Patriots out to early lead in Central race
- Updated: April 16, 2016
2016 EAST COUNTY PREP BASEBALL
By Bill Dickens
© East County Sports.com
EL CAJON (4-16-16) — The Christian Patriots rallied from an early deficit Friday (Apr. 15) to keep pressure on Coronado in the race for the Central League pennant.
The Patriots knocked off visiting Serra 7-3 to improve their league record to 2-0 and overall mark to 10-7.
Trailing 1-0 the Patriots tied the game in the third inning as CHASE WEHSNER walked and darted to third on a double by ZACH HOGUIESSON off the right field fence. Wehsener scored the tying run on a sacrifice fly by JUSTIN LEDGERWOOD.
Christian edged in front in the bottom of the fourth on a two-out rally. Winning pitcher NATHAN JARVIS singled and NATE CAZARES was hit by a pitch. That set the stage for a ground rule double by KYLE STOWERS.
The Patriots broke the game open with 4 markers in the fifth. They loaded the bases on a single by HOGUIESSON, a walk to Ledgerwood and a bunt single by JOHN GERSHOW. GARRETT NIELSEN then flashed an RBI single and JAKOB BECK drove in 2 more with a base hit.
Serra handed the Patriots their last run of that inning on a wild pitch.
Christian tagged on an extra run in the sixth inning as Wehsener singled, advanced to second on a groundout and scored on a basehit by Gershow.
Jarvis allowed only one run and 6 hits to post his 3rd win in five decisions.
Fri., April 15, 2016 Central League PATRIOTS 7, CONQUISTADORS 3 Serra ab r h bi Christian ab r h bi MLeong 2b 3 1 1 0 Stowers cf 4 0 1 1 Samuelson ss 3 2 1 0 Wehsener 1b 2 2 1 0 Moran cf 4 0 3 1 Hoguiesson rf 4 1 2 0 Szalapski dh 4 0 0 0 Ledgerwood 3b 2 1 0 1 Munoz rf 0 0 0 0 Gershow 2b 3 1 2 1 Strang p 0 0 0 0 Nielsen dh 3 1 1 1 Carlson 3b 0 0 0 0 Josephson c 0 0 0 0 NLeong lf 4 0 2 2 Contreras c 0 0 0 0 Tomp c 3 0 3 0 Beck ss 4 0 1 2 Agosto 1b 4 0 0 0 NJarvis p 3 1 1 0 Reece 3b-p 4 0 1 0 Bessone p 0 0 0 0 Sipchen p-rf 2 0 0 0 Cazares lf 2 0 0 0 TOTALS 31 3 11 3 TOTALS 27 7 9 6 Serra (10-6, 1-2 CL) 001 000 2 – 3 11 1 Christian (10-7, 2-0 CL) 001 141 x – 7 9 1 GWRBI-Stowers (1). E-Munoz, Beck. LOB-Ser 11, Chr 9. 2B-Stowers, Hoguiesson, Moran. S-MLeong. SF-Ledgerwood. PITCHING SUMMARY Serra ip h r er bb so Sipchen L 4+ 5 5 5 4 0 Strang 1.0 2 1 1 0 0 Reece 1.0 2 1 1 0 1 Christian NJarvis W(3-2) 6.0 6 1 1 3 2 Bessone 1.0 5 2 2 0 0 Sipchen faced 3 batters in the 5th. HBP-By Sipchen (Cazares), by Reece (Josephson). WP-Sipchen, Strang.
