February 18, 2009 - Results
Dons Continue to Roll; Beat Rio Hondo College 13-0

SANTA ANA, CA - The Santa Ana College (SAC) baseball team started the game with three-straight walks setting up Derek Eligio for the grand slam home run sparking the Dons 13-0 shutout victory over Rio Hondo College. The win improves the Dons to 9-2 on the season while Rio Hondo College falls to 2-6.

Marcus Piazzisi and Matt Hart walked on eight straight pitches followed by Chris Miller who drew a walk on a full count. Derek Eligio followed with his second home run of the season, first grand slam, to put SAC up 4-0.

James Davis reached in the next at-bat after being hit by a pitch and later scored on a sacrifice fly by Julian Duran to put the Dons up 5-0 in the first frame.

Miller hit a two RBI-single in the bottom of the second scoring Piazzisi and Hart to extend the Dons lead to 7-0. Jake Eccles reached on an error later in the inning allowing Eligio to score to make the score 8-0.

After a scoreless third, James Davis hit a two-run home run in the fourth and Duran scored later in the inning on a RBI-double by Cory Goodchild making the score 11-0.

The Dons final two runs came in the sixth inning when Daniel Voorheis reached on a throwing error. Nick Benvenuto scored from second and Brian Boles was able to score when Voorheis got caught in a rundown between second and third.

Christian Meza improved to 2-0 after scattering two hits over six innings with six strikeouts and only three walks. Daniel Fenwick, Nicholas Perez and Michael Steele each worked one inning to preserve the Dons shutout.

Next: Santa Ana at Rio Hondo, Friday, February 20 at 2:00 p.m.