College Baseball:
Citrus cruised to its sixth consecutive victory on Tuesday.
The Owls led 17-2 before LA Valley scored five in the eighth and one in the ninth.
The final score (17-8) makes the game look closer than it actually was.
Citrus remains one-game back out of first behind Glendale.
Both programs have five games remaining in their regular season, all of which are Western State Conference South Division contests.
All five of Citrus’ extra-base hits were home runs.
Jose Alcalde went 2 1/3 innings and got the loss after allowing six runs on three hits, three walks and three hit batters.
Of all the good things that happened in Tuesday’s win, none was better or made the team happier than a pair of Owls hitting their first career home runs.
Ever.
At any level.
Matt Kaneshiro from Honolulu hit a three-run HR in the bottom of the second to give Citrus a 3-1 lead.
Koyo Taniguchi of Tokyo, Japan, hit a two-run shot in the seventh to extend the lead to 17-2.
Jordan Daniels walked, hit a grand slam and scored three times.
Joe Gilkeson went 2-for-4 with a three-run HR and two runs scored.
Cam Casado walked and hit a solo home run.
Cole West drew a pair of walks and scored.
Derek Almeda walked, singled and scored twice.
Nick Velazquez, scored three runs and had one RBI.
Garrett Patterson walked, was hit by pitch, singled and scored a pair of runs.
Tim Hudson went five innings and allowed two runs (one earned) on seven hits to improve his personal record to 6-1.
Hudson walked one and fanned a pair of LA Valley batters.
Matthew Martinez provided two scoreless innings in relief, surrendering one hit and striking out two.
Andrew Cuervo walked, had three doubles, scored and drove in three.
Kaito Takahashi went 3-for-6 with one run and one RBI.
Emiliano Lopez hit a solo home run.
Kona Valenzuela walked, singled twice and scored.
Chris Barriga drew a pair of walks and scored twice.
Vince Venia walked twice and scored.
Vince Bugarin walked and scored.
Rowen Hart drove in a run on a sac fly.
Up next: The Owls travel to LA Valley on Thursday at 2.
Box Score:
LAV: 1-0-1-0-0-0-0-5-1-(8)
Cit: 0-3-3-5-3-4-0-2-0-(17)
Win: Tim Hudson
Loss: Jose Alcalde
HR: Emiliano Lopez (L); Koyo Taniguchi (C), Matt Kaneshiro (C), Jordan Daniels (C), Cam Casado (C), Joe Gilkeson (C)
2B: Andrew Cuervo (L) 3
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Tuesday’s Scores:
Glendale 5, Bakersfield 1
Citrus 17, LA Valley 8
Antelope Valley 24, West LA 3
LA Mission 11, Canyons 6
WSC South Division Standings:
Glendale (24-10-1, 13-3)
Citrus (25-10, 12-4)
Antelope Valley (22-12, 8-8)
Bakersfield (17-19, 8-8)
LA Mission (16-19, 7-9)
Canyons (14-21, 7-9)
LA Valley (12-23, 5-11)
West LA (7-28, 4-12)
Thursday’s Schedule:
Bakersfield at Glendale
Citrus at LA Valley
Antelope Valley at West LA
LA Mission at Canyons
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