Baseball:
Chino Hills won its fourth consecutive Baseline League contest on Wednesday.
The Huskies took the final two games with Damien last week, and they’ve secured 1-0 and 4-2 victories over Rancho Cucamonga.
On Wednesday, Brody Buoncristiani went six strong innings to earn the win.
Buoncristiani surrendered just one run on seven hits.
He didn’t issue a walk and registered seven strikeouts.
Sixty-one of 91 pitches were strikes.
Max Zaldivar earned the save, going the seventh and allowing an unearned run on two hits.
Zaldivar got one of his three outs via strikeout.
Jose Gomez went 2-for-3 with a pair of RBIs.
Brock Foulds singled twice and scored.
Ethan Diaz doubled and scored.
Jacob Peyton, Grant Thomas, Beau Briggs and Aiden Bravo had one single apiece for the Cougars.
Mason Sanchez had a solid outing, but he was charged with the loss.
Sanchez allowed two runs (one earned) on seven hits over six innings.
He didn’t issue a walk and struck out a pair of Huskies.
CHHS got the Justin Stansbury for two runs on three hits and a walk in the seventh inning.
Matt Mendez had a pair of singles, including an RBI base hit in the seventh.
Buoncristiani helped his own cause with an RBI bunt single to extend the CHHS lead to 4-1.
Jacob Jimenez and Jackson Aguayo singled and scored one run apiece.
Anthony Medyn went 2-for-4 with an RBI.
Josh Mendez collected a pair of singles.
Frankie Brazil walked, singled, scored and had one RBI.
With four games to play, Chino Hills, Etiwanda and Damien are just one-game back of second place Rancho Cucamonga, and two-games behind first place Los Osos.
Quotable:
Chino Hills pitcher, Brody Buoncristiani: “I focus on getting ahead of batters early in the count and staying ahead. My command was pretty good. I was able to hit my spots with the pitches my coach called. We realized this year that we were going to have to earn everything we get, because this league is very competitive. I think one of the main reasons we’re playing so well is that we’ve really taken our intensity to another level. It’s like every game is the CIF finals, and when we play with that kind of intensity, we usually play really well. We also have great chemistry on this team. We play together, for each other, and we love each other like a family. Max came in and got another save for us. He’s a fighter who won’t back down.”
Box Score:
CH: 0-2-0-0-0-0-2-(4)
RC: 0-0-1-0-0-0-1-(2)
Win: Brody Buoncristiani
Loss: Mason Sanchez
Save: Max Zaldivar
2B: Ethan Diaz (RC)
Wednesday’s Baseline League Scores:
Chino Hills 4, RCHS 2
Etiwanda 10, Upland 2
Los Osos 9, Damien 4
Baseline League Standings:
Los Osos (17-6, 8-3)
RCHS (17-7, 7-4)
Chino Hills (16-8, 6-5)
Damien (12-12, 6-5)
Etiwanda (11-11-1, 6-5)
Upland (4-19, 0-11)
Friday’s Schedule:
Damien at Los Osos
RCHS at CHHS
Upland at Damien
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