Baseball

Maranatha Picks Up Three-Game Sweep of Valley Christian; Minutemen Claim Fifth Consecutive Olympic League Title

Apr 17 2022 04:19:57

Baseball:

Maranatha secured its fifth consecutive Olympic League title this past week.

The Minutemen picked up a three-game sweep of Cerritos Valley Christian by scores of 10-5, 9-7 and 9-0.

Zach Strickland, Jacob Yun and Mike Ebner earned wins in game one, two and three, respectively.

The offensive highlights include:

Mike Ebner: one home run, two doubles, two singles, five runs, three RBIs.

Nick Cook: three singles, four doubles, five runs and six RBIs.

Cam Andrews: three singles, two doubles, two runs and three RBIs.

Dylan Zdunek: five singles, double, two runs, four RBIs.

Adrian Lopez : two singles, double, five runs and three RBIs.

Up next: The Minuteman will face Pitman of Turlock on Thursday afternoon.

Game One Box Score:
VC: 3-0-0-0-0-1-1-(5)
M: 5-0-4-0-0-1-X-(10)

Win: Zach Strickland
Loss: Conner Mesman

3B: Jacob Smith (VC)
2B: Ben Carter, Jaidon Carter (VC), Nolan Lynott (VC); Issac Ton (M), Cam Andrews (M), Nick Cook (M), Adrian Lopez (M), Mike Ebner (M)

Game Two Box Score:
M: 3-0-2-0-3-0-1-(9)
VC: 0-0-0-1-0-0-6-(7)

Win: Jacob Yun
Loss: Austin Wilkinson

HR: Mike Ebner (M); Carson Slager (VC), Kenneth Hoogerheide (VC)
2B: Issac Ton (M), Donovan Gonsal (M); Carson Slager (VC)

Game Three Box Score:
VC: 0-0-0-0-0-0-0-(0)
M: 4-1-3-1-0-0-X-(9)

Win: Mike Ebner
Loss: Colin Abrahams

2B: Nick Cook (M), Dylan Zdunek (M), Cam Andrews (M), Mike Ebner (M)

Olympic League Standings:
Maranatha (16-5, 9-1)
Whittier Christian (13-9, 6-4)
Village Christian (10-13, 4-4)
Valley Christian (11-11, 3-5)
Heritage Christian (1-15, 0-8)

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