LA COSTA CANYON HIGH SCHOOL BASEBALL

Playing on the road, against a very good team from Granite Hills, the Mavericks decided to turn up their game a few notches......

From the opening inning, this game was ALL La Costa.  16 Hits Offensively, 0 Errors Defensively, and Near-Perfect Pitching added up to a dominant LCC performance.

Balderas got things going in the top of the first with a solid single, followed by another hit by Davern.  Solomon then hit in Balderas with an RBI-single and Miller RBI'd Davern in for a 2-0 lead.  Neither team scored in the 2nd, but LCC scored again in the 3rd when Davern doubled, Solomon singled and Miller hit an RBI sacrifice fly to make the score 3 nothing. LCC added another in the 4th when Sean McElroy doubled, Schenk singled, and Casas hit McElroy in with an RBI single to left.

LCC added another run in the 5th when McElroy, Schenk, and Souter walked and Casinelli wore one on the arm for an RBI.  The 6th inning started with Solomon getting another hit and Miller driving a deep double to score Solomon.  This put the Mav's up 6-0.  But the hitting was not yet over..............

In the 7th the bats got really hot. Casas led off with a single, followed by a double by Casinelli, and a 2-RBI hit by Winters.  Balderas kept the rally going with another hit, and Davern knocked in another run with a single.  Solomon then had his 5th hit of the day to add another run making it 10-0.  In the bottom of the 7th Granite Hills managed to score a meaningless run to make the final score LCC 10, Granite Hills 1.

Carter Johnson pitched an outstanding game from start to finish, and got the win.  He struck out 7, and walked NONE. 

This Maverick team will return to Granite Hills on Thursday in an effort to advance to USD Stadium for the 2013 CIF Open Division Championship game.