Griffins defy omens to win 13th straight game
- Updated: March 16, 2016
2016 GROSSMONT COLLEGE BASEBALL
By Bill Dickens
© East County Sports.com
EL CAJON (3-16-16) — Grossmont College stretched its winning streak to 13 games with a 1-0 victory over visiting Palomar College on Tuesday (Mar. 15) at Noel Mickelsen Field.
The Griffins scored the only run of the game in the fifth inning when TANNER PERRY slugged a single and NOAH STROHL drew a walk. JUSTEN BURKEY then delivered the game winning RBI single.
The Griffins turned in a powerful pitching performance led by ALAN STRONG who pitched seven shutout innings, recording five strikeouts in seven frames.
ANDREW SCHULTZ picked up the pace with a shutout eighth inning with a strikeout.
AARON CROSS finished the job with one inning to earn the save.
Palomar vs Grossmont
@ Grossmont
@ Grossmont
3/15/2016 at 2:00 PM
| Palomar 0 |
Grossmont 1 |
| FINAL | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Palomar (0-0) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| Grossmont (0-0) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0 |
Palomar |
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| HITTERS | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | LOB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Casey Henderson ss | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Niko Holm 1b | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Nashea Diggs 1b | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Chase Grant cf | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| Efrain Medina cf | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sam Casinelli cf | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Grant Buck dh | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Joel Mitchell dh | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Cole Brooks lf | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| John Mackay c | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mitchell Hayes 3b | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Shane Olson rf | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Dylan Breault rf | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Mitchell Gallagher 2b | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Carter Johnson p | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Connor Stotz p | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 30 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 5 |
| BATTING | |||||||
| BASERUNNING | |||||||
| FIELDING | |||||||
| DP: Casey Henderson; Niko Holm; Mitchell Gallagher | |||||||
Grossmont |
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| HITTERS | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | LOB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Robert Bostedt rf | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Tanner Perry cf | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Noah Strohl dh | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| Justen Burkey 3b | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Travor Beard c | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Justin Mitchell 1b | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| Andres Rios 2b | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Cabot Van til lf | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Michael Diffley ss | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Alan Strong p | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Andrew Schultz p | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Aaron Cross p | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 28 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 9 |
| BATTING | |||||||
| 2B: Justin Mitchell 3B: Tanner Perry GIDP: Robert Bostedt |
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| BASERUNNING | |||||||
| CS: Andres Rios | |||||||
| FIELDING | |||||||
Palomar |
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| PITCHERS | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | HR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carter Johnson (L, 0-0) | 4.2 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 0 |
| Connor Stotz | 3.1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| Totals | 8.0 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 0 |
| PITCHING | |||||||
| Batters Faced: Carter Johnson 23; Connor Stotz 11 | |||||||
Grossmont |
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| PITCHERS | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | HR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alan Strong (W, 0-0) | 7.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 |
| Andrew Schultz | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Aaron Cross (Sv, 1) | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 9.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0 |
| PITCHING | |||||||
| Batters Faced: Alan Strong 25; Andrew Schultz 3; Aaron Cross 4 HBP: Alan Strong |
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| SCORING SUMMARY |
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| GROSSMONT – BOTTOM 5TH |
| J. Burkey singled, RBI; N. Strohl advanced to second; T. Perry scored. |
