Baseball:
The Ventura County Bucs and the visiting Arroyo Seco Sentinels finished in a 5-5 tie on Saturday afternoon at LA Valley College.
The Bucs had a lot more on the line than did the Sentinels.
Arroyo Seco has already secured a Baseball Census Collegiate Summer League regular season title.
With one week to go, the Bucs, however, are on the outside looking in.
The top four programs in the six-team BCCSL will open its first postseason next Saturday, and VCB is one-game back of the fourth-place Orange County Juice in the win column.
The Bucs trailed 4-0 in the top of the fourth when they scored four of their own, and they took a 5-4 lead after getting a single run in the fifth.
The Sentinels scored once in the sixth and neither program scored in the last three innings.
Five errors cost the VCB two runs.
Arroyo Seco batting leaders:
Tommy Golbranson hit a solo HR and scored two runs.
Grant Werdesheim went 2-for-5 with a solo blast.
Omar Cisneros singled twice, scored and drove in one run.
Devon Eskridge walked and doubled.
Cam Andrews went 1-for-3 with a walk, double and two RBIs.
Nate Longoria singled and scored.
The Bucs held the first three batters in the Sentinels’ lineup to 0-for-12, but No’s 6-8 went a combined 5-for-14 with three runs and a pair of RBIs.
Ventura County batting leaders:
John Trainor went 2-for-3 with a double, run and two RBIs.
Alex Howard singled and drove in a pair of runs.
Nicholas Mattera went 2-for-4 and scored.
Skylar Chang had an RBI single, and Jarrett Segura singled and scored.
Alexander Olvera went 2-for-2 and scored.
Hunter Boylan walked and scored.
Ryker Billingsley singled once for the Bucs.
The remaining schedule for both programs is at the bottom of this story.
Box Score:
B: 0-0-0-4-1-0-0-0-0-(5)
B: 0-4-0-0-0-1-0-0-0-(5)
HR: Tommy Golbranson (S), Grant Werdesheim (S)
2B: Devon Eskridge (S), Cam Andrews (S); John Trainor (B)
Arroyo Seco pitching:
Alex Cohen: 4IP, 4R, 5H, 1BB, 2K
Kyle Noell: 3IP, 1R, 0BB, 1K
Spencer Kratt: 1IP, 0R, 2H, OBB, OK
Ben Griffith: 1IP, OR, OH, 1BB, 1K
Ventura County Pitching:
Anthony Cuevas: 7IP, 5R, (3ER), 7H, 5BB, 7K
Robert Snyder: 2IP, OR, 1H, OBB, 1K
Arroyo Seco’s Remaining Schedule:
7/24: Sentinels vs VC Bucs at Brookside Park at 6
7/25: Sentinels vs OC Juice at Brookside Park at 6
Ventura County’s Remaining Schedule:
7/21: Bucs vs OC Juice at LA Valley College at 4:30
7/23: Bucs vs Outlaws at Glendale Sports Complex at 4
7/24: Bucs vs Sentinels at Brookside Park at 6
7/25: Bucs vs Royals at LA Valley College at 4:15
Baseball Census Collegiate League Standings Through July 20:
Sentinels 15-6-2
Outlaws 11-9-1
Monarchs 10-8-3
Juice 9-8-2
Bucs 8-11-2
Royals 4-15
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