LA COSTA CANYON HIGH SCHOOL BASEBALL

In a game that took 3 ½ hours and 10 innings, the Mavericks lost 11-10 to Murrieta Valley in the Falcon Pirate Baseball Classic Championship. Starter Jack Davidson pitched 4 innings, allowing 3 earned runs on 8 hits (3Ks). The Mavs used four relief pitchers in 6 innings allowing 5 earned runs on 6 hits. With the Mavs trailing 3-0 in the 3rd, Grant Allgire (3-5, 2B, 3RBI) doubled, tying the game by driving in 3 runs. Murietta Valley answered by scoring 2 runs in the 4th and 4 runs in the 5th. The Mavs battled back in the 6th scoring 5 runs on Chris Brookey’s (1-5, 3B, 3RBI) triple driving in Zach Gage, Allgire and Davidson (1-5), followed by Aaron Markham’s (2-4, 1 RBI) single and Rusty Leedy’s (1-3, 2B, 2RBI) double. The Nighthawks added one run in the 6th. The Mavs tied the game in the 7th by taking advantage of 2 walks and a hit batter to add a run, followed by Chris Fasulo’s RBI infield single. Murrieta Valley scored in the bottom of the 10th for the win. The Mavericks play San Marcos at home on Tuesday in the first game of the North County Tournament.