Baseball

Luke Mariscal Doubles, Hits Grand Slam & Drives in 6 Runs, as Etiwanda Pounds Alta Loma, 21-9, on Wednesday

Mar 25 2021 03:48:27

Etiwanda is not messing around.

Just three games in to the 2021 season, and the Eagles have outscored San Dimas, Northview and now Alta Loma by a combined margin of 39-14.

They took apart the Braves, 21-9, on Wednesday, and collected 23 hits.

In fact, 11 separate Etiwanda batters registered at least one hit and five had two or more.

Andrew Vasquez got pounded for nine runs on 11 hits over his 3 1/3 innings of work.

Vasquez was stuck with the loss, but three of his teammates combined to surrender 12 more runs in just 2 2/3 innings, which included 12 hits over that stretch.

Luke Mariscal had a giant game, going 4-for-4, with a double, grand slam, two runs and six RBIs.

Austen Roellig singled, doubled, drove in a pair of runs and scored twice.

Armando Briseno went 3-for-4 and scored three runs, and Abraham Zapata had three singles, a double, three runs and three RBIs.

Geo Mejia finished 4-for-5, with three runs and three RBIs.

Garrett Mnich went the first two innings without allowing a run and got the win.

Alta Loma struck for eight runs (four earned) off of Christian Mendoza in the sixth and seventh innings combined.

Mendoza was roughed up for nine hits, but the game had been well decided by the fifth inning, as the Eagles already enjoyed an 11-1 lead.

Box Score:
AL: 0-0-0-1-0-4-4-(9)
E: 1-2-0-8-5-5-X-(21)

Win: Garrett Minich
Loss: Andrew Vasquez

HR: Luke Mariscal (E)
2B: Luke Mariscal (E), Kaedon Mas (E), Landon Milius (E), Austen Roellig (E), Erick Villareal (E), Abraham Zapata (E), Michael Carreron (AL), Ian Wolski (AL)

Records: Alta Loma (0-2); Etiwanda (3-0)

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