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Simmons’ homer lifts Griffs over Glendale
- Updated: February 21, 2019
Grossmont following the win on Tuesday.
2019 COMMUNITY COLLEGE BASEBALL
East County Sports staff report
COMPTON (2-21-2019)- Santana High product Terrence Simmons slugged a tie-breaking, 2-run homer in the 8th inning Tuesday (Feb.19), powering Grossmont College to a 7-5 triumph over Glendale College in non-conference baseball action.
The next day, the Griffins (5-3 overall) completed their 2-day trip to greater Los Angeles with a 9-7 setback to host Compton College as all Southland schools scramble to fit contests into their rain-plagued schedules.
Simmons, a freshman left fielder who was batting in the No. 9 spot in the Grossmont batting order, tackled a fastball and sent it over the barrier at historic Casey Stengel Field.
The rally started with a lead single by Eddie Velazco.
Grossmont starting pitcher Anders Tolhurst finally came out after 8 strong innings, gaining the win when Michael Bovee pitched a perfect 9th inning to garner his first save.
Simmons batted 2-for-3 with 2 runs scored, while third baseman Joshua Verdon belted a3-run double in the 4th to give Grossmont a 5-2 lead before Glendale (3-3) got even in the bottom of the fourth.
Compton 9, Grossmont 7: On Wednesday (Feb. 20), trailing almost the entire gamer, the Griffins got even in the 9th on a sacrifice fly by Trevor Hazelhurst (Granite Hills). However, the host Tartars answered with a walk-off, 2-run homer by clean-up hitter Dominic
A rally by Grossmont saw Aidan Rasmusson (Santana) stroke a lead double, moving to third base on a sacrifice bunt by Joshua Verdon (Granite Hills) before Hazel
However, a 1-
The Tartars (3-7) collected 18 hits, including three each by
For Grossmont, third baseman Joshua Verdon and left fielder Alexei Andranovich each had two hits, but the ballclub managed just six overall.
