Griffins’ Abshier succeeds in dual coaching role
- Updated: March 21, 2017
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2017 GROSSMONT GRIFFINS BASEBALL
By Ramon Scott
EastCountySports.com
EL CAJON – Grossmont College head baseball coach RANDY ABSHIER has been pulling double duties these days.
The Griffins, without a pitching coach in 2017, have called upon the skipper to add pitching coach to his responsibilities in leading the program.
The short-handed approach hasn’t hurt, obviously, after Grossmont (10-0 PCAC, 15-5-1) rolled to its 10th-straight win and 13th-straight game without a defeat, clubbing Mt. San Jacinto, 8-1, Tuesday afternoon.
JUSTIN BURKEY doubled in the Griffins’ four-run fourth, then hit a three-run home run in the fifth to break the game wide open.
Burkey is hitting .372 this season with 18 RBI in 20 appearances.
Leadoff man DAVID MALDONADO knocked in another pair of runs with two hits. Maldonado has 27 RBI and nine stolen bases this season.
Catcher TREVOR BEARD, who certainly can share some of the staff’s success with his artful signal-calling, had a pair of hits and drove in a run, but more importantly, helped TIM HOLDGRAFER to another stellar effort.
Holdgrafer improved to 4-0 with seven innings of three-hit ball, striking out four and walking one. Holdgrafer has a 2.45 ERA this season.
Grossmont remained atop the Pacific Coast Athletic Conference by 1 1/2 games, but second-place Mesa is 7-0, while third-place Palomar is 9-1.
The Griffins meet Mt. San Jacinto, which is winless in the PCAC and has just three wins on the season, again on Thursday (weatehr permitting) on the road at 2 p.m. and Saturday at home at noon to complete the three-game series this week.
@ El Cajon, Calif. | Noel Michelsen
| Mt. San Jacinto 1 |
Grossmont 8 |
| FINAL | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mt. San Jacinto | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 1 |
| Grossmont | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | X | 8 | 8 | 0 |
Mt. San Jacinto |
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| HITTERS | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | LOB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Steven Ybarra 2b | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Anthony Garcia 3b | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Marino Rojas 1b | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Luke Reinert rf | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Abraham Rascon lf | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Brock Partain cf | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Michael Gomez dh | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Nick Brock ph | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Michael Alonzo c | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Brian Wolford ss | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jordan Ewig p | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Anthony Villa p | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Brendon Russell p | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 33 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 |
| BATTING | |||||||
| RBI: Steven Ybarra GIDP: Brian Wolford |
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| BASERUNNING | |||||||
| FIELDING | |||||||
| E: Brock Partain DP: Marino Rojas; Brian Wolford |
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Grossmont |
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| HITTERS | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | LOB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| David Maldonado cf | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Reece Hernandez 2b | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Noah Strohl 1b | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Robert Bostedt lf | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| Niko Navarro dh | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Justen Burkey 3b | 4 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Michael Diffley ss | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Trevor Beard c | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Cabot Van Til rf | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Tim Holdgrafer p | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Hayden Shenefield p | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jeremiah Barr p | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 30 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 3 |
| BATTING | |||||||
| 2B: David Maldonado; Justen Burkey HR: Noah Strohl; Justen Burkey RBI: David Maldonado 2; Noah Strohl; Justen Burkey 4; Trevor Beard GIDP: Cabot Van Til |
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| BASERUNNING | |||||||
| SB: David Maldonado; Robert Bostedt CS: Niko Navarro |
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| FIELDING | |||||||
| DP: Reece Hernandez; Noah Strohl; Justen Burkey | |||||||
Mt. San Jacinto |
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| PITCHERS | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | HR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jordan Ewig (L, 0-4) | 3.1 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 1 |
| Anthony Villa | 1.2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| Brendon Russell | 3.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 8.0 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 2 |
| PITCHING | |||||||
| Batters Faced: Jordan Ewig 17; Anthony Villa 9; Brendon Russell 9 | |||||||
Grossmont |
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| PITCHERS | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | HR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tim Holdgrafer (W, 4-0) | 7.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 |
| Hayden Shenefield | 1.0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jeremiah Barr | 1.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Totals | 9.0 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 0 |
| PITCHING | |||||||
| Batters Faced: Tim Holdgrafer 24; Hayden Shenefield 5; Jeremiah Barr 5 | |||||||
| SCORING SUMMARY |
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| GROSSMONT – BOTTOM 1ST |
| N. Strohl homered to left center, RBI. |
| GROSSMONT – BOTTOM 4TH |
| J. Burkey doubled to left center, RBI; N. Navarro scored. |
| T. Beard singled, advanced to second on a fielding error by cf, RBI; M. Diffley advanced to third; J. Burkey scored. |
| D. Maldonado doubled down the lf line, 2 RBI; T. Beard scored; M. Diffley scored. |
| GROSSMONT – BOTTOM 5TH |
| J. Burkey homered to left center, 3 RBI; N. Navarro scored; R. Bostedt scored. |
| MT. SAN JACINTO – TOP 8TH |
| S. Ybarra grounded out to 2b, RBI; M. Alonzo advanced to third; N. Brock scored. |
