Photos by Conrad Hunziker III & Danny Callaway
Baseball:
There are a number of quality pitchers in the SGV and none gets less credit for what he’s accomplished than Marshall Fundamental’s Ethan Sparks.
The Eagles junior isn’t an imposing figure, but all he does is get the job done.
Sparks went the distance in Wednesday’s 8-1 victory over Anaheim in the first round of the CIF-SS Division 5 playoffs.
He allowed one run on four hits.
Sparks walked two and fanned three AHS batters.
Of his 93 pitches, 56 went for strikes.
Sonny Rios had a single, double and Anaheim’s lone RBI on Wednesday.
Steven Nava singled and scored.
Aaron Rojas got the loss, allowing eight runs (five earned) on 10 hits over his six innings.
Rojas walked one and struck out four Marshall batters.
Nate Callaway went 2-for-4 with two runs.
Trevor Lain singled, doubled, scored twice and had an RBI.
Nick Chew walked and scored.
Ryan Pandullo had a double and an RBI.
Derek Esparza went 2-for-4 with two RBIs.
Jesus Flores singled and had an RBI.
George Jennings singled and drove in a run.
Caleb Delgado singled, and Sandro DiClaudio and Owen Hom scored one run apiece for the Eagles.
Up next: Marshall will face the winner of Thursday’s Kennedy (13-12-1) at Montebello (18-9) game this coming Tuesday at 3:15.
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Box Score:
AHS: 0-0-0-0-1-0-0-(1)
MF: 0-1-2-0-3-2-X-(8)
Win: Ethan Sparks
Loss: Aaron Rojas
2B: Sonny Rios (A); Trevor Lain (MF), Ryan Pandullo (MF)
Records: Anaheim (13-13); Marshall Fundamental (19-4)
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