Photos by Michael Watkins
Baseball:
Four days ago, PCC coach Pat McGee said Tuesday’s loss at Mt. Sac was the worst played game he had seen in his near decade as the program’s boss.
And he took nothing away from all the good things Mt. SAC accomplished in the first of three SCC games this past week.
The Lancers trailed 20-1 early, and they were the victims of a 24-9 ass kicking at the hands of the Mounties.
PCC committed a ridiculous nine errors.
The Lancers had two choices: fight their butts off on Thursday and Saturday or just wave the white flag to a great Mt. SAC program.
They chose the former and ended up winning the three-game series, 2-1, thanks to a 10-5 victory on Thursday, and Saturday’s 4-3 triumph of the Mounties.
Jeff Isenhart started for the Mounties, and had a solid six-inning performance, allowing three runs on six hits and striking out four.
Damian Torres was stuck with the loss after allowing an eighth-inning run that ended up being the difference.
Trent Merrill and Cristian Enriquez combined to go the final 1 1/3 scoreless innings, and Enriquez punched out the side in the top of the ninth inning.
Max Blessinger doubled and he scored on Raider Tello’s first-inning double.
Kenny Kim tripled and scored the game-winning run on a Marco Martinez sac fly in the eighth.
Martinez also walked, doubled and scored on Jack Trabbie’s two-run double in the sixth to give the Lancers a one-run lead.
Jakob Guardado walked, singled and scored in the win.
Coleman Mitchell went the first five innings for PCC, allowing two runs on four hits and striking out two.
Nico Day got the win, after three innings of work, and surrendering one run on four hits.
He walked one and struck out a pair of Mounties’ batters.
After Hayden Zweigh got one out, Jakob Guardado earned the save by getting the final two outs, both of which came via a strikeout.
Cristian Enriquez hit a solo shot in the bottom of the second inning to catch PCC at 1-1.
Blake Borgogno went 2-for-4, including an RBI single in the sixth to even the score at 3-3.
Brent Cota singled and scored and Will Bermudez doubled and crossed the plate once.
Nin Burns’ RBI single in the third gave Mt. SAC a 2-1 lead.
Up next: PCC and Mt. SAC will both be in action Tuesday.
The Lancers host LA Harbor in the first of a three-game series, while Mt. SAC welcomes first-place Long Beach.
Box Score:
PCC: 1-0-0-0-0-2-0-1-0-(4)
MSAC: 0-1-1-0-0-1-0-0-0-(3)
Win: Nicolas Day
Loss: Damian Torres
Save: Jakob Guardado
HR: Cristian Enriquez (MS)
3B: Kenny Kim (PCC)
2B: Max Blessinger (PCC), Raider Tello (MS), Marco Martinez (PCC), Jack Trabbie (PCC); Will Bermudez (MS)
SCC Standings:
Long Beach (8-6 overall, 3-0 in conference)
Rio Hondo (11-4, 2-1)
PCC (10-4, 2-1)
LA Harbor (5-9, 2-1)
Mt. SAC (9-5, 1-2)
Cerritos (5-8-1, 1-2)
East LA (5-9, 1-2)
El Camino (9-6, 0-3)
Compton (3-10, 0-0)
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