Baseball:
After an 0-3 start in Palomares League play, Glendora needed someone to step up.
And Brayden Johnson answered the call.
The Tartans’ senior tossed a one-hit shutout in Tuesday’s 13-0 victory over their visitors from Diamond Bar High School.
Johnson was just one out away from a no-hitter until Marcos Davaloz singled.
Johnson brushed that off and struck out Milan Mehta to close out the win.
Johnson walked one and he fanned 13.
He got 11 separate batters on strikes at least once.
Of his 95 pitches, 69 were strikes.
Quinton Mendoza surrendered six runs on six hits over four innings.
Mendoza issued a pair of walks and struck out four Tartans.
Silas Swartz was roughed up for five runs on four hits in just one inning of work.
Swartz walked one and fanned a pair.
Kai Zeits went 2-for-3 with a three-run double and two runs.
Tyler Obert singled, tripled and drove in a run.
Jackson Glaze walked, singled twice and scored a pair of runs.
Santiago Garza went 1-for-3 with a walk, triple, two runs and one RBI.
John Seader singled, doubled, scored and drove in a run.
Aiden Yamazaki went 2-for-3 with a pair of runs and one RBI.
Aaron Jacobsen was hit by pitch and doubled.
Nick Gonzalez doubled, scored and drove in one.
Riley Cooper singled and scored two times.
Johnson walked and scored to help his own cause.
Up next: GHS travels to DBHS on Thursday at 3:30.
Quotable:
Glendora pitcher, Brayden Johnson: “I didn’t feel like I had my good stuff until very late in the game. I didn’t feel the best going into it with my slider and fastball, but I ended up finding it. My curveball was on point with my fastball as a set up pitch. It felt amazing to rebound from last week. We have a great set of guys, and I believe we can beat anyone. It definitely felt good to do my part in this one.”
Box Score:
DB: 0-0-0-0-0-0-0-(0)
G: 0-1-1-4-5-2-X-(13)
Win: Brayden Johnson
Loss: Quinton Mendoza
3B: Santiago Garza (G), Tyler Obert (G)
2B: John Seader (G), Aaron Jacobsen (G), Kai Zeits (G), Nick Gonzalez (G)
Records: Diamond Bar (2-11, 0-4); Glendora (7-6, 1-3)