Baseball:
Citrus secured an 8-5 Western State Conference South Division victory at West LA after scoring four big runs in the top of the seventh inning.
Adrian Ambriz went the first six innings, and he allowed five runs (three earned) on seven hits.
Ambriz walked four and fanned four Owls.
Adrian Zamora was touched up for three runs on three hits over two innings.
Derek Leader singled twice, doubled and scored.
Michael Reyes went 1-for-5 with two RBIs.
Joshua Cortinas singled twice, scored and drove in one run.
Danyal Jenkins went 2-for-4 with a walk and one run scored.
Michael Reyes singled and drove in a pair of runs.
Roman Huizar drew three walks and scored two runs.
Nathan Hellein singled, scored twice and had one RBI.
Luke Willison singled, scored and drove in one.
Dustin Yela walked and had one RBI.
Isaac Gonzales went seven innings and allowed four runs on eight hits.
Gonzales walked four and fanned five WLA batters.
Jonathan Maldonado earned the save by going two innings and surrendering one run on three hits.
Maldonado walked two and fanned a pair.
Ozzie Otterbein doubled, tripled, scored and drove in three.
Byron Lupian walked, singled and doubled.
Tristan Philip-Guide went 3-for-5 with an RBI.
Payton Graue singled and scored.
Lucas Salcedo walked, doubled, scored a pair of runs and drove in one.
Hunter Backstrom drew a pair of walks and scored.
Jaxon Bernard walked and singled.
A couple weeks ago, Citrus looked almost dead and buried and now they’re one-half game back of LA Valley for third place.
Up next: The Owls host West LA on Saturday afternoon at 1.
Box Score:
Cit: 3-0-0-0-0-1-4-0-0-(8)
WLA: 3-0-0-0-0-0-1-0-1-(5)
Win: Isaac Gonzales
Loss: Adrian Zamora
Save: Jonathan Maldonado
3B: Ozzie Otterbein (WLA)
2B: Derek Leader (C); Lucas Salcedo (WLA), Ozzie Otterbein (WLA), Byron Lupian (WLA)
Records: Citrus (13-22, 8-9); West LA (8-27, 3-14)
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