Falcons grab playoff opener from Griffs with five-run fourth
- Updated: May 8, 2016
2016 GROSSMONT COLLEGE BASEBALL
By Chris Davis
© East County Sports.com
EL CAJON (5-8-16) — If the Grossmont College Griffins are to advance to the 2016 CCCAA Super Regional round, they will have to sweep a doubleheader on Sunday (May 9) after dropping game one of the best-of-three series on Saturday (May 7) to Cerritos by a 5-3 score.
Cerritos (24-13) only scored in one inning, a five-run fourth, but that was all they needed.
Granite Hills alumni MICHAEL DIFFLEY and ROBERT BOSTEDT both had a team-high two hits. The good news for the Griffins (27-10) is that seven of the nine batters had hits in the game.
The Griffins jumped out to a 1-0 lead in the bottom of the first. CABOT VAN TIL (Patrick Henry) led off the Griffin half of the first with a double to center field. TANNER PERRY (Steele Canyon) followed that up with a single to left, moving Van Til to third. Bostedt got his lone RBI on a sacrifice fly to right allowing Van Til to tag and come plate ward.
JUSTIN MITCHELL (Granite Hills) singled to lead off the second inning. After a pop out, SEAN CROSBY (Valhalla) was hit by a pitch moving Mitchell to second. Diffley singled to center loading the bases up. Van Til got one of his easiest RBI of the season as he drew a walk forcing Mitchell to score to make it 2-0 at the end of two innings.
The Griffins closed out their scoring with a run in the sixth. JUSTEN BURKEY (San Pasqual) was hit by a pitch with one out. Crosby hit a deep ball to center field that turned into a triple, bringing in Burkey to make it 5-3 Cerritos. But the Griffins would close out the inning with back to back strikeouts by two different pitchers.
The two teams will meet at 11:00 a.m. on Sunday (May 9) for game two of the series. Should Grossmont win that game, a deciding third game would be played about 30 minutes after the conclusion of the first game.
@ Grossmont College
| Cerritos 5 |
Grossmont 3 |
| FINAL | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cerritos (24-13) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 10 | 1 |
| Grossmont (27-10) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 1 |
Cerritos |
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| HITTERS | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | LOB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Daniel Lopez ss | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Mike Heenan 1b | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Mark Pena cf | 5 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Gary James c | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| Fermin Beza lf | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| Derrick Edwards 2b | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Kenton McDonald rf | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Kevin Sainz 3b | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Eric Hefner dh | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Travis Bonner p | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Carlos Hernandez | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jerald Johnston p | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 34 | 5 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 8 |
| BATTING | |||||||
| 2B: Mark Pena 2 RBI: Mike Heenan; Mark Pena; Kevin Sainz; Eric Hefner Sac: Kenton McDonald; Kevin Sainz GIDP: Gary James |
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| BASERUNNING | |||||||
| SB: Mark Pena; Kevin Sainz | |||||||
| FIELDING | |||||||
| E: Derrick Edwards DP: Daniel Lopez; Mike Heenan; Derrick Edwards |
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Grossmont |
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| HITTERS | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | LOB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cabot Van til lf | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| Tanner Perry cf | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Robert Bostedt rf | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Noah Strohl dh | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Travor Beard c | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Justin Mitchell 1b | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Justen Burkey 3b | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Sean Crosby 2b | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Michael Diffley ss | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Alan Strong p | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Craig Grubbe p | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 35 | 3 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 12 |
| BATTING | |||||||
| 2B: Cabot Van til; Robert Bostedt 3B: Sean Crosby RBI: Cabot Van til; Robert Bostedt; Sean Crosby Sac fly: Robert Bostedt GIDP: Noah Strohl |
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| BASERUNNING | |||||||
| SB: Tanner Perry | |||||||
| FIELDING | |||||||
| E: Travor Beard DP: Justin Mitchell; Michael Diffley |
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Cerritos |
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| PITCHERS | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | HR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Travis Bonner (W, 6-0) | 5.2 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| Carlos Hernandez | 0.2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Jerald Johnston (Sv, 8) | 2.2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Totals | 9.0 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 0 |
| PITCHING | |||||||
| Batters Faced: Travis Bonner 27; Carlos Hernandez 4; Jerald Johnston 11 HBP: Travis Bonner 2 |
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Grossmont |
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| PITCHERS | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | HR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alan Strong (L, 8-2) | 6.0 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 0 |
| Craig Grubbe | 3.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| Totals | 9.0 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 13 | 0 |
| PITCHING | |||||||
| Batters Faced: Alan Strong 30; Craig Grubbe 10 | |||||||
| SCORING SUMMARY |
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| GROSSMONT – BOTTOM 1ST |
| Robert Boste flied out to cf, SF, RBI; Cabot Van ti scored. |
| GROSSMONT – BOTTOM 2ND |
| Cabot Van ti walked, RBI; Michael Diff advanced to second; Sean Crosby advanced to third; Justin Mitch scored. |
| CERRITOS – TOP 4TH |
| Kevin Sainz grounded out to p unassisted, bunt, SAC, RBI; Derrick Edwa advanced to third; Fermin Beza scored. |
| Eric Hefner singled to second base, RBI; Derrick Edwa scored. |
| Mike Heenan singled to left field, RBI; Daniel Lopez advanced to second; Eric Hefner scored. |
| Mark Pena doubled down the rf line, RBI; Mike Heenan advanced to third; Daniel Lopez scored. |
| Mark Pena advanced to third; Mike Heenan scored on a wild pitch. |
| GROSSMONT – BOTTOM 6TH |
| Sean Crosby tripled to center field, RBI; Justen Burke scored. |
| OTHER INFORMATION | |
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| Location: Grossmont College | |
