Tigers’ Sachs keeps Griffins off sacks
- Updated: February 12, 2019
2019 COMMUNITY COLLEGE BASEBALL
By Nick Pellegrino
East County Sports staff writer
RIVERSIDE (2-13-2019) – Diminutive Riverside College pitcher Ethan Sachs, who is listed at 5-foot-10, 150-pounds, yet seems much smaller, fired five innings of 1-hit ball, as the host Tigers squashed Grossmont College, 4-0, Tuesday (Feb. 12) ay Evans Sports Complex.
Sachs, who is normally a freshman reliever yet was granted his initial career start, carried a no-hitter into the fifth inning when Griffins catcher J
Riverside (7-3 overall; ranked No. 6 in the Southland) followed with three relief pitchers which did not yield a base hit in the 1-0 non-conference shutout. Included were three strikeouts over two frames by Drew D’Ambra, as RCC pitchers also coaxed a pair of double-play groundballs to further stymie the 15th-ranked G-House (4-2).
The Tigers registered the lone run they needed with catcher Steve Ramirez lifted a sacrifice fly in the third.
Meanwhile, five Grossmont pitchers combined on yielding just six hits, including a perfect frame by reliever Ivan Canales (Steele Canyon).
It’s the second time Riverside has downed Grossmont this season, both at home by identical 4-0 scores for the
The Griffins have already
Meanwhile, it’s wait-and-see on Saturday morning’s game against No. 17 Long Beach to be played at San Diego City College’s home field of Morley Field in Balboa Park.
