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- Updated: April 7, 2026
2026 EAST COUNTY PREP BASEBALL
East County Sports.com
EL CAJON — Based on the statistics, Santana Sultans pitcher Tatum Morehouse ranks among the top moundsmen in East County.
The most impressive number for Morehouse: an earned0run average under 1.00.
Then how do you explain the one number which contradicts his impressive ERA> The sophomore has yet to collect victory in his varsity career.
The bad luck following Morehouse continued Tuesday (Apr. 7), as all four runs allowed by the right-hander were unearned, including three in the bottom of the seventh inning in a walk-off setback to the Christian Patriots, 4-3.
The Sultans offense wasn’t great yet good enough, scoring three runs on just four hits. However, a pair of critical errors on defense ruined another strong outing by Morehouse.
“Tatum threw great and definitely didn’t deserve to lose,” said Patriots head coach Mike Mitchell. “One errant throw and a bad bounce and we ended up walking it off.”
The ballgame was finally decided when Santana failed to properly field a soft grounder, and get to the ball to the plate for a force out. allowing freshman Talon Brown to tally the tie-breaking run.
The inning started on a lead walk to Israel Sanchez on a 3-2 pitch, followed by a one-out basehit from Coulter, The RBI liner to left cut the deficit to 3-2.
Talon Brown walker, forcing pinch-runner Aaron Ugbah to second base.
Santana changed pitchers, but the bullpen wasn’t ready, first with three pitches that missed the strike, then the fielding error which allowed one run to score, then the ball bounded around the backstop for Christian to post the game-winning run.
From the Sultans’ point of view, it couldn’t get uglierl the Sultans (6-10 overall) have dropped four straight.
The Patriots (8-7-1) finished without an RBI, yet downed Santana for the second time in a week.
Driving in runs for Santana were Morehouse and designated hitter Xander Bennett, when the ballclub scored all of its runs in the second inning (one earned).
— Nick Pellegrino
