Baseball:
Monrovia picked up its first Rio Hondo League victory of 2024.
Four days after a 4-0 setback at the hands of San Marino in the RHL opener, the Wildcats got back on track.
Andrew Cito earned the win after going five scoreless innings, and he allowed one hit in an 11-0 victory over La Canada.
Cito issued two walks and registered six strikeouts.
The Monrovia senior improved to 3-0 with a 0.37 ERA.
David Lopez and James Quesenbery provided one scoreless inning of relief.
Lopez (3) and Quesenbery (2) combined to get five of their six outs via strikeout.
Leon Chen and Finn Flowerhogan had one single apiece for the Spartans.
The Wildcats got to Joe Bell for seven runs (six earned) on four hits and two walks over 1 1/3 innings.
Scott Burns went 2 2/3 innings, and he surrendered three runs on three hits and three walks.
Joshua Griffiths doubled and drove in a pair of runs.
Tristan Oandasan doubled, scored and had two RBIs.
Julian Fernandez singled, scored and had one RBI.
Braydon Blackmore doubled, scored and drove in a pair of runs.
Tony Grise walked, singled, drove in a run and scored twice.
Sully Zinn singled, scored and had one RBI.
Silas Brusseau had an RBI double.
Isaias Hernandez walked twice, singled and scored two runs.
Micah Maljian, Isaac Diaz and Noah Ellison walked and scored one run apiece.
Up next: Monrovia travels to Temple City (5-2-1, 2-0) on Thursday at 3:15.
Box Score:
LC: 0-0-0-0-0-0-0-(0)
M: 0-7-0-3-0-1-X-(11)
Win: Andrew Cito
Loss: Joe Bell
2B: Joshua Griffiths (M), Silas Brusseau (M), Braydon Blackmore (M), Tristan Oandasan (M)
Records: La Canada (4-1-1, 0-1); Monrovia (7-2, 1-1)
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