Griffins advance to Super Regional
- Updated: May 6, 2017
Grossmont takes batting practice before Saturday's game two.
2017 GROSSMONT GRIFFINS BASEBALL
By Ramon Scott
EastCountySports.com
EL CAJON – The Grossmont College Griffins are Super Regional-bound after a 13-3 blasting of Irvine Valley College at Noel Mickelsen Field on Saturday.
JUSTEN BURKEY provided the spark with a grand slam to left field in the Griffins’ eight-run fourth and a solo home run to left in the top of the eighth.
The Griffs’ CABOT VAN TIL was 3-for-3 with a two-RBI single in the fourth and three runs scored. Van Til is now hitting an unfathomable .460 in 100 at-bats. He also has driven in 39 runs this season.
NOAH STROHL capped Grossmont’s 3-run third with a two-run single to right center.
TIM HOLDGRAFER went five innings for the Griffins, allowing three hits and striking out three in relief of starter DONAVON MCCRYSTAL.
With the two-game sweep over the 18th-seeded Lasers (19-24), So Cal No. 2 seed Grossmont (23-7-1) advances to the Southern California Super Regionals where it will host 11th-seeded Cypress (29-13), which upset sixth-seeded Santa Barbara 9-0, 6-1.
Grossmont has won six-straight and 16 of its last 17.
@ El Cajon, Calif. | Noel Michelsen
| Grossmont 13 |
Irvine Valley 3 |
| FINAL | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grossmont (31-7-1) | 0 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 15 | 0 |
| Irvine Valley (19-24) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 1 |
Grossmont |
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| HITTERS | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | LOB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| D. Maldonado cf | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| R. Hernandez 2b | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Justen Burkey 3b | 4 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Noah Strohl 1b | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| T. Beard c | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sean Crosby dh | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| N. Navarro dh | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| M. Diffley ss | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Eric De la Rosa lf | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jale Sim lf | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Cabot Van Til rf | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Donavon McCrystal p | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| T. Holdgrafe p | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 37 | 13 | 15 | 13 | 5 | 5 | 3 |
| BATTING | |||||||
| 2B: D. Maldonado; Cabot Van Til HR: Justen Burkey 2 RBI: D. Maldonado; R. Hernandez; Justen Burkey 5; Noah Strohl 2; T. Beard; Eric De la Rosa; Cabot Van Til 2 Sac fly: R. Hernandez GIDP: T. Beard; Sean Crosby |
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| BASERUNNING | |||||||
| CS: D. Maldonado; R. Hernandez | |||||||
| FIELDING | |||||||
| DP: R. Hernandez; Justen Burkey; Noah Strohl 2; M. Diffley; T. Holdgrafe | |||||||
Irvine Valley |
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| HITTERS | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | LOB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| T. Odekirk ss | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Zack Stack lf | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Cole Joy rf | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| J. Gutierrez pr | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Grant Rockefeller rf | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tyler Wagner 1b | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Ryan Gaynor c | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| A. Ceniceros dh | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Robbie Espinosa dh | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Wyatt McGinnis cf | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| M. Hascup ph | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ryan Rafferty 3b | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Chris Conception ph | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Colin Conroy 2b | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| N. Hathaway ph | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nick Jacobson 3b | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jakob Pena ph | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Matt Montoya p | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sam Gutierrez p | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dominic Dipaolo p | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| B. Chambers p | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 32 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 6 |
| BATTING | |||||||
| RBI: Tyler Wagner GIDP: Cole Joy; N. Hathaway |
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| BASERUNNING | |||||||
| FIELDING | |||||||
| E: Ryan Rafferty DP: T. Odekirk; Tyler Wagner 2; Colin Conroy 2; Dominic Dipaolo |
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Grossmont |
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| PITCHERS | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | HR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Donavon McCrystal | 4.0 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| T. Holdgrafe (W, 8-0) | 5.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| Totals | 9.0 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 0 |
| PITCHING | |||||||
| Batters Faced: Donavon McCrystal 18; T. Holdgrafe 18 | |||||||
Irvine Valley |
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| PITCHERS | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | HR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Matt Montoya (L, 0-1) | 3.1 | 8 | 10 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 1 |
| Sam Gutierrez | 0.2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Dominic Dipaolo | 3.2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| B. Chambers | 1.1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Totals | 9.0 | 15 | 13 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 2 |
| PITCHING | |||||||
| Batters Faced: Matt Montoya 21; Sam Gutierrez 3; Dominic Dipaolo 14; B. Chambers 6 HBP: Matt Montoya |
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