The
Cerritos College
baseball team
remained undefeated
in South Coast
Conference play, as
they scored a run in
the bottom of the
ninth inning on
Saturday to post a
3-2 win over El
Camino College. The
victory also
improves the Falcons
to 17-4 on the year,
and they will now
square off against
East Los Angeles
College (17-5, 3-2)
at home on Tuesday
at 2:30 p.m.
In the ninth inning, freshman
Guillermo Garcia
(Artesia HS)
led off with a walk
before the Warriors
went to their
bullpen to call on
Percy Perez.
Sophomore
David Gurbach
(Aliso Niguel HS),
regularly a pitcher
but was inserted
into right field
earlier in the game,
successfully
sacrificed Garcia to
second base. After
an out and a walk
were recorded, Perez
uncorked a wild
pitch, which moved
runners to second
and third. Freshman
shortstop
Jerry Pena (Los
Altos HS) then
slapped a 2-2 pitch
for a base hit,
scoring Garcia to
end the game.
El Camino got to Falcon starting pitcher
Robbie Dominguez
(El Rancho HS)
in the first and
third innings for a
run, but he settled
down and retired 12
in a row in the
middle innings
before surrendering
a walk to Robbie
Estrada to lead off
the eighth inning.
Freshman
Miguel Flores
(St. John Bosco
HS) came on in
relief and worked
out of the inning.
However, in the
ninth inning, he
allowed a walk,
while an error put
two runners on base
with one out before
he set down the next
two. With the run in
the ninth inning,
Flores picked up the
win and is now 5-1
on the year.
Although he didn't
earn the win,
Dominguez did
surrender just four
hits and struck out
eight batters.
Cerritos tied the game at 2-2 with two runs in the bottom of
the sixth inning.
Pena, freshman first
baseman
Trever Blood
(La Mirada HS)
and sophomore
catcher
Phil Rodriguez
(Norwalk HS)
all hit back-to-back
singles to lead off
the inning and load
the bases. Flores
followed with a
run-scoring single,
while Garcia tied
the game with a
one-out base hit.
The Falcons then hit
into a double play
to end the inning.
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