Punchless Patriots dealt untimely loss by Chieftains
- Updated: May 5, 2016
2016 EAST COUNTY PREP BASEBALL
By Bill Dickens
© East County Sports.com
CLAIREMONT (5-5-16) — The Christian High Patriots could generate only five hits in Wednesday’s (May 4) Central League game at Clairemont.
Twelve times the Patriots hit fly ball outs; on six more occasions they struck out.
Christian would have been shutout in the 6-2 loss to Clairemont had not KYLE STOWERS slugged his 3rd home run of the season with a man aboard, which at the time gave Christian a 2-0 lead in the third inning.
Stowers in fact accounted for 3 hits for Christian, including a double to go along with his home run. Other than his efforts the Patriots were anemic at the plate.
The only other Patriots who would reach first base on singles were JUSTIN LEDGERWOOD and NATE CAZARES.
Christian is now trailing front-running Coronado by 2½ games.
Wed., May 4, 2016 Central League Christian ab h b bi Clairemont ab r h bi Stowers cf 4 1 3 2 MJarvis ss 2 3 1 1 Wehsener 1b 4 0 0 0 JJarvis 3b 4 1 2 0 Hoguiesson rf 1 0 0 0 Cortez lf 1 1 1 2 Ledgerwood 3b 3 0 1 0 Milo 1b 4 1 1 2 Gershow 2b 3 0 0 0 Rice rf 3 0 0 0 Nielsen dh 3 0 0 0 Meirs dh 3 0 1 0 Josephson c 0 0 0 0 Long c 0 0 0 0 Beck ss 3 0 0 0 Pizzo p 3 0 2 1 Cazares lf 3 0 1 0 Espinoza 2b 3 0 1 0 NJarvis p 1 1 0 0 Clem cf 3 0 0 0 Bessone p 1 0 0 0 Gentry p 1 0 0 0 Mazza ph 1 0 0 0 TOTALS 27 2 5 2 TOTALS 26 6 9 6 Christian (12-9, 4-2) 002 000 0 – 2 5 1 Clairemont(14-10, 3-5) 004 101 x – 6 9 1 GWRBI-Milo. E-Ledgerwood, Espinoza. DP-Chr 1. LOB-Chr 8, Clair 7. 2B-Stowers. 3-Milo. HR-Stowers (3) 3rd, one on; MJarvis 4th, solo. SB-Hoguiesson, Cazares, MJarvis 2. SF-Cortez. PITCHING SUMMARY Christian ip h r er bb so NJarvis L(3-3) 3.0 4 4 4 2 3 Bessone 2.0 1 1 1 1 1 Gentry 1.0 1 1 1 0 0 Clairemont Pizzo W 7.0 5 2 2 3 6 HBP-by Pizzo (Wehsener 2), by Gentry (MJarvis).
