Hoguiesson HR in eighth lifts Patriots to victory
- Updated: April 14, 2016
2016 EAST COUNTY PREP BASEBALL
By Bill Dickens
© East County Sports.com
SAN DIEGO (4-14-16) After trading wins and losses during a rugged preseason schedule the Christian Patriots have taken aim at winning the Central League pennant.
Step one in their title quest began on Wednesday (Apr. 13) when they clipped Clairemont 4-2 in an eight inning battle on the Chieftains’ field.
The Patriots squeezed out a victory with 2 runs in the eighth inning as ZACH HOGUIESSON followed a two-out single by CHASE WEHSENER with his 3rdhome run of the season.
Christian received solid pitching from JOHN GERSHOW and KYLE STOWERS to cage the Chieftains (11-7, 0-2 CL). Gershow allowed only one earned run and struck out 8 in a seven-inning stint to earn his 3rd win in five decisions.
Stowers struck out the side in the bottom of the eighth to post his East County-leading 4th save.
Christian (9-7, 2-1 CL) took a 2-0 lead in the second inning. JUSTIN LEDGERWOOD singled and scored on a triple down the left field line by Gershow. GARRETT NIELSEN then chased home Gershow with a sacrifice fly.
“This was kind of a strange game,” said Patriots coach MIKE MITCHELL. “I thought Gershow’s home run over a 16-foot fence 315 feet from home plate was gonna go off the wall, and I think he felt the same way as he broke so fast out of the box. It traveled farther than any of us thought it would go, and that’s a plus for us.”
Central League PATRIOTS 4, CLAIREMONT 2 (8 inn.) Christian ab h r bi Clairemont ab r h bi Stowers cf-p 3 0 0 0 MJarvis ss 4 2 2 0 Wehsener 1b 4 1 2 0 Mein dh 4 0 1 1 Hoguiesson rf 4 1 1 2 Cortez lf 4 0 2 1 Ledgerwood 3b 2 1 1 0 Rice rf 4 0 0 0 Contreras pr 0 0 0 0 Milo 1b 4 0 1 0 Gershow p-lf 3 1 1 1 Espinoza 2b 3 0 2 0 Nielsen lf 2 0 1 1 JJarvis 3b 4 0 2 0 Hester lf 0 0 0 0 Fitzmaurice cf 3 0 0 0 Cazares ph 1 0 1 0 Long c 1 0 0 0 Beck ss 3 0 0 0 Klein ph 1 0 0 0 NJarvis dh 2 0 0 0 Tizzo ph 1 0 0 0 Maza 2b 1 0 0 0 Josephson c 2 0 0 0 Johnston ph 1 0 0 0 Bessone cf 0 0 0 0 TOTALS 28 4 7 4 TOTALS 33 2 10 2 Christian (9-7, 1-0) 020 000 02 – 4 7 1 Clairemont (11-7, 0-2) 100 000 10 – 2 10 1 GWRBI-Hogueisson (2). E-Milo, Josephson. DP-Clair 1. LOB-Chr 5, Clair 11. 2B-Wehsener. 3B-Gershow. HR-Hogueisson (3) 8th, one on. SB-MJarvis 2. SF-Nielsen. PITCHING SUMMARY Christian ip h r er bb so Gershow W (3-2) 7.0 8 2 1 1 8 Stowers Sv (4) 1.0 2 0 0 1 3 Clairemont Phillips L(4-1) 7.2 6 4 4 3 3 Nickel 0.1 1 0 0 0 0 HBP-Gershow (MJarvis). WP-Gershow.
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