Strong suffers first loss of season, as City edges Griffs

By ECS Staff
Updated: April 6, 2016

2016 GROSSMONT COLLEGE BASEBALL

By Chris Davis
© East County Sports.com

MORLEY FIELD (4-6-16) — The Grossmont College Griffins allowed three runs in the bottom of the sixth, as San Diego City earned a 5-4 Pacific Coast Athletic Conference game win in Balboa Park.

Both teams collected eight hits.

ALAN STRONG (7-1, Santana) suffered his first loss of the season after allowing five runs on seven hits and a pair of free passes over his five and 2/3rds innings pitched. He also registered his eighth game of five or more strikeouts this season.

NOAH STROHL (La Jolla) had a game-high three hits in five at bats.

TANNER PERRY (Steele Canyon) was hit by an inside pitch to begin the game. ROBERT BOSTEDT (Granite Hills) drew a walk to put runners on first and second without the aid of a hit. Perry was subsequently caught stealing as the backend of a strike ‘em out-throw ‘em out double play. Strohl then got the no-hitter out of the way with a single to center that brought Bostedt home for a 1-0 Griffin (19-9, 12-4 PCAC) lead. After a wild pitch allowed Strohl to get to second, JUSTEN BURKEY doubled to the left field wall to allow Strohl to score the second run of the game for the Green and Gold.

City (12-9, 7-5 PCAC) scored twice in the bottom of the frame to tie the game up at 2-each.

In the third inning, Bostedt walked to begin the frame. TRAVOR BEARD (San Clemente) walked to push the right fielder to second. Strohl singled up the middle to score Bostedt and give the Griffins a 3-2 lead. Beard was thrown out trying to get to third.

Three innings later, JUSTIN MITCHELL (Granite Hills) doubled to left to begin the threat. He would move up to third on a ground out for the first out of the inning. MICHAEL DIFFLEY (Granite Hills) singled through the left side to allow Mitchell to make it 4-2 Grossmont.

The Knights would score the previously mentioned three runs in the bottom of the frame to take the eventual winning score of 5-4.

Grossmont would not be able to get a runner past second the rest of the day.

The same two teams will continue their series on Thursday (April 7) at Noel Mickelsen Field at 2 p.m.

Grossmont vs San Diego
@ San Diego, Calif. | Morley Field

4/5/2016 at 2 p.m.

Grossmont
4

San Diego
5

FINAL	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Grossmont (19-9, 12-4)	2	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	4	8	2
San Diego (12-9, 7-5)	2	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	X	5	8	1

HITTERS	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	LOB
Grossmont
Tanner Perry cf	3	0	0	0	1	0	1
Robert Bostedt rf	3	2	0	0	2	1	1
Travor Beard c	2	0	0	0	3	1	0
Christophe Martinez c	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Noah Strohl dh	5	1	3	2	0	0	1
Justen Burkey 3b	4	0	1	1	0	1	1
Andres Rios 2b	4	0	1	0	0	0	2
Justin Mitchell 1b	4	1	1	0	0	3	2
Sean Crosby lf	3	0	0	0	0	1	0
Cabot Van til lf	1	0	0	0	0	1	0
Michael Diffley ss	4	0	2	1	0	0	1
Alan Strong p	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Andrew Schultz p	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Totals	33	4	8	4	6	8	9
BATTING
2B: Justen Burkey; Justin Mitchell RBI: Noah Strohl 2; Justen Burkey; Michael Diffley GIDP: Tanner Perry
BASERUNNING
SB: Andres Rios CS: Tanner Perry
FIELDING
E: Justen Burkey; Andrew Schultz DP: Justen Burkey; Justin Mitchell

HITTERS	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	LOB
San Diego
Scott Martinez cf	3	1	1	1	0	0	2
Anthony Warneke ss	3	0	2	2	0	0	0
John Salda c	4	0	1	0	0	1	2
Tyler Flores rf	4	1	0	0	0	0	2
Frank Lopez 1b	3	0	1	0	1	0	1
Dylan Dudley dh	1	0	0	0	0	1	1
Zach Perez dh	3	1	0	0	0	2	0
Spencer Jeffreys 1b	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Lorenzo Martinez 2b	4	0	1	0	0	1	0
Diego Blanco 3b	4	1	1	0	0	1	0
Addison Hull lf	2	1	1	0	1	0	0
Garrett Yocum p	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Totals	31	5	8	3	2	6	8
BATTING
2B: Anthony Warneke 3B: Frank Lopez RBI: Scott Martinez; Anthony Warneke 2 Sac: Scott Martinez; Anthony Warneke GIDP: Scott Martinez
BASERUNNING

FIELDING
E: Anthony Warneke DP: Frank Lopez; Lorenzo Martinez; Diego Blanco

PITCHERS	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR
Grossmont
Alan Strong (L, 7-1)	5.2	7	5	3	2	5	0
Andrew Schultz	2.1	1	0	0	0	1	0
Totals	8.0	8	5	3	2	6	0
PITCHING
Batters Faced: Alan Strong 29; Andrew Schultz 8 HBP: Alan Strong 2

PITCHERS	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR
San Diego
Garrett Yocum (W, 3-3)	8.0	8	4	4	5	7	0
Frank Lopez (Sv, 1)	1.0	0	0	0	1	1	0
Totals	9.0	8	4	4	6	8	0
PITCHING
Batters Faced: Frank Lopez 4; Garrett Yocum 36 HBP: Garrett Yocum

SCORING SUMMARY
GROSSMONT – TOP 1ST
Noah Strohl singled to center field, RBI; Robert Boste scored.
Justen Burke doubled to left field, RBI; Noah Strohl scored.
SAN DIEGO – BOTTOM 1ST
Tyler Flores advanced to second on a wild pitch; Scott Martin scored on a wild pitch, unearned.
GROSSMONT – TOP 3RD
Noah Strohl singled up the middle, RBI; Travor Beard advanced to second, out at third cf to 3b; Robert Boste scored.
GROSSMONT – TOP 6TH
Michael Diff singled through the left side, RBI; Justin Mitch scored.
SAN DIEGO – BOTTOM 6TH
Scott Martin hit by pitch, RBI; Addison Hull advanced to second; Diego Blanco advanced to third; Zach Perez scored.
Anthony Warn doubled to right field, 2 RBI; Scott Martin advanced to third; Addison Hull scored; Diego Blanco scored.

	Pacific Coast			Overall
	GP	Record	Win %	GP	Record	Win %	Last 10	Streak
Grossmont	16	12-4	0.750	28	19-9	0.679	6-4	Lost 1
Mt. San Jacinto	13	9-4	0.692	25	13-12	0.520	7-3	Won 1
Palomar	15	10-5	0.667	27	15-12	0.556	7-3	Won 2
San Diego	12	7-5	0.583	21	12-9	0.571	6-4	Won 4
Southwestern	13	7-6	0.538	25	11-14	0.440	6-4	Lost 1
San Diego Mesa	15	5-10	0.333	26	9-17	0.346	3-7	Lost 1
Imperial Valley	16	0-16	0.000	28	4-24	0.143	0-10	Lost 17