College Baseball:
Mt. SAC continued its hot streak on Saturday.
The Mounties scored nine runs in the top of the first inning, and they went on to defeat their host from LA Harbor, 12-5, on Saturday afternoon.
The Mounties and Seahawks had 13 hits apiece.
Mt. SAC has now won an SCC-best nine consecutive games, and they’re just one-game back of second-place LBCC with three games to play.
Joe Funes got the loss after allowing nine runs (eight earned) on six hits and two walks over two innings.
Andrew Walters walked, hit a three-run HR and drove in a fourth run on a sac fly.
Blake Hagerty went 2-for-5 with a walk, double, two runs and three RBIs.
Kaden Moeller walked, singled, doubled, scored and drove in a run.
Joel Gutierrez had a pair of singles, two runs and an RBI.
Andrew Ramirez singled, drove in a run and scored twice.
Joel Quemada singled and scored two runs.
Bradyn France walked and scored.
Diego Ortiz doubled, and Jake Hernandez singled for the Mounties.
Gibby Morales was hit with the bases loaded and scored.
Andres Mitat had a pair of singles in Saturday’s road win.
Matthew Lorenzano went five innings, and he allowed four runs on seven hits to earn the win.
Lorenzano walked one and struck out nine LA Harbor batters.
Justin Cardenas provided two scoreless innings in relief.
Cardenas allowed three hits and one walk.
Jaden Mackowiak went two innings and surrendered one run on three hits.
Mackowiak didn’t issue a walk and fanned one Seahawk.
Eric Mora went 4-for-4, with a double, RBI and run scored.
Ryan Lopetegui singled, doubled and scored.
Andrew Ravelo went 2-for-4 with an RBI.
Noble Ortega had an RBI triple and scored.
Christian Johnson had an RBI double in the ninth.
Grant Bruers singled twice and scored.
Quotable:
Mt. SAC coach, John Knott: “We played good baseball in this series versus LA Harbor. Haggerty, Calzadiaz and Lorenzano were very good this week for us on the mound along with others. We played solid defense behind them led by Andrew Ramirez and Daniel Briones. It also helped to get offensive production from Andrew Walters, Joey Rossetti and Bradyn France. It was a total team effort this series and we need to play one pitch at a time if we expect to be successful moving forward versus a very good El Camino squad.”
Box Score:
MSAC: 9-0-0-3-0-0-0-0-0-(12)
LAH: 0-0-0-0-4-0-0-0-1-(5)’
Win: Matthew Lorenzano
Loss: Joe Funes
HR: Andrew Walters (MS)
3B: Noble Ortega (LAH)
2B: Blake Hagerty (MS), Diego Ortiz (MS), Kaden Moeller (MS); Ryan Lopetegui (LAH), Christian Johnson (LAH), Eric Mora (LAH)
Saturday’s SCC Scores:
Rio Hondo 16, ELAC 9
Long Beach 9, Compton 5 (11)
Mt. SAC 12, LA Harbor 5
PCC 4, Cerritos 3
SCC Standings:
Cerritos (30-7, 17-4)
Long Beach (26-11, 15-6)
Mt. SAC (25-12, 14-7)
PCC (21-16, 13-11)
El Camino (20-17, 11-10)
ELAC (16-20-1, 8-13)
Compton (13-23, 8-13)
Rio Hondo (11-26, 7-14)
LA Harbor (13-24, 3-18)
Mt. SAC’s Remaining Schedule:
4/23: MSAC at El Camino
4/25: El Camino at MSAC
4/26: MSAC at El Camino
PCC’s Remaining Schedule:
4/22: PCC at Chaffey
4/24: PCC at SBVC
4/27: PCC at Palomar
Cerritos’ Remaining Schedule:
4/23: Cerritos at LBCC
4/25: LBCC at Cerritos
4/26: Cerritos at LBCC
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