Champ Griffins off to quickest of starts
- Updated: January 28, 2017
2017 GROSSMONT COLLEGE BASEBALL
By Bill Dickens
© East County Sports.com
CHULA VISTA (1-28-17) — Designated hitter NIKO NAVARRO drove in 4 runs to key a 6-run first inning for Grossmont College in Friday’s (Jan. 27) season-opening win over Victor Valley at Southwestern College.
Clean-up hitter NOAH STROHL added a pair of RBI as the Griffins took a 6-0 lead in the first inning.
Catcher TREVOR BEARD slugged a double to drive in a run, while MICHAEL DIFFLEY scored on the double by Beard.
Grossmont finished with 11 hits.
ANDREW MITCHELL held Victor Valley to 3 hits and one run in a 4-inning stint to earn the win.
As a team Grossmont struck out 8, walked 9 and surrendered a home run to VVC’s Josh Gooding. Gooding finished 2 for 4 with 3 RBI.
Noan Welch was 1 for 2 with 3 RBI for VVC.
Victor Valley vs Grossmont
@ Southwestern | The Junction
@ Southwestern | The Junction
1/27/2017 at 2:00 PM
| Victor Valley 6 |
Grossmont 10 |
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Victor Valley (0-1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 5 |
| Grossmont (1-0) | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | X | 10 | 11 | 1 |
Victor Valley |
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| HITTERS | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | LOB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Will Long cf | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Kaleb Longfellow lf | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Josh Gooding rf | 4 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Brandon Johnson 1b | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Luis Perea 3b | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| William Wall 2b | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| Chad Artin c | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Noan Welch c | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Alexis Castillo-Prado dh | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| Joshua Burns ss | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Timothy Frost ss | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Tyler Crone p | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bryce Henderson p | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 30 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 9 | 8 | 7 |
| BATTING | |||||||
| 2B: Noan Welch; Joshua Burns HR: Josh Gooding RBI: Josh Gooding 3; Noan Welch 3 GIDP: Josh Gooding; Luis Perea |
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| BASERUNNING | |||||||
| CS: Joshua Burns | |||||||
| FIELDING | |||||||
| E: Luis Perea 2; Joshua Burns 2; Timothy Frost | |||||||
Grossmont |
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| HITTERS | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | LOB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| David Maldonado cf | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Michael Diffley ss | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| Niko Navarro dh | 4 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Noah Strohl 1b | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Jale Sim rf | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Trevor Beard c | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Robert Bostedt lf | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Justen Burkey 3b | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Cyrus Fullen 3b | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sean Crosby 2b | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Andrew Mitchel p | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dylan Gargas p | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Javier De la Torre p | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jeremiah Barr p | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 38 | 10 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 6 | 7 |
| BATTING | |||||||
| 2B: David Maldonado; Michael Diffley; Jale Sim; Trevor Beard RBI: Niko Navarro 4; Noah Strohl; Jale Sim; Trevor Beard; Justen Burkey; Sean Crosby Sac: Sean Crosby Sac fly: Niko Navarro |
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| BASERUNNING | |||||||
| SB: Robert Bostedt | |||||||
| FIELDING | |||||||
| E: Dylan Gargas DP: Michael Diffley 2; Noah Strohl 2; Sean Crosby 2 |
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Victor Valley |
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| PITCHERS | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | HR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tyler Crone (L, 0-1) | 5.0 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 |
| Bryce Henderson | 3.0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| Totals | 8.0 | 11 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 0 |
| PITCHING | |||||||
| Batters Faced: Tyler Crone 28; Bryce Henderson 14 | |||||||
Grossmont |
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| PITCHERS | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | HR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Andrew Mitchel (W, 1-0) | 4.0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 |
| Dylan Gargas | 1.0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Javier De la Torre | 2.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| Jeremiah Barr | 2.0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 0 |
| Totals | 9.0 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 9 | 8 | 1 |
| PITCHING | |||||||
| Batters Faced: Andrew Mitchel 15; Dylan Gargas 7; Javier De la Torre 8; Jeremiah Barr 10 HBP: Javier De la Torre |
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| SCORING SUMMARY |
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| GROSSMONT – BOTTOM 1ST |
| N. Navarro singled, RBI; D. Maldonado scored. |
| J. Sim doubled, RBI; N. Strohl advanced to third, scored on an error by ss; N. Navarro scored. |
| T. Beard doubled, RBI; J. Sim scored. |
| J. Burkey reached on a fielder’s choice, RBI; R. Bostedt advanced to third; T. Beard scored. |
| S. Crosby grounded out to 3b, SAC, RBI; J. Burkey advanced to second; R. Bostedt scored, unearned. |
| VICTOR VALLEY – TOP 4TH |
| J. Gooding homered, RBI. |
| GROSSMONT – BOTTOM 4TH |
| N. Navarro flied out to lf, sacrifice fly, RBI; D. Maldonado scored, unearned. |
| VICTOR VALLEY – TOP 6TH |
| N. Welch doubled, 3 RBI; B. Johnson scored; J. Gooding scored; K. Longfello scored. |
| GROSSMONT – BOTTOM 8TH |
| N. Navarro singled, 2 RBI, advanced to second; M. Diffley scored, unearned; S. Crosby scored, unearned. |
| N. Strohl singled, RBI; N. Navarro scored, unearned. |
| VICTOR VALLEY – TOP 9TH |
| J. Gooding singled, 2 RBI; W. Long advanced to third; T. Frost scored; A. Castillo- scored. |
| OTHER INFORMATION | |
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| Location: Southwestern Stadium: The Junction |
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