ROUNDUP: Sultans, Foothillers win

By Bill Dickens
Updated: May 6, 2017

2017 EAST COUNTY PREP BASEBALL

By Bill Dickens
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EL CAJON (5-6-17) — The Santana Sultans maintained a one-game lead over the Helix Highlanders as they defeated the El Capitan Vaqueros in Friday’s (May 5) Grossmont Hills League game

Santana further gripped on its lead in the GHL by burying El Capitan, 13-1.

The Sultans hammered out 16 hits in the victory, which COLTON CALVERT, BROCK ELLIS and LOGAN LINSCOTT combined to spin a shutout of the Vaqueros.

Once again NOAH NUNEZ applied the hammer for Santana, going 3-for-3 with 2 runs scored. Nunez cracked 3 doubles in the game.

Calvert supplied an extra boost as he was 3-for-3 with 2 runs scored and 2 RBI.

It was basically a free-for-all for Santana, which included a home run in the 6-run 4^th inning by TRISTEN SALINAS.

GROSSMONT 7, GRANITE HILLS 4 – Granite Hills, which has been slumping most of the season, got off to a positive start when SEAN ROSS smacked a leadoff home run in the first inning of Friday’s (May 5) Grossmont Hills League game.

TREVOR HAZELHURST singled on a line drive in the early inning to score JOSH VERDON.

It was short-lived, however, as the Eagles pitching staff kept dealing hits and Grossmont (5-3 GHL, 13-12) took advantage of them.

JAYDEN LOMBARDO blasted a home run in the bottom of the 3^rd, scoring AUSTIN ODOM, who had got on base with a line drive to center to tie it up at 2-apiece.

Granite Hills showed some spark as Hazelhurst hit a line drive to right in the top of the 4th. TREVOR OMAHEN doubled on a line drive to center, scoring BRADY JOSLYN.

In the 5^th inning, Grossmont erupted for 4 runs as Lombardo walked and JESSE GARCIA was hit by a pitch. JACKSON HULETT doubled on a line drive, scoring Lombardo, and CHRIS GIOVENGO to score Garcia. NOAH LEVIN walked and GIOVANI GIGANTI singled on a line drive to center and Hulett and Giovengo both scored.

In the 6^th inning, Lombardo singled on a line drive to left. One out later Hulett got on base with an infield single, scoring Lombardo.

CATHEDRAL CATHOLIC 4, HELIX 3 – In a battle of Top 10 teams Friday (May 5) the Cathedral Catholic Dons skated by the Helix Highlanders 4-3 in non-league action in La Mesa.

After falling behind early Helix was able to score two runs in the 5^th and one in the 6^th but it was too little, too late had Cathedral taken a 4-0 lead.

ERICK SMELKO was 1-for-4 with a RBI, as was HUNTER ISBELL and CARLOS OQUITA.

AUSTIN KRETZSCHMAR was 2-for-3 with a run and a RBI, and MATTHEW RICHARDSON was 2-for-3 with a run scored. He also had a double as did Oquita and Kretzschmar.

FOOTHILLS CHRISTIAN 15, ARMY-NAVY 0 – The Knights won by a 15-0 count for the second-consecutive day against Army-Navy, this time five Foothills Christian hurlers combined for a no-hitter.

The game was moved to West Hills High after standing water made the field at Barona unplayable.

Senior JOE KANG drove in four runs and senior BRADLEY BROWN added three RBI for FCHS.

Senior JOSH GATES and junior BAILEY LEWIS hit home runs for the Knights.

Kang pitched three innings for FCHS (4-0 Ocean, 17-8), striking out three.

No further information was received for this Ocean League game.

Fri., May 5, 2017
Grossmont Hills League
SULTANS 13, VAQUEROS 1
El Capitan     ab r h bi Santana        ab r h bi
Bell c          4 0 0 0  Salinas         4 1 2 2
Montejano 3b    3 1 2 0  Sampson cf      1 0 0 0
Donahue dh      3 0 0 0  Rasmusson ss    5 1 1 0
Lindsay ss      3 0 0 0  NNunez 1b       3 2 3 0
Markle 2b       3 0 1 0  Alesi 1b        2 0 0 0
Barker lf       2 0 1 0  Simmons dh      2 2 1 1
Peyton 1b       2 0 0 0  Jackson dh      1 0 0 0
Olivieri ph     1 0 0 0  Calvert p       3 2 3 2
Benedetto p     3 0 2 0  Kane lf         1 0 1 1
Cunningham rf   2 0 1 0  Tolhurst 2b     2 1 1 1
Johnson ph      1 0 0 0  Allen-Fox c     2 2 2 2
                         Sergent c       1 0 0 0 
                         Oedewaldt 3b    2 0 0 0
                         Stemmler 3b     1 1 0 0
                         Ellis lf        2 0 1 2
                         Taylor ph       1 1 1 0
TOTALS         27 1 7 0  TOTALS      33 13 16 11

 El Capitan (5-18,  0-8) 100 000 0 -  1  7 2
 Santana     (17-7, 7-1) 002 612 x – 13 16 1

GWRBI-Salinas.
E-EC 2, Rasmusson.
LOB-EC 6, Sant 8.
2B-NNunez 3, Calvert, Taylor. HR-Salinas (2) 4^th, solo. 
SB-Simmons, Allen-Fox. Sac-Barker, Tolhurst. SF-Allen-Fox.

PITCHING SUMMARY
El Capitan       ip  h  r er bb so
 Benedetto  L   3.2 13 10  9  1  4
 Bell           2.1  3  3  1  0  4
Santana
 Calvert W(5-2) 5.0  5  1  0  0  5
 Ellis          1.0  1  0  0  0  0
 Linscott       1.0  0  0  0  0  0
HBP-by Benedetto (Oedewaldt, Simmons), by Bell (Stemmler).

FOOTHILLERS 7, EAGLES 4
Granite Hills   ab r h bi Grossmont      ab r h bi
Ross cf          2 1 1 1  Ford cf         4 0 0 0
Verdon p-3b      4 1 2 0  Odom dh         4 1 1 0
Cossio 3b-rf     4 0 0 0  Lombardo rf     3 3 3 2
Hazelhurst rf-p  4 1 2 1  JGarcia 1b      3 1 1 0
Fenn 1b          3 0 0 0  Hulett p-lf     4 1 3 2
Joslyn c         3 1 1 1  Giovengo ss     4 1 1 1
Omahen ss        3 0 2 1  Levin 2b        1 0 0 0
Cummings dh      2 0 0 0  Parent 3b       2 0 0 0
Anderson lf      3 0 0 0  Giganti c       3 0 2 2
                          Russell lf      - - - -
TOTALS          28 4 8 4  TOTALS        28 7 11 7

 Granite Hills (11-13, 2-6) 200 200 0 – 4  8 1
 Grossmont     (12-13, 5-4) 002 041 x – 7 11 2

E-Omahen, Hulett, Russell.
DP-GH 2, Gro 3.
LOB-EC 6, Gro 7.
2B-Omahen, Hulett. HR-Ross 1^st, solo; Lombardo 3^rd, one on. 
SB-Hulett. Sac-Cummings, Fenn, Parent. 

PITCHING SUMMARY

Granite Hills     ip  h  r er bb so
 Verdon  L       4.2  9  6  6  3  1
 Hazelhurst      1.1  2  1  1  0  3
Grossmont

 Hulett  W       6.0  8  4  3  2  6
 Romero Sv       1.0  0  0  0  0  1
HBP-Verdon. WP-Hulett.

Non-League
DONS 4, HIGHLANDERS 3
Cathedral Catholic (19-6, 4-2) 013 000 0 – 4 8 1
Helix              (16-9, 6-2) 000 021 0 – 3 7 1
Ghumman, DeFelippi (6), Rons (7) and O’Brien. 
Jackson, Estrada (7) and Isbell. 
WP-Ghumman. LP-Jackson. Sv-Rons.



Ocean League
KNIGHTS 15, WARRIORS 0
Foothills Christian (17-8, 4-01) 028 500 0 – 15 16 0

Army-Navy            (4-13, 2-5) 000 000 0 -  0  0 5
(No further information provided.)