Baseball:
Rio Hondo Prep cruised to a 14-1 victory over visiting Beacon Hill in the first round of the CIF-SS Division 8 playoffs.
The Kares led 9-0 after three innings.
They out-hit the Gryphon’s, 9-4, including a 4-1 advantage in extra-base hits.
Nate Harwood went four scoreless innings to earn the win, and he allowed a pair of hits.
Harwood didn’t issue a walk and registered seven strikeouts.
Thirty-nine of his 56 pitches were strikes.
Abhi Patel, Emiliano Orozco and Benicio Tardino provided one inning of relief apiece.
The RHP trio combined to walk four and struck out six.
Rowan Salazar walked, singled and scored on a wild pitch in the top of the seventh inning.
Max Benson doubled, while Levi Carpenter and Caleb Round had one single apiece.
Benson got the loss after surrendering two runs on one hit, three walks and a pair of hit batters, while striking out a pair of Kares.
RHP got the Round for 12 runs on nine hits, four walks and a hit batter over two innings of work.
Matt Montez got brought up from JV, and he singled and hit a two-run HR.
It was Rio Hondo Prep’s first home run of the season.
Isaac Guzman doubled, scored twice and drove in a pair of runs.
Brayden Vinton walked, doubled and drove in three runs.
Easton Jara walked, was hit by pitch, singled and scored two times.
Landon Scott went 2-for-5 with a run and two RBIs.
Yanick Diaz drew a pair of walks, scored twice and had an RBI ground out.
Nic Harrington walked, was hit by pitch and scored two runs.
Deven Gomez was hit by pitch, singled and scored.
Julian Rodriguez walked, singled, scored and drove in a pair of runs.
Calogero Chico and Jacob Gomez walked and scored one run apiece.
Up next: RHP travels to Cornerstone Christian on Tuesday at 3:15.
The Crusaders cruised to a 6-1 victory at Compton.
Box Score:
B: 0-0-0-0-0-0-1-(1)
R: 0-2-7-5-0-0-X-(14)
Win: Nate Harwood
Loss: Max Benson
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HR: Matt Montez (R)
2B: Max Benson (B); Brayden Vinton (R), Isaac Guzman (R)
Records: Beacon Hills (9-3); Rio Hondo Prep (10-9-1)
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