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Cubs Beat Mt. Sac For First Conference Win Return to the Baseball Home Page Story posted on: 3/19/08 The Cubs beat Mt. San Antonio College, 4-3, in 10 innings at Griffith Park’s Pote Field last week (March 11) but dropped its next two games following Mt. SAC. The Cubs lost to East LA, 5-4 (March 13), and LA Harbor, 13-7 (March 15). Regardless, the Mt. SAC extra-innings victory was LA City’s first Conference win in 2008 and showed that the Cubs are capable of beating any SCC team on a given day. LA City is 4-17 overall and 1-8 in the South Coast Conference. LA CITY 4 Mt. SAN ANTONIO 3 The Cubs literally “took a hit” that eventually led to a run when designated hitter Yuki Ishida ((Okayama Joto HS, Japan) was struck by a wild Mountie pitch in the second inning to get on base. Ishida then stole second base. Shortstop Nelson Vasquez’s (North Hollywood HS) subsequent double pushed Ishida around third base to score the Cubs first run. Three fielder errors by Mt. SAC resulted in Vasquez scoring an unearned run to give the Cubs a 2-0 lead. LA City scored a run in the fifth inning when center fielder Chris Espinosa (Fairfax HS) scored from third base after catcher Jerry Rodriguez hit a single. Mt. SAC countered with a two-run sixth inning followed by a single run in the seventh to tie the score, 3-3. Neither team scored in the eight or ninth innings. A scoreless top of the 10th from the Mounties set the stage for the Cubs victory. Freshman second baseman Jonathan Arana (Los Angeles HS) opened the bottom of the 10th with a single. Rodriguez’s next turn at bat resulted in him hitting a ground ball into a “fielder’s choice” that advanced Arana to second base with Rodriguez on first. Sophomore first baseman Brian Perras (Clearwater HS) then hit a single to bring Arana home for the winning run. Matthew Gonzalez (Wagoner HS) was starting pitcher for the Cubs and gave up five hits and two runs after facing 27 batters in six innings. Reliever Josh Sotello (Eagle Rock HS), however, earned the win in finishing the game from the seventh inning in giving up four hits and one run. |