Baseball:
Bonita secured a three-game sweep over Diamond Bar in the first week of Palomares League play.
The defending league champs picked up a 6-4 victory at DBHS on Saturday to stay even with Ayala.
The Bearcats outscored the Brahmas 20-7, and two of their three wins were road games.
Daniel Nageer went five innings and allowed four runs (three earned) on five hits.
Nageer issued three walks and fanned seven DBHS batters.
Camden Farina earned the save after two scoreless innings in relief.
Farina allowed a pair of hits, didn’t walk anyone and struck out four Brahmas.
Carlos Cornejo went 2-for-4 with a run.
Andrew Toda walked, singled twice and scored.
Apolo Yonemoto went 2-for-3 with an RBI.
Nathan Nakamura singled in a run.
Jacob Smith drew a pair of walks, scored and had one RBI.
Jeremiah Jung had an RBI ground out.
Ethan McNeil was saddled with the loss after allowing five runs (four earned) on seven hits over five innings.
McNeil walked four and struck out six BHS batters.
Silas Swartz surrendered one run on one hit over two innings of work.
Swartz issued one walk and registered one strikeout.
Jarrett Kozma had a two-run single and drew a bases-loaded walk.
Dominic Garcia walked twice, singled and scored.
Cody White drew a pair of walks, singled and scored three times from the leadoff spot.
Judah Reeve went 2-for-4 and scored.
Brady Horn walked, singled twice, scored and drove in one run.
Austin Banuelos walked and drew a walk with the bases loaded.
Andrew Sanchez had one RBI for the Bearcats.
Quotable:
Bonita coach, Ryan Marcos: “We needed to come out strong versus Diamond Bar and give ourselves a chance mathematically, so it’s a necessary series sweep for Bonita baseball in my mind. Our pitching and defense did what had to be done, while our bats started to come alive like we know we can.”
Box Score:
B: 1-3-0-0-0-2-0-(6)
DB: 0-2-1-0-0-1-0-(4)
Win: Daniel Nageer
Loss: Ethan McNeil
Save: Camden Farina
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)