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- Updated: February 24, 2017
2017 GROSSMONT COLLEGE BASEBALL
By Bill Dickens
© East County Sports.com
EL CAJON (2-24-17) — Grossmont College’s TREVOR BEARD slashed a 3-run homer to left field in the bottom of the 7th to give the Griffins a 7-6 lead over visiting Irvine Valley College on Thursday (Feb. 23), and then held on to clip the Anteaters 10-7.
The Griffins took a 3-1 lead in the second inning as MICHAEL DIFFLEY doubled to left center and advanced to third on an error by the left fielder for two RBI.
CABOT VAN TIL doubled down the left field line in the same inning and Diffley scored.
Irvine Valley added a run on a bunt single in the 4th.
The Anteaters fought back to make it 6-4 after six innings.
In the 8th inning, JUSTEN BURKEY ripped a single to left field to drive in the winning markers after Irvine Valley had scored to the the game at 7-all in the top of the inning.
TIM HOLDGRAFER earned the win with 2 1/3 innnings of work, allowing a run and striking out three.
JAVIER DE LA TORRE got the save with a perfect ninth.
Irvine Valley vs Grossmont
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2/23/2017 at 2:00 PM
| Irvine Valley 7 |
Grossmont 10 |
| FINAL | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Irvine Valley (10-5) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 12 | 1 |
| Grossmont (4-5) | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | X | 10 | 14 | 1 |
Irvine Valley |
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| HITTERS | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | LOB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tyler Odekirk ss | 4 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ryan Rafferty 3b | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| Zack Stack rf | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Ryan Gaynor c | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Alec Ceniceros dh | 4 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Tyler Wagner 1b | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| Cain Allen lf | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Nick Jacobson ph | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Grant Rockefeller cf | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Colin Conroy 2b | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Austin Reynolds p | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sam Gutierrez p | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Rafael Salas p | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dominic Dipaolo p | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 38 | 7 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 10 |
| BATTING | |||||||
| 2B: Tyler Wagner 3B: Tyler Odekirk RBI: Tyler Odekirk; Ryan Rafferty; Ryan Gaynor; Alec Ceniceros 2; Tyler Wagner; Colin Conroy Sac: Ryan Rafferty |
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| BASERUNNING | |||||||
| SB: Colin Conroy CS: Colin Conroy |
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| FIELDING | |||||||
| E: Cain Allen | |||||||
Grossmont |
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| HITTERS | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | LOB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| David Maldonado cf | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| Reece Hernandez 2b | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Robert Bostedt lf | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| Noah Strohl 1b | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Eric De la Rosa dh | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Niko Navarro dh | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Justen Burkey 3b | 4 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Michael Diffley ss | 4 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| Trevor Beard c | 4 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| Cabot Van Til rf | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Donavon McCrystal p | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Hayden Shenefield p | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Foster McNary p | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tim Holdgrafer p | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Javier De la Torre p | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 36 | 10 | 14 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 9 |
| BATTING | |||||||
| 2B: Michael Diffley; Cabot Van Til HR: Trevor Beard RBI: Justen Burkey 3; Michael Diffley 3; Trevor Beard 3; Cabot Van Til |
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| BASERUNNING | |||||||
| CS: Justen Burkey | |||||||
| FIELDING | |||||||
| E: Noah Strohl | |||||||
Irvine Valley |
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| PITCHERS | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | HR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Austin Reynolds (L, 2-1) | 5.0 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 0 |
| Sam Gutierrez | 1.0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| Rafael Salas | 1.1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Dominic Dipaolo | 0.2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 8.0 | 14 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 1 |
| PITCHING | |||||||
| Batters Faced: Austin Reynolds 26; Sam Gutierrez 6; Rafael Salas 7; Dominic Dipaolo 5 | |||||||
Grossmont |
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| PITCHERS | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | HR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Donavon McCrystal | 4.1 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| Hayden Shenefield | 0.2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Foster McNary | 0.2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Tim Holdgrafer (W, 1-0) | 2.1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| Javier De la Torre (Sv, 1) | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 9.0 | 12 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 0 |
| PITCHING | |||||||
| Batters Faced: Donavon McCrystal 21; Hayden Shenefield 5; Foster McNary 6; Tim Holdgrafer 9; Javier De la Torre 3 HBP: Foster McNary; Tim Holdgrafer |
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| SCORING SUMMARY |
|---|
| IRVINE VALLEY – TOP 1ST |
| R. Rafferty grounded out to ss, RBI; T. Odekirk scored. |
| GROSSMONT – BOTTOM 2ND |
| M. Diffley doubled to left center, advanced to third on an error by lf, 2 RBI; J. Burkey scored; N. Navarro scored. |
| C. Til doubled down the lf line, RBI; T. Beard advanced to third; M. Diffley scored. |
| IRVINE VALLEY – TOP 4TH |
| C. Conroy singled, bunt, RBI; T. Wagner scored. |
| IRVINE VALLEY – TOP 5TH |
| A. Ceniceros singled down the rf line, 2 RBI; R. Gaynor advanced to third; Z. Stack scored; T. Odekirk scored. |
| T. Wagner reached first on an error by 1b, RBI; A. Ceniceros advanced to second; R. Gaynor scored. |
| IRVINE VALLEY – TOP 6TH |
| T. Odekirk singled to right field, RBI; C. Conroy scored. |
| GROSSMONT – BOTTOM 7TH |
| T. Beard homered to left field, 3 RBI; N. Navarro scored; N. Strohl scored. |
| IRVINE VALLEY – TOP 8TH |
| R. Gaynor singled through the left side, RBI; T. Odekirk scored. |
| GROSSMONT – BOTTOM 8TH |
| J. Burkey singled to left field, 2 RBI; E. la advanced to third; R. Bostedt scored; R. Hernandez scored. |
| M. Diffley singled to center field, RBI; J. Burkey advanced to second; E. la scored. |
