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LCC faced cross-town rival San Dieguito Academy with zip code bragging rights at stake. SDA threw their unbeaten ace (Huggins) and LCC started with their own unbeaten Kyle Sachrison on the mound. The stands were packed and everyone knew this would be a PITCHING BATTLE. And it was.
Sachrison did not give up a hit until the 5th inning, but he worked out of it to maintain the score at 0-0. He gave up another hit in the 6th but Solomon threw the lead-off hitter out when he attempted to steal 2nd base. In the 7th SDA threatened again when the lead-off batter reached 1st after he was hit by a pitch and the 2nd batter followed with a base hit. Both runners advanced on a passed ball and things got real serious with runners on 2nd and 3rd with no one out. Coach Machado made a pitching move and brought in Balderas. Balderas retired the side with an infield double pay and another ground-out. After 7 full innings of play the score was 0-0.
La Costa could not mount much offense against SDA's starting ace, but when the relief pitcher entered in the bottom of the 8th, Schenk led off with a single, followed by a perfect sacrifice bunt by Casas. Balderas hit a walk-off, RBI-single to score Schenk for the winning run. The final score, after 8 innings of play was LCC 1, SDA 0.
Sachrison started on the mound and threw a fabulous outing - 6 shut-out innings with 3 hits and 6 strike outs. Balderas got the win, pitching 2 innings and giving up no runs and no hits.
2013 bragging rights for Zip Code 92024 stay with LCC for another year..........
With this win, the Mavericks are now 5-3 on the season.
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