Baseball:
Arcadia traveled to Burbank on Tuesday afternoon for a battle of the two Pacific League programs without a loss.
And the Apaches squashed the drama early, and cruised to a 12-2 victory.
Casey Spencer continues to excel for his new team.
Spencer improved to 7-0 after going the first five innings and allowing two runs on four hits.
More importantly, the Apaches’ senior didn’t walk anyone and struck out 11 Bulldogs’ batters.
Harrison Meyers went the final two scoreless innings to close out the win.
Meyers walked one and struck out a pair of Bulldogs.
Jacob Drossin hit a solo home run and Devin LeClair singled, doubled and drove in the other run of the game for Burbank.
Alex Dolan had a monster game for Arcadia.
Dolan went 5-for-5, with a double, two runs scored and four RBIs.
Matthew McIntire singled, scored and drove in two runs, and Jack Esguerra singled, scored and had an RBI.
Brandon Nguyen singled three times, scored twice and drove in a run.
Zach Huerta singled and scored two runs, and Mikey Easter singled, drove in a run and scored.
Ari Nurhadi doubled and scored, and Julian Eskridge singled, scored and had an RBI.
Daniel Chavez and Devon Eskridge both had an RBI and run scored.
Up next: Arcadia will host Burbank on Friday.
First pitch is set for 3:30.
Quotable:
Arcadia pitcher, Casey Spencer: “Going into this game, I was definitely fired up to pitch since we are both undefeated in league. I realized my stuff was working early in the game. My fastball was good with velocity and command setting up my changeup and curveball. Pitching is a lot easier when I have a team like I do behind me. They track down every ball and make every routine play and that’s all you can ask for as a pitcher. Our bats woke up early, we were able to keep stacking on runs every inning, constantly applying pressure to end up beating them by a good margin.”
Box Score:
A: 2-1-7-0-0-1-1-(12)
B: 1-0-0-0-1-0-0-(2)
Win: Casey Spencer
Loss: Ian Schenk
HR: Jacob Drossin (B)
2B: Alex Dolan (A), Ari Nurhadi (A), Jaden Rez (B), Devin LeClair (B)
Records: Arcadia (13-3, 7-0); Burbank (10-2, 8-1)
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