Baseball:
St. Francis picked up Mission League victory No. 2 on Wednesday.
Robby Rivera went the distance in a 9-2 victory over visiting Alemany.
Rivera allowed just one earned run on five hits.
He walked two and struck out five.
Rivera got the job done in 94 pitches.
The win snapped a six-game losing streak.
Nate Lopez doubled twice and scored for Alemany.
Jayden Lusk doubled and drove in a run.
Josh Habell got the loss after allowing six runs (five earned) on five hits.
Habell went three innings, scattered five hits, walked two and fanned a pair of SFHS batters.
The Golden Knights got three more (one earned) off Adonis Jenkins on three hits.
Brody Ruyle doubled, tripled, scored two runs and had two RBIs.
Luke Fogarty tripled and scored twice.
Holden Deitch singled, tripled, had one RBI and scored a pair of runs.
Jordan Lewallen doubled and drove in one run.
Quinn Deitch collected two singles, scored and had an RBI.
Jordan Viramontes walked twice and scored.
Up next: St. Francis travels to Alemany for the third and final game of their series.
Quotable:
St. Francis coach, Aaron Dorlarque: “Senior Robby Rivera competed extremely well on the mound today and we were able to support him with a few runs. Robby set the tone for the entire team and it showed in our attitude at the plate and on defense.”
St. Francis pitcher, Robbie Rivera: “Sometimes we are going to have bad outings, but never let those outings define who you are as a pitcher. Get up, flush it and dominate your next outing and the outings after that. My catcher and I focused on establishing the inside corner, and as a result. I had a lot of weak contact and swing and misses. In order to be a successful pitcher, you need to spot up the inside pitches. I also focused on tunneling my pitches, and locating that low and away slider. Tunneling the inside fastball with a low and inside change up and the outside fastball with a slider low and away. The high fastball played a role as well with a few strike outs. My mindset before I finished the game was to go all the way. But i tried to focus one inning at a time and tried to be as efficient as I could be. And it resulted in me going all seven innings.”
Box Score:
A: 0-0-0-2-0-0-0-(2)
SF: 0-2-3-3-0-1-X-(9)
Win: Robby Rivera
Loss: Josh Habell
3B: Holden Deitch (SF), Brody Ruyle (SF), Luke Fogarty (SF)
2B: Nate Lopez (A) 2, Josh Sotelo (A), Jayden Lusk (A); Brody Ruyle (SF), Jordan Lewallen (SF)
Records: Alemany (4-9, 2-6); St. Francis (3-10, 2-6)
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