LA COSTA CANYON HIGH SCHOOL BASEBALL

Trent Swart had a strong showing on the hill with the help from Eric Anderson and closer Chris Kenney to finish off a 7-1 Win!

Combined , they only allowed 1 runs and struck out 5. The bats heated up again with strong hitting performances by Matt Hall, Jason Curtis and Nick Hanggie. Wyatt Oren had a bases clearing double which hit the center field fence falling jsut short of a home run!

The final game against Mission Hills is Sat. at 10:30

THURSDAY AFTERNOON'S GAME WITH THE MISSION HILLS GRIZZLIES WENT THE WAY OF THE MAVERICK'S 13-2. TANNER GAGE STARTED THE SCORING WITH A SOLO BLAST TO LEFT. AFTER THAT THE FLOODGATES OPENED WITH MORE HOT HITTING BY THE FRESHMAN TEAM, JASON GUENDERT HAD A GOOD DAY GOING 4-4 WITH 4 DOUBLES, ZACK ARMSTRONG HAD TWO MORE HITS FOLLOWED BY JOSH MCMAHON WHO HAD THE DAILY DOUBLE IN THE SECOND TO KNOCK IN TWO RUNS AND SCORE A RUN... ON THE PITCHING SIDE, ANDREW HINKLE WENT 4 SOLID INNINGS TO GET THE WIN FOLLOWED BY NICK MCADOO WITH 2 SCORELESS FRAMES AND DILLON (WOODY) THOMISON PITCHING A 1,2,3 SEVENTH INNING.

Max McNabb blanked the Grizzlies over 7 innings, allowing just one hit and striking out 8, despite taking a line drive off of his leg in the 2^nd inning. The offense struggled, however, posting no runs in the first 8 innings on just 3 hits. Going into the 9^th tied 0-0, La Costa finally got on the board with 1 run on 3 straight singles by Will Swanner, Garrett Hughes and Matt Lindberg picking up the RBI. The Mavs defense was unable to hold on in the bottom of the frame, allowing 2 runs on a walk, a double, and RBI ground out, and an RBI walk-off single. The 1-2 loss puts the Mav record at 15-3.

Four Mavericks pitchers combined to one-hit the Mission Hills Grizzlies on a wet and chilly afternoon. Tanner Gage went the first 4 innings, allowing no hits or runs. Niko Gilligan, Drew Krassny and Nick McAdoo finished the last 3 frames allowing zero earned runs. Weston Corica led the hitting attack, going 4 for 4 with a homerun and two doubles. Andrew Hinkle had a nice game going 3-4 with two doubles. Skyler Redondo chipped in with 3 hits followed by Zack Armstrong and Robby Schupp with 2 hits each. The final score: Mavs 22 Grizzlies 1.

Garrett Hughes powered La Costa to a victory over Mission Hills with a 3 run homer to open the scoring and 5 shutout innings on the mound.  It was a cold, drizzly afternoon, and neither team scored until the 4^th inning, when Hughes followed singles by Grant Jochem and Will Swanner with a towering blast to right center.  Jochem added to the Mav tally in the 5^th with a 2 run shot to left that finished the Grizzly starter. Mission Hills responded in the 6^th with 3 runs on 5 hits, but Jake Raffaele entered in relief and stopped the rally. The La Costa offense went back to work in the bottom of the 6^th with a double by Hughes, an RBI triple by Matt Lindberg, a sac fly by Kevin Hill, and an RBI single by Zach Gage, taking the score to the final 8-3. Michael Swanner closed the door on Mission Hills in the 7^th to preserve the win.