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Dons Blank East LA 6-0 in Hornet Hardball Classic
SANTA ANA, CA - The Santa Ana College (SAC) baseball team defeated visiting East Los Angeles College (ELAC) 6-0 in the first game of the Hornet Hardball Classic. The win improves the Dons to 18-7 while the Huskies fall to 15-8.
SAC's offense got rolling early in the second inning when Kyle Hardman (Mission Viejo HS) led the inning off with a single through the left-side. Crispin Tarango (Diamond Bar HS) later reached on a fielder's choice to give the Dons two base runners. In the next at-bat, James Davis (Garden Grove HS) gave SAC a 3-0 lead when he hit a three-run homerun to left-centerfield.
Derek Eligio (Esperanza HS) extended SAC's lead to 4-0 in the sixth inning when he scored Nate Bridges (Villa Park HS) on a single. The Dons' final two runs came in the seventh inning when Matt Allen (Orange HS) scored Travis Leverson (Chaparral HS) and Jake Eccles (Temescal Canyon HS) with a double to centerfield.
Brandon Pinder (Centennial HS) earned the win for the Dons as he pitched seven shutout innings. Brad Wilson (Pacifica HS) pitched two innings to preserve the shutout.
NEXT: Citrus at Santa Ana, Wednesday, March 19 at 2:00 p.m. |
