Baseball

Maranatha Runs Over Village Christian, 13-1, on Friday; Ryan Mittelman Doubles & Drives in 5 Runs

May 22 2021 05:13:11

Baseball:

Maranatha picked up the three-game sweep of Valley Christian, thanks to Friday’s 13-1 beatdown in five innings.

Patrick DeMarco went three perfect innings and struck out three to pick up the win.

Jackson Hisey and Garrett McGuigan went one inning apiece and both allowed one hit.

Hisey and McGuigan got each of their outs via strikeout.

Cole Cacho-Negrete singled twice and scored for VCHS.

Calvin Peterson got the loss after allowing nine runs (five earned) on seven hits over 2 1/3 innings.

He walked two and struck out a pair of MHS batters.

Ryan Mittelman walked, doubled, scored and drove in a game-high five runs.

Dylan Zdunek went 2-for-3, with two RBIs and a run.

Ben Staub walked, scored twice and had an RBI.

Mikey Ebner singled, scored and drove in a pair of runs.

Cam Andrews went 2-for-2, with a run and RBI.

Nick Cook singled and scored three runs.

Daniel Latshaw singled and scored and Bryan Richman walked and scored.

Kade Bowden had an RBI base hit and Daniel Ruiz walked and had an RBI.

Maranatha holds a one-game lead over second-place Valley Christian with two Olympic League games to go.

The Minutemen play two games against last-place Heritage Christian next week.

Box Score:
VC: 0-0-0-1-0-(1)
MHS: 3-3-4-3-x-(13)

Win: Patrick DeMarco
Loss: Calvin Peterson

2B: Ryan Mittelman (M)

Friday’s Olympic League Scores:
Valley Christian 2, Heritage Christian 1
Maranatha 13, Village Christian 1
Whittier Christian was idle.

Olympic League Standings Through Friday:
Maranatha (17-3, 9-1)
Valley Christian (16-5, 8-2)
Whittier Christian (8-14, 3-6)
Village Christian (5-14, 3-8)
Heritage Christian (3-13, 2-8)

Final Regular Season Olympic League Games:
Tues: Heritage Christian at Maranatha at 5.
Tues: Whittier Christian at Valley Christian
Thurs: Maranatha at Heritage Christian at 3:30.
Thurs: Valley Christian at Whittier Christian
Friday: Village Christian at Whittier Christian

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