Baseball:

The Arroyo Seco Sentinels won the inaugural Baseball Census Collegiate Summer League regular season title last week.

And on Wednesday, the Sentinels secured the BCCSL postseason championship, and they did so in the most dramatic fashion possible.

After dropping game one, 10-4, on Tuesday, in the best-of-three championship series, the Sentinels trailed 8-1 in game two and they were one out away from elimination, and an Outlaws’ sweep.

They scored eight times in the top of the ninth, got one more in the 10th, and scored three runs in the 11th inning to edge the Outlaws, 13-12, at Ben Hines Field in La Verne.

Shortly thereafter, the Sentinels put a 15-1 beatdown on the Outlaws in the seven-inning third-and-deciding-game to secure the BCCSL championship.

Game Two Notes (first game on Wednesday):

The Sentinels scored seven unearned runs on three hits in 1 2/3 innings off of Morgan Patito.

Papito issued a pair of walks and struck out one.

Connor Luetto got the loss after surrendering three runs (two earned) on five hits over 2 1/3 innings.

Luetto walked one and fanned two Sentinels.

Omar Cisneros went 2-for-3 with a pair of runs and an RBI.

AJ Beltre singled twice, scored and drove in a run.

Cam Andrews went 2-or-3 with a triple, run and three RBIs.

Bryan Richman walked, singled, drove in one and scored twice.

Devon Eskridge walked, singled and scored, and Cider Canon singled and scored.

Josh Phillips was hit by pitch, walked and scored twice.

Eli Biehl went 1-for-3 with an RBI.

Nate Longoria was hit by pitch, singled, had one RBI and scored a pair of runs.

Beau Stubbs drew a pair of walks and scored.

AJ Beltre was credited with the win after going three innings and allowing two runs (one earned) on four hits.

Beltre walked one and struck out two.

The Outlaws out-hit the Sentinels, 17-11.

Seth Reker singled three times and scored a pair of runs.

Vito Fowler went 3-for-5 with a double, run and two RBIs.

Marcus Moyer walked, singled, doubled, scored three times and drove in a pair of runs.

Diego Frey went 2-for-4 with a walk, double and three RBIs.

Nate Perry had three singles, a run and drove in three.

Austin Easter drew a pair of walks, singled and scored.

Jason Del Villar went 1-for-5 with a run and one RBI.

Clay Porter singled and scored.

Aaron Whobrey walked, singled and scored.

Game Three Notes:

Doug Pyle got the win after going five innings and allowing just one run on three hits.

Pyle walked one and fanned a pair of Outlaws.

Jerald Pryor provided one scoreless inning of relief on one hit and a walk.

And Ben Griffith closed out the championship by striking out the side in the bottom of the seventh inning.

Jason Del Villar singled, tripled and scored.

Vito Fowler’s sac fly in the top of the fourth drove in the only run of the final game for the Outlaws.

Clay Porter and Seth Reker had one single apiece.

The Sentinels scored five runs apiece off of Logan Corthell, Matthew Helguerra, and Cam Van Echten on a combined 16 hits.

Corthell, Helguerra and Van Echten teamed up to walk five and struck out five Sentinels through the first five innings.

One of Helguerra’s runs was unearned.

AJ Beltre went 4-for-5 with a double, three runs and three RBIs.

Devon Eskridge had two doubles and drove in four runs.

Josh Phillips singled, doubled and scored.

Eli Biehl singled, doubled, scored and drove in one.

Cider Canon went 2-for-4 with a run and one RBI.

Omar Cisneros singled, scored twice and drove in one.

Bryan Richman drew a pair of walks, singled, scored twice and had one RBI.

Evan Nahra walked, had an RBI double and scored.

Grant Werdesheim went 1-for-4 with a run and one RBI.

Cam Andrews drew a pair of walks and scored two runs.

Lastly, I asked Sentinels’ manager Sean Fasig the following: What was the mood like in the dugout in the ninth inning? How stunned was everyone that they scored eight times with two outs? Did anyone in particular have big base hits in the ninth? Who keyed the final inning where you scored three runs? After all these weeks and hours running in this league and the Sentinels, to win a champ in such dramatic fashion, what are your feelings as you process this crazy day?

Said Sean Fasig: “Obviously, when you’re down by a large amount of runs, it’s tough to believe that you’ll come back. But we were able to put together a two-out rally, and it just kind of snow balled from there. I think we were all stunned. I don’t think anyone actually thought we would be able to pull off a comeback with two outs and down seven runs. Cam Andrews hit a three-run triple to take the lead in the top of the ninth with two outs to put us up. He came off the bench earlier in the inning to start the rally.

It was a team effort. We had some bounces go our way in the inning, and we were able to take advantage of the opportunities presented to us. I’m just happy that our guys were able to compete in a playoff atmosphere leading into their upcoming seasons. For me, the goal of summer ball is to make sure these guys return to their schools healthy and ready to compete for a role on their college teams. A summer ball championship is not as important as making sure these guys are ready to compete in the spring.”

Game Two Box Score:
S: 0-0-0-0-0-0-0-1-8-1-3-(13)
O: 0-0-1-2-0-0-1-4-1-1-2-(12)

Win: AJ Beltre
Loss: Connor Luetto

3B: Cam Andrews (S)
2B: Marcus Moyer (O), Vito Fowler (O), Diego Frey (O)

Game Three Box Score:
O: 0-0-0-1-0-0-0-(1)
S: 2-3-5-3-2-0-X-(15)

Win: Logan Corthell
Loss: Doug Pyle

3B: Jason Del Villar (O)
2B: Devon Eskridge (S) 2, AJ Beltre (S), Eli Biehl (S), Josh Phillips (S), Evan Nahra (S)

Records: Outlaws (15-12-2); Sentinels (18-8-2)