Steve Fairchild / Sports Writer | Posted: Friday, March 12, 2004 12:00 am
ARROYO GRANDE 7 Santa Barbara pitcher Freddy Vasquez fanned 11 batters to lead the Dons to a 6-3 win over Arroyo Grande Thursday in a Central Coast Preseason Tournament game at P.O.V.E. Field.
Vasquez pitched all seven innings, threw 118 total pitches and held the Eagles to four hits with two walks.
"Their pitcher did a good job spotting his curve ball and kept us off balance," said Eagles/ coach Brad Lachemann.
Santa Barbara (2-0) capitalized on Arroyo Grande/s early season mistakes. The Eagles made four costly errors and Arroyo Grande/s starting pitcher, Wade Morrison, hit three batters.
"This was a good test," said Lachemann. "It/s good for our guys to know where they/re at because they need to do some work."
The Dons scored twice in the first inning. Chance McCullough doubled to score Marcus Mokales and McCullough scored when Eagles/ Chris McCall overthrew third base after a dropped third strike.
In the second inning, Kevin Dunn hit a double and scored when a throw from right field skidded past Jason Harris at third base. Mokales/ single scored Jeff Allen who was hit by a pitch to get on base.
"We gave them enough runs to beat us and they didn/t give us anything," said Lachemann. "When you spot a team like this that many runs you/re going to have problems unless you go swing and we didn/t go swing today."
The Eagles (2-1) kept the game close early as Arroyo Grande/s Harris singled and was brought home by Gil Buenrostro/s sacrifice in the first inning. Brandon King hit a double and Harris brought him and Jason Wysong (walk) home with a hard-grounder up the middle in the second.
But that was it for the Eagles. Vasquez struck out three hitters 7 Buenrostro, Morrison and King 7 in a row in the third and rode that momentum to the end.
"The big turnaround was the third inning when he struck out three big hitters," said Santa Barbara coach Mike Cooney. "We know these guys. They/re good hitters. You can/t come at them with fast balls … . That/s all you can do is try to be one step ahead of them."
Santa Ynez 8, Morro Bay 3
SANTA YNEZ 7 Colton Poor and Bret Jenkins had three hits each in what Santa Ynez coach Dave Kuehn called "our offensive breakthrough" in a CCPT victory over Morro Bay.
Krys Cash and Dillon Downey added two hits each in the 12-hit Santa Ynez barrage, with Cash driving in three runs in the win. Poor had two RBIs, while Jenkins scored two runs.
Anthony Martin struck out five in his four-plus innings of work for the victory.
SLO 10, SJ 3
The Knights fell to 0-2 by dropping their home opener. Sam Hinden hit a two-run home run for the Knights.
Softball
Righetti 4, Rancho Cordova 0
SACRAMENTO 7 At the Tournament of Champions in Sacramento, Righetti pitcher Carissa Segura struck out 13 and walked none in a complete game one-hitter.
Krista Sua hit a home run for the Warriors, who won their opener. Righetti plays Vintage of Napa at 11 a.m. and Wooster, a defending Nevada divisional champion, at 1:45 p.m. today. Wooster is based in Reno.
Tennis
St. Joseph 15, Nipomo 3
The Knights used their singles play to get off to a good start to Los Padres League play against the Titans.
Tim Schweigert led the Knights (1-0, 3-0) with a 6-0, 6-0, 6-0 sweep from No. 2 singles, while No. 1 player Graham Ortiz swept 6-2, 6-1, 6-0.
Brandon Kiser and Bobby Merrill added a 6-1, 6-1, 6-2 sweep at No. 1 doubles.
Santa Ynez 12, Cabrillo 6
SANTA YNEZ 7 Two doubles sweeps for the Pirates, allowing only four games in those six sets, helped the hosts earn a LPL-opening victory over the Conquistadores (0-1, 1-2).
Erik Reif and Nick Keller led the way at No. 1 doubles with a 6-0, 6-0, 6-1 sweep, while the No. 2 team of Garrett Gunning and Steve Sauer added 6-2, 6-0, 6-1 sweep.
Colin Pollock also added a 6-4, 6-3, 6-3 sweep at No. 1 singles.
Lompoc 15, Santa Maria 3
Two sweeps in doubles for the Braves, along with Manuel Velario/s 6-3, 6-2, 6-0 sweep at No. 1 singles helped the visitors pick up an LPL victory over the host Knights.
Gabe Samano and Sean Gunn added a 6-1, 6-3, 6-0 sweep at No. 2 doubles for the Braves, while the No. 3 team of Adam Mulholland and Will Sabing added a 6-0, 6-4, 6-0 sweep.
Santa Maria (0-1, 1-3) picked up two set wins from No. 1 singles player Ricky Chan, who finished 3-6, 6-2, 6-0.
Santa Maria hosts Santa Ynez on Thursday.
Volleyball
SLO 3, St. Joseph 0
SAN LUIS OBISPO 7 The Knights dropped a 27-25, 26-24, 25-22 non-league decision to the Tigers despite 15 kills by Charlie Sheaff.
Brett Klinesmith and Matt Segura added eight kills each in the loss for the Knights (1-1).
St. Joseph travels to the Laguna Blanca Tournament in Santa Barbara on Saturday.
DP 3, Righetti 0
The Warriors were sept 25-18, 25-15, 27-25 at home in their opener. Shawn Gutierrez racked up 12 kills and Shane Davis had 11.
Golf
AG 407, Cabrillo 408
VANDENBERG VILLAGE 7 Kurtis Kabara and Max Meserve each shot rounds of 80 to lead the Eagles to a narrow non-league victory over the Conquistadores at Village Country Club.
Phil Grimmitt and Preston Davidson shared medalist honors for Cabrillo with rounds of 79.
Ryan Nash and Bryan Pierce shot rounds of 81 for Arroyo Grande (4-1).
Track
RHS girls 75, SB 52
RHS boys 76, SB 61
SANTA BARBARA 7 At La Playa Stadium on the Santa Barbara City College campus, Jesus Solis led the Warrior boys to victory by winning the 800 (2:10.3), 1,600 (4:30.7) and 3,200 (10:10.47) meter races.
Other Righetti boys individual winners included Mark Malangko (100), Chris Brooms (200), Jon Dally (high jump), and Jake Claborn (discus and shot put). Tyler Hogan, Malangko, Aaron Herbert and Brooms comprised Righetti/s victorious 400 relay team.
Jordan Jackson scored a sprint double for the Righetti girls. She also ran on the Warriors/ winning 400 and 1,600 relay teams.
Individual winners for the Warriors included Elise Olden (400 meters), Monica Pelido (1,600), Sarah McBeth (long jump), Misty Epperson (shot put), Hazel Putney (high jump) and Kenna Wolter (triple jump).
SLO boys 111, SM 15
SLO girls 93, SM 26
At the Saints/ track, Alma Olmedo was the lone Santa Maria winner. She took the girls 3,200 in 13:21.85.
March 12, 2004