Pictured L-R: Jake Lemoine, Ethan Nunez, Aiden Erlandsen & Andrew Torres
Baseball:
Ayala avoided a disaster on Tuesday.
With four games to play, the Bulldogs were tied atop the Palomares League standings with Bonita and Glendora.
And the Bearcats rode the right arm of Justin Santiago to a 2-0 victory at GHS.
AHS took an 8-5 advantage into the top of the seventh, but Claremont scored four runs to take a 9-8 lead.
Andrew Torres had a game-tying RBI triple in the bottom of the seventh, and in the ninth, Aiden Erlandsen doubled and scored on an Ethan Nunez base hit.
The game featured a combined 19 runs, 28 hits, 10 bases on balls and eight pitchers.
Twenty of the 28 base hits came off the bats of the Bulldogs, including eight of the extra-base variety.
Ryan Dorman got the loss, allowing one run on three hits and a walk.
Erlandsen went 4-for-6 with a double and two runs.
Torres walked twice, doubled, tripled, scored twice and had the big RBI in the seventh.
Marcus Galvan walked, singled, doubled and drove in three.
Nunez walked, doubled, scored and had one RBI.
Matt Yarc went 2-for-5 with a double, two runs and an RBI.
Anthony Hernandez singled twice, scored and drove in a run.
Jake Lemoine went 4-for-6, with a walk, double, run and three RBIs.
Thomas Estepa doubled and scored.
Cadin Gates got the win.
Gates went 2 1/3 scoreless innings of relief and allowed just one hit.
Gates didn’t issue a walk and fanned three.
Thomas Plotkin went 2-for-3 with an HR and three RBIs.
Justin Gonzalez singled twice, doubled and scored two runs.
Kyle Navarro singled, doubled and drove in three.
Luke Porras singled and scored.
Box Score:
C: 0-0-0-2-0-3-4-0-0-(9)
A: 0-2-1-0-4-1-1-0-1-(10)
Win: Cadin Gates
Loss: Ryan Dorman
HR: Thomas Plotkin (C)
3B: Andrew Torres (A)
2B: Kyle Navarro (C), Justin Gonzalez (C); Ethan Nunez (A), Andrew Torres (A), Marcus Galvan (A), Matt Yarc (A), Aiden Erlandsen (A), Jake Lemoine (A), Thomas Estepa (A)
Quotable:
Ayala coach, Brad McGuire: “Hats off to Charlie (Reynoso) and his club over at Claremont. We both have young clubs and to see both teams battle adversity was cool to be a part of. I’m just glad we came out on top. Giving up four in the seventh was tough, but Andrew Torres, who has been clutch for us all year, came up big with a two-out triple to tie it. Our pitcher, Cadin Gates, has really settled in and kept us in the ball game and giving us a chance to win. When we got to the bottom of the ninth, Erlandsen continued to do what he’s done all year getting on base with a big leadoff double, and we followed with a single by Ethan Nunez to win it. I’m glad Ethan was able to come through. He’s been put together some good at-bats that he hasn’t had much to show from, so seeing him get this hit and win it for his team was awesome. To finish, I’m pulling a quote from one of our guys (Jedi Hernandez) who every time late in the game tells my assistant, ‘coach, we have a little magic left, just watch.”
Palomares League Scores:
Colony 7, Alta Loma 2
Bonita 2, Glendora 0
Ayala 10, Claremont 9
Palomares League Standings:
Bonita (14-4, 6-1)
Ayala (12-7, 6-1)
Glendora (11-8, 5-2)
Colony (8-13-1, 3-4)
Claremont (9-14, 1-6)
Alta Loma (6-11-1, 0-7)
Thursday’s Schedule:
Glendora at Bonita
Ayala at Claremont
Alta Loma at Colony
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