Baseball:
Bonita found itself trailing 2-1 in the top of the seventh inning on Saturday afternoon.
The Bearcats were 38 miles from home and just three outs away from a season-ending, CIF-SS Division 2 quarterfinal defeat at Los Alamitos High School.
Bonita, though, stepped up big time, scoring six runs in the top of the seventh, and held on to defeat Los Al, 7-4.
Ryan Kozma’s two-run base hit highlighted the dramatic rally.
Josh Donegan got the loss, allowing three runs on nine hits over his six-plus innings of work.
Donegan walked three and struck out four Bonita batters.
Cole Tryba came on in relief and surrendered four runs on four hits and two walks.
Kozma finished 2-for-4, scored once and drove in three runs.
Devon Diaz was huge, collecting three hits, an RBI and scored twice.
JT Fenton singled and scored.
Luke Mistone and Logan Corthell both walked, singled and scored one run apiece.
Bryan Bradshaw went 3-for-4, with an RBI.
Gavin Vazquez walked and singled twice.
Travis Riggs scored and Aiden Caron and Jordan Sheridan had one RBI apiece.
Luke Mistone earned the win for the Bearcats.
He went six innings, allowing just two runs on six hits.
Mistone walked three and struck out three Los Al batters.
The Griffins got two runs in the bottom of the seventh (one earned), but Edrian Rangel was able to close out the victory.
Rangel walked one and struck out one.
Nate Dowdell singled, doubled and scored for Los Al.
Zech Samayoa went 2-for-4 and scored, and Zach Peters singled twice, scored and had an RBI.
Up next: Bonita will host top-seeded Thousand Oaks on Tuesday.
The Lancers (27-1) defeated San Dimas, 12-1, thanks to three home runs and six RBIs by Roc Riggio.
Quotable:
Bonita coach, Ryan Marcos: “We don’t have any quit in us. It was go time in the seventh inning and Gavin Vazquez led off with a bloop single and that started everything. Ryan Kozma is just a stud. He stepped up like he always does. I though Luke gave us a great chance to win and grinded it out on the mound. A lot of pitches that were called balls were very close, and he handled it really well. I had all the confidence that we would rally in the seventh inning. It’s not time to face a very tough Thousand Oaks team, but we will go battle like we always do.”
Bonita junior, Luke Mistone: “First all of, that was just a great team win. These guys don’t quit and fight until the very end. I didn’t have my best stuff today, but battled and really just tried to keep us in it. I was fortunate to get out of some tough situations against a very talented lineup. Everyone that came up in the seventh gave us their best at-bat and it speaks for itself. It starts with Gavin getting a leadoff single after a tough at-bat. Also a great job to the coaching staff for giving us a great scouting report and Kozma called a great game.”
Bonita senior, Edrian Rangel: “When the seventh inning started, we knew we had to had to be loud because we were only down by one run and then Gavin Vazquez led off with a single. JT Fenton got another single and then we broke it open. We got contributions from everyone and it was a great team win. Mistone did amazing.”
Bonita senior, Ryan Kozma: “It’s feels great to have that comeback win and keep the season alive, but at the same time, we aren’t done yet. It was a great team win and I couldn’t have had those RBI’s without the guys in front of me and their quality at-bats. Mistone pitched a great game and kept a really good team from scoring a lot of runs as well.”
Bonita senior, Devon Diaz: “All I really have to say is that as a whole we all pulled together and we all knew that two runs was not enough to beat us. We just had to have better at-bats and continue to get the next batter up, but on my part, I love being put in those situations because they are truly game changers, knowing that I had tied up the game to keep us alive. But now we’re onto the next.”
Box Score:
B: 0-0-1-0-0-0-6-(7)
LA: 1-0-1-0-0-0-2-(4)
Win: Luke Mistone
Loss: Josh Donegan
Save: Edrian Rangel
2B: Nate Dowdell (LA)
Records: Bonita (17-5); Los Alamitos (18-8)
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