LA COSTA CANYON HIGH SCHOOL BASEBALL

La Costa played the opening game of the 2013 Lions Tournament today - a home game against El Camino Real of Woodland Hills. This game played like a repeat of Saturday's game.....

Neither team could mount much of an offensive drive until late in the game.  Thru five complete innings of baseball, the score was deadlocked at 0-0.  In the top of the 6th the Mav's loaded the bases, but could not convert any runs.  In the 7th, the Mav's threatened again when Souter hit a double to the fence, but was stranded at 2nd base.  Finally in the 8th, LCC managed to score when Casinelli led off with a double and eventually scored on a fielder's choice.  El Camino failed to score in the bottom of the 8th and the Mavericks walked away with a winning score of 1-0.

This game marks 29 CONSECUTIVE SCORELESS innings by the Maverick pitchers / defense.

Carter Johnson started on the mound and he pitched a complete game to get the win.  He threw just 87 pitches over 8 innings, giving up just 2 hits.

The Mavericks will now face Madison at Rancho Bernardo HS on Tuesday at 3:30.

Details on the Lions Tournament can be found at:  http://www.lionsbaseball.org/.