Baseball:
Ayala trounced Glendora in the first Palomares League series of the 2025 season.
On Saturday, the Bulldogs secured the three-game sweep thanks to a 12-2 beatdown at AHS.
Over the series, Ayala outscored Glendora 29-4, and they had massive advantages in hits (42-17) and extra-base hits (15-2).
AHS had eight extra-base hits on Saturday, which was one more than Glendora’s hit total (7).
The one area that GHS was able to hang with AHS was the strikeout-to-walk ratio.
Ayala pitching walked six in the three-game series, while striking out 26.
Glendora issued seven walks and registered 21 strikeouts.
But back to Saturday.
Ayala pounded out 12 runs on 15 hits off four GHS pitchers.
Twelve separate Bulldogs had at least one base hit.
Tanner Grable got the loss after surrendering six runs (five earned) on six hits over 1 1/3 innings.
Grable walked one and fanned three AHS batters.
The Bulldogs got six more off Santiago Garza on five hits over his 2 1/3 innings of work.
Garza issued one walk and struck out three.
Roman Lopez had a pair of doubles, scored twice and drove in two runs.
Dylan Wood walked, hit a two-run HR and scored twice.
Caleb Trugman went 2-for-4 with a double, two runs and a pair of RBIs.
Elijah Duarte doubled in a pair of runs and scored.
Jaden Valenzuela doubled and scored.
Codey Brown went 2-for-4 with an RBI triple and one run.
Jonah Boyd walked, doubled and scored a pair of runs.
Easton Sarmiento singled, scored and had one RBI.
Eric Hernandez went 1-for-3 with an RBI.
Aiden Granados doubled, while Brody Gomez and Thomas Estepa had one single apiece.
Jaden Valenzuela went two innings and allowed one run on three hits.
Valenzuela didn’t walk anyone and struck out one GHS batter.
Nolan Chuang earned the win after going three innings and allowing one run on two hits.
Chuang didn’t issue a walk and fanned a pair of Tartans.
Jayden Kim and Aiden Cosico provided one scoreless inning of relief apiece for the Bulldogs.
Tyler Obert went 2-for-3 and scored.
Mason Danison had an RBI single in the top of the second inning to pull Glendora to within 4-1 of Ayala.
Santiago Garza hit a solo HR in the fifth.
Kai Zeits and Brayden Johnson had one single apiece for the Tartans.
Quotable:
Ayala coach, Brad McGuire: “Starting league play with three wins was a big step for us. While our record may not fully reflect it, we’ve faced some tough competition, and these wins were key, not just for our standings, but for building confidence. We’ve been tweaking the lineup and moving guys around to find the best fit. We’re not quite there yet, but we’re definitely making progress in the right direction. Our league is stronger than people give it credit. Every team battles and is capable of pulling off a win, so we can’t afford to give games away. To come out on top, we need to stay locked in on every pitch, compete to win each inning, and take things one game at a time.”
Box Score:
G: 0-1-0-0-1-0-0-(2)
A: 4-2-0-6-0-0-X-(12)
Win: Nolan Chuang
Loss: Tanner Grable
HR: Santiago Garza (G); Dylan Wood (A)
3B: Codey Brown (A)
2B: Roman Lopez (A) 2, Aiden Granados (A), Elijah Duarte (A), Caleb Trugman (A), Jonah Boyd (A)
Saturday’s Palomares League Scores:
Claremont 7, Walnut 4 (9 innings)
Ayala 12, Glendora 2
Bonita 6, Diamond Bar 4
Palomares League Standings:
Ayala (6-3, 3-0)
Bonita (6-4, 3-0)
Claremont (4-4-1, 2-1)
Walnut (4-5, 1-2)
Glendora (6-6, 0-3)
Diamond Bar (2-10, 0-3)
Tuesday’s/Wednesday’s Schedule:
Ayala at Mater Dei (Tues)
Bonita at Claremont (Tues)
Diamond Bar at Glendora (Tues)
Walnut at Santiago (Wed)
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