris Walden had a pair of doubles and 6 RBI for Brophy. Raoul Torrez and Josh Garcia had a pair of hits for the Broncs. Kevin Roderick worked six scoreless innings, allowing only one hit as Horizon blanked Gilbert 10-0. Roderick also went deep for the Huskies. Tim Alderson had a pair of bombs and Robbie Nickels also homered. Landis Ware tossed a 3 hitter and had 3 hits, including a homer as Chandler dropped Desert Mountain 6-1 to advance to the championship game of the Scottsdale QB Club tourney.
|
|
March 3, 2006
Queen Creek won for the second time in as many games. The dogs rallied to win 10-8 in the bottom of the sixth over Washington. Dominic Gamboa picked up his first win of the season in relief while striking out 6 in 3 innings. Heath Nichols led the way with 3 hits in 3 at bats and 2 RBI. Other offensive contributors were; Ole Nevitt 2 hits/2 runs scored and Dayton Jones 2 runs scored/2 RBI. The Dogs will face Notre Dame next Tuesday. Paradise Valley defeated North High School Thursday at PVHS. Uriel Munoz pitched a great game closing out with the win 11 to 7. The key contributors at the plate were Anthony Dee and Ryan Carlson both going 3 for 4. This is Paradise Valley's 6th win giving them a record of 6 and 1. Agua Fria beat Cortez 13-1 Thursday in a 5 inning game. Agua Fria catchers Broc Gullet and Roy Perez went deep for the Owls. Jeremiah Arredondo, Mitch Wolfe, Danny Peralta and Tyler Heagney all collected two hits for Agua Fria. Junior Sammy Solis threw 4 innings of one-hit ball to get his second win in as many starts. Four of Agua Fria's first six games have been decisive 10-run affairs.
|
|
March 2, 2006 Mesquite and Chaparral battled to a 9-9 tie in a game that was called due to darkness. Chap jumped out to a first inning 2-0 lead as Jason Jarvis cranked a towering 2run homer off Mesquite's Seth Furmanek. The 'cats clawed back in the second, hanging a 5 spot on Firebird starter Corey Bannister. Bannister, who suffered a blister on his pitching hand, was forced to leave the game. Senior Mike Velasco got the call and proceeded to throw 3 1/3 innings allowing only 2 runs and keeping the 'birds in the game. For good measure, he singled in the tying run in the bottom of the seventh inning. Furmanek went the distance, throwing 125 pitches and giving a very gutty effort. He worked in the 86-89 range and continues to show a plus changeup. Ronnie Welty and Joe Cuttone both homered for Mesquite. Welty and Chase Frampton had a pair of hits.
Sandra Day O'Connor defeated Mesa Mt. View 10-2 behind Josh Moody's 6 inning 1 earned run performance. O'Connor was led by Brian Carr who went 3-4 with a home run and 3 RBI, Trevor Allred 3-4, and Travis Lane 2-5 with a home run, and 3 RBI. . Adrian Ramirez also hit a home run for O'Connor. So far this season O'Connor has homered 12 times in it's first 5 games. Chris Patterson hit a home run for Mesa Mt. View. Chandler High continues to wear out opposing pitching. The Wolves laid the wood to Scottsdale Saguaro yesterday in a 19-8 slugfest. Landis Ware was 5-5 for Chandler with a home run, Billy Holmes also went yard and Tony Simmons, Sean Lewis and Michael Morales each had 3 hits. Christian McDaniel took one out for Saguaro.
Saguaro's Taylor Janowicz puts the tag on a Chandler baserunner Desert Mountain beat Mesa High today 5-1 behind 6 1/3 innings of brilliant ball
from senior pitcher Justin Lieper.Lieper was in and out of trouble all day
not surrendering a run until the top of the 7th when he was pulled with the
bases loaded and one out and senior lefty Taylor Hubbell came on to get the
first guy to ground out and then stuck out Rudy Owens leaving them loaded and Horizon throttled Higley 20-1 with lefty Evan Foreman getting the win on the hill. Kevin Roderick, Robbie Nichols and Tom Joseph all had a pair of hits,. Roderick homered and Joseph, a freshman, had 4 RBI. |
|
March 1, 2006 Mountain Ridge came out on top yesterday 5-3 over Mountain Pointe, behind a great pitching performance by Senior Ben Zeirten and 2 home runs by Senior SS Dan Duffy. The Pride started the game off fast by scoring 1 unearned run in the 1st and adding 2 runs in the 2nd to take the early 3-0 lead. Zierten pitched a great game for the Mountain Lions, allowing only 2 earned runs in his 6 innings of work. Jason Mitchell threw 3 1/3 innings for Pointe, giving up 3 runs. Going into the bottom of the 4th, Ridge was still down 3-0, and Mitchell was cruising through the Lions order 9 up and 9 down. Dan Duffy came to the plate in the 4th inning and started a 3 run inning by hitting a solo home run to put the Lions on the scoreboard. Ridge ended the inning adding 2 more runs and tied at 3 with the Pride. Going into the 5th, Duffy came to the plate again with 1 on and 2 outs. With 2 strikes on him he hit his 2nd home run, a 2-run blast to deep left field. Sophomore Ricky Lasker threw a solid 7th inning for Ridge to pick up his first Varsity save. Saguaro continued to play longball as they beat Coronado 9-6 Tuesday. Mike Petello went 3-3 with 2 bombs giving him 5 in 4 games and Christian McDaniel hit the game-winner, a 3-run shot to dead center to win it for the Sabercat Saguaro's Devin Thaut puts the tag on Coronado's Brian Dunlavey Centennial defeated O'Connor 5-1. Centennial's David Jones pitched a complete game surrendering 7 hits and striking out 10. TK Ochoa went 3-3 with a home run for Centennial. SDO Freshman Ryan Skube continued his torrid hitting going 2-3 with his second home run of the season. Skube is hitting .700 , 7-10 this season so far. Adrian Ramirez was the losing pitcher for O'Connor. Marcos de Niza mounted a late charge to remain undefeated in a 9-5 win over Cesar Chavez. Sophomore Jacob Morales got the win in relief of Kasey Boyles. For Chavez, Eligio Sonoqui was solid, allowing only 2 runs in 5 innings of work and leaving with a 4-2 lead. For Marcos, Shaun Deisler and Kyle Brule continue to pound the ball with 3 hits and 3 RBI apiece. Deer Valley's Khris Davis had a pair of long flys, including a 2 run poke in the top of the seventh to give the Skyhawks a 6-5 win at Corona del sol. Calvin Lewis went the distance for the Hawks in earning the win. Casey Barnes pitched well for Corona, shutting out DV for 5 innings before a 4 run sixth tied the game. Barnes was also 3-4 at the plate with a pair of RBI. |
