Griffins defy omens to win 13th straight game

By ECS Staff
Updated: March 16, 2016

2016 GROSSMONT COLLEGE BASEBALL

By Bill Dickens
© East County Sports.com

EL CAJON (3-16-16) — Grossmont College stretched its winning streak to 13 games with a 1-0 victory over visiting Palomar College on Tuesday (Mar. 15) at Noel Mickelsen Field.

The Griffins scored the only run of the game in the fifth inning when TANNER PERRY slugged a single and NOAH STROHL drew a walk. JUSTEN BURKEY then delivered the game winning RBI single.

The Griffins turned in a powerful pitching performance led by ALAN STRONG who pitched seven shutout innings, recording five strikeouts in seven frames.

ANDREW SCHULTZ picked up the pace with a shutout eighth inning with a strikeout.

AARON CROSS finished the job with one inning to earn the save.

Palomar vs Grossmont
@ Grossmont

3/15/2016 at 2:00 PM

Palomar
0

Grossmont
1

FINAL	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Palomar (0-0)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
Grossmont (0-0)	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	6	0

HITTERS	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	LOB
Palomar
Casey Henderson ss	3	0	0	0	1	0	0
Niko Holm 1b	4	0	2	0	0	1	0
Nashea Diggs 1b	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Chase Grant cf	3	0	0	0	0	1	3
Efrain Medina cf	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Sam Casinelli cf	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Grant Buck dh	3	0	0	0	0	1	0
Joel Mitchell dh	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Cole Brooks lf	4	0	0	0	0	0	1
John Mackay c	2	0	0	0	0	0	0
Mitchell Hayes 3b	3	0	0	0	0	1	1
Shane Olson rf	2	0	0	0	0	1	0
Dylan Breault rf	1	0	0	0	0	1	0
Mitchell Gallagher 2b	3	0	1	0	0	0	0
Carter Johnson p	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Connor Stotz p	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Totals	30	0	3	0	1	6	5
BATTING

BASERUNNING

FIELDING
DP: Casey Henderson; Niko Holm; Mitchell Gallagher

HITTERS	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	LOB
Grossmont
Robert Bostedt rf	3	0	0	0	1	0	0
Tanner Perry cf	4	1	2	0	0	1	0
Noah Strohl dh	2	0	0	0	2	1	1
Justen Burkey 3b	4	0	1	0	0	1	0
Travor Beard c	3	0	1	0	1	0	2
Justin Mitchell 1b	4	0	1	0	0	1	3
Andres Rios 2b	3	0	1	0	1	1	1
Cabot Van til lf	3	0	0	0	0	0	2
Michael Diffley ss	2	0	0	0	1	1	0
Alan Strong p	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Andrew Schultz p	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Aaron Cross p	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Totals	28	1	6	0	6	6	9
BATTING
2B: Justin Mitchell 3B: Tanner Perry GIDP: Robert Bostedt
BASERUNNING
CS: Andres Rios
FIELDING

PITCHERS	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR
Palomar
Carter Johnson (L, 0-0)	4.2	5	1	1	6	3	0
Connor Stotz	3.1	1	0	0	0	3	0
Totals	8.0	6	1	1	6	6	0
PITCHING
Batters Faced: Carter Johnson 23; Connor Stotz 11

PITCHERS	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR
Grossmont
Alan Strong (W, 0-0)	7.0	2	0	0	1	5	0
Andrew Schultz	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0
Aaron Cross (Sv, 1)	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0
Totals	9.0	3	0	0	1	6	0
PITCHING
Batters Faced: Alan Strong 25; Andrew Schultz 3; Aaron Cross 4 HBP: Alan Strong