LA COSTA CANYON HIGH SCHOOL BASEBALL

The Mavs finished up the 2012 series with Game 3 at El Camino.  The game was scoreless after three innings, but the Mav's moved ahead in the 4th with two runs on a double by Balderas, a single by Solomon, and a sac fly by Winters.  In the 5th inning the Mavs piled it on by scoring 5 runs - including a 3 run homerun by Colin Winters.   The Mavs then added 3 more in the 6th with a hit by Miller, a walk by Casas and a big double by Danny Martin.  The Mavs went on to win the game by a final score of 10-2.

Drew Krassny was a cool operator on the mound for the first 4 innings.  He got the win, giving up no runs and striking out 3.  Carter Johnson finished the game.  Some sloppy fielding by the Mav's allowed the Wildcats to put two runners across the plate, but Johnson shut them down - giving up just one hit and striking out five.

The Mavericks brought their bats in this second game of the 3-game series.  After  2 - 1/2 innings the score was tied at 0-0, with the Mavs coming up to bat.  The Mavericks plated 9 runs in the 3rd, with all of the runs coming on two outs.  The Mavs added another run in the 4th and one in the 6th to finish with a final score of 11-0. 

The Mavs had 7 doubles on the day from Winters, Martin, Hinkle, Healy, and Solomon.  The Mavs defense also managed 2 key, inning-ending double plays for the day.

Andrew Hinkle pitched the first 5 innings.  He had 7 strikeouts and gave up no runs.  Hogencamp pitched the 6th and Dudeck closed in the 7th.  The suspense for the day came down to the last inning when El Camino loaded the bases with just one out, but Dudeck came through when he struck out the last two batters to maintain the shut-out.

With this win the Mavs move in to sole possesion of first place in Avocado West League Play with a league record of 6-1.

Garrett Smith (2008) - Infielder - California Lutheran College; BA .260, 18 rbi's;

Danny Bethea (2008) - Catcher - St Johns University, New York;Starting catcher.

Garrett Hughes (2009) - Pitcher - Stanford University;ERA 1.50, W/L 2-1, App 7, GS 2, IP 12, H 6, R 3, ER 2, BB 6, SO 9;

Parker Johnson ( 2009) - Pitcher - Williamette College, Oregon; ERA 15, App 8, IP 9, H 15, R 20, ER 15, BB 9, SO 6;

Max MacNabb (2010) -  Pitcher - University of San Diego;ERA 2.55, W/L 2-0, App 15, GS 1, IP 17.2, H 15, R 8, ER 5, BB 8, SO 8.

Michael Swanner (2010) - Pitcher - Peperdine University; ERA 3.05, W/L 2-2, App 18, GS 0, SV 6, IP 20.2, H 20, R 7, ER 7, BB 9, SO 13;

Matt Hall (2011) - Catcher - Cornell University- BA .258, AB 66, R 5, H 17, 2b 3, 3b 2, HR 3, RBI's 13, BB 4, SO 6;

Trent Swart (2011) - Pitcher - Duke University - ERA 4.73, W/L 3-8, APP 13. GS 12, IP 64.2, H 73, R 41, ER 34, BB 32, SO 66.

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Zach Tieger (2011) - Outfield - Cal State San Marcos; Not Active in 2012.

The Mavericks faced off against El Camino in Game 1 of the 2012 Avocado West series at ECHS.    Neither team scored in the 1st, but the Mavericks jumped ahead in the 2nd with a run.  The Mavericks then found their bats in the 3rd inning when they batted around and scored 4 runs.  The Mavs added 4 more in the 4th inning when they batted around again.  Big hitters for the day included Danny Martin and Evan Schreiber with 3 hits each.  Solomon, Balderas and Miller had 2 hits each, with Miller posting 5 RBI's for the day.  The Mavericks won by a final score of 10-1.

Jake Schulz (6-1) got the win with 5 strong innings.  He gave up one run.  Kyle Sachrison pitched the last two innings and gave up no runs.

The Mavs move to 5-1 in league play, and 14-6-1 for the 2012 season.

After winning the first game of the series on Tuesday, the Mavericks lost a home game against RBV on Thursday of this week.  This loss tied the series at one game each.

The two teams faced each other at RBV for the rubber game of the series in a battle of lefties.  The game was indeed a battle with the score tied at 2-2 after four innings.    Both teams went to their bullpen in the 5th and it looked like the game might be headed for extra innings as the score was still tied going in to the 6th.  In the 6th inning Anthony Balderas reached 1st on an infield hit to 3rd base.  Devon Roseberry pinch ran and scored the go ahead run on a key hit by Andrew Hinkle.  The Mavericks scored another run in the 7th on a double to LCF by Shayne Davern.  Sam Casinelli ran for Shayne and scored on a passed ball.  The Maverick defense played error-less defense on the day.  The Mavs won with a final score of 4-2.

Drew Krassny started and pitched 4 strong innings.  Carter Johnson threw 3 innings and got the W, giving up no runs on the day.

The Mavs have won both of their first two series and are now 4-1 in 2012 League Play.  Next up is El Camino.