Rancho Cucamonga erupted for 11 runs in the fourth and fifth innings combined and went on to defeat Nogales, 13-6, on Saturday.
Jacob Ayala was saddled with the loss for the Nobles.
Ayala surrendered seven runs and six hits over his 2 2/3 innings of work.
He walked three and fanned three RCHS batters.
Six of the Cougars nine hits were of the extra-base variety.
Drew Copelan tripled and drove in three runs.
Jacob Billings tripled, scored twice and had an RBI.
Dylan Escobar and Jake Brown both doubled, scored and drove in one run apiece.
Bradyn France went 1-for-3, with a walk, double, two runs scored and a pair of RBIs.
Cole Flores singled, walked, scored twice and had an RBI.
Riley Braxton walked and scored twice and Aaron Whobrey went 1-for-2, with a walk, two runs scored and an RBI in the victory.
Dakota Gray went the first 2 1/3 innings for the Cougars.
He allowed two runs on two hits, walked four and struck out four Nogales batters.
Nicolas Cataldo got the win after 1 2/3 innings of work.
He allowed two runs (one earned) on one hit.
Brensen Hyde closed out the victory with 1 1/3 perfect innings of relief.
Nathan Rodriguez went 2 for 6 for the Nobles, and that included a double and two runs scored.
Joey Ruelas doubled and drove in a pair of runs in the loss.
After Friday’s 9-8 victory over Esperanza, Rancho Cucamonga is now 2-0 on the season.
Quotable:
Rancho Cucamonga coach, Tony Garcia-Bautista: “Like most teams this year, due to the short time span we have had to prepare, we have a lot of aspects of the game to improve. We are confident we will continue to improve as we move forward each game.
Our offense has been our strength. We get on base and play an aggressive brand of baseball There was also a heavy mist early in the game. It caused a sloppy game. The kids were throwing the ball all over the place. We were overswinging and hitting the ball right at guys. But we settled down later and the boys did their jobs. We used almost our entire lineup today.”
Box Score:
N: 1-0-1-0-0-4-0-(6)
RC: 0-1-0-7-4-1-X-(13)
Win: Nicolas Cataldo
Loss: Jacob Ayala
3B: Jacob Billings (RC), Drew Copelan (RC)
2B: Bradyn France (RC), Jake Brown (RC), Dylan Escobar (RC), Cole Flores (RC), Joey Ruelas (N), Nathan Rodriguez (N)
Records: Nogales (0-1); Rancho Cucamonga (2-0)
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