College Baseball:
After dropping its first Western State Conference South Division series to Glendale (2-1) in early March, Citrus has secured three consecutive conference series.
They defeated Bakersfield (2-1), swept Canyons, and on Friday, they claimed a 2-1 series victory over LA Mission.
Citrus pounded out a 14-3 victory in Sylmar.
They out-hit the Eagles, 14-6, including a 3-2 slight edge in extra-base hits.
And with the win, and Glendale’s 9-2 victory at Antelope Valley, the Owls take over sole possession of second place.
They’re just one-game back of the Vaqueros.
In his first two college starts in back-to-back weeks, former Bonita standout Garrett Patterson is now 2-0.
On Friday, Patterson went five innings and allowed one run on four hits.
Patterson issued one walk and struck out three.
Tim Hudson, Sean York, Christian Eaton and Gabe Buranasiri each provided one scoreless inning in relief.
Adrian Jaime hit a solo home run in the bottom of the third.
Julian Weiss walked, singled and doubled.
Danny Montero had an RBI single.
Justin McCubbin was hit by pitch with the bases loaded.
Liam Morgan walked and scored.
Diego Tafolla and Erik Polanco singled for the Eagles.
Sebastian Zamora got the loss after getting roughed up for eight runs on seven hits over five innings.
Zamora walked two and fanned a pair of Owls.
Jordan Daniels went 3-for-5 with two runs and three RBIs.
Daniels had a pair of RBI singles and an RBI double.
Cole West drew a pair of walks and scored twice.
Derek Almeda went 2-for-4, including a two-run single in the eight-run sixth inning, and he scored three times.
Cam Casado had an RBI single and drove in another run on a sac fly.
Jackson Gray walked, singled twice and scored a pair of runs.
Joe Gilkeson went 3-for-4 with a double, run and three RBIs.
Nick Velazquez walked, had an RBI double and scored twice.
Dominic Torrez singled, scored and drew a bases loaded walk.
Isaac Nava singled in the win.
Up next: The Owls will host Antelope Valley on Tuesday at 2 in the first of a three-game set with the third-place Marauders.
Quotable:
Citrus coach, Andy Smith: “Tuesday’s game got away from us, and while we’re in a conference title race right now, it was an important loss. We challenged the guys in their competitiveness and authentic efforts they were putting out. This game demands your best at all times, and will humble you quickly. I’m very proud of how the guys responded. It was a fail forward situation for us for sure. Our QAB leader this week was easily Nick Velazquez. He’s taking outstanding at-bats, seeing a lot of pitches, squaring balls up, and letting the game come to him, even if he isn’t lighting up box scores. Jordan Daniels, Derek Almeda and Jackson Gray had strong weeks offensively. Patty gave us another great start today. This conference is extremely competitive. Anyone can go out and beat you on any given day. We need to keep the train rolling with another tough opponent this upcoming week in AVC. They’re having another good year and can really hit. We’re excited for it.”
Box Score:
C: 5-1-0-0-0-8-0-0-0-(14)
L: 0-0-1-0-0-0-0-2-0-(3)
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Win: Garrett Patterson
Loss: Sebastian Zamora
HR: Adrian Jaime (L)
2B: Jordan Daniels (C), Nick Velazquez (C), Joe Gilkeson (C); Julian Weiss (L)
Records: Citrus (21-10, 8-4); LA Mission (14-17, 5-7)
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