Patriot Carlock wins final career start

Meekins threw two scoreless innings of relief and Will Carlock delivered the final scoreless frame of the six-inning contest.

Will Carlock also drove in three runs with three hits and scored three times. He got to play every position at some point during the game.

“I am a utility player, whether it be in baseball or football,” Will Carlock said. “At first, it started kind of as a joke to play all nine spots but I feel that I bring a lot of value and versatility to any team I play on. I am super blessed that coach (Mike) Mitchell let me do that and I got to finish my brother’s last game.”

Christian scored nine runs in the first and six more in the third, buoyed by the homers. The Pats had another six-spot in the fifth.

Senior Eric Markowicz had three hits, scored twice, and drove in a run.

The Patriots close out the season against a Mission Bay squad in effort to complete a perfect league season.

The Bucs have had a good season but just ran into a sweep by the La Jolla Vikings this week.

“Definitely not looking past Mission Bay,” Ross said. “We have a job to do next week and we plan on getting it done as we have all year. Finishing off strong will be essential to us going into our playoff run.”

Mountain Empire 19, Liberty Charter 4

CAMPO — There are some players than one particular opponent– good or not — simply can’t get out. For Mountain Empire, Jacobe Noland has two ballclubs that can’t stop his bat.

After posting four RBI twice against Kearny earlier this season, Noland now does even better against Liberty Charter. After an earlier four-RBI performance, the senior posted a new season-best by driving in six runs, leading the RedHawks to a 19-4 pasting of visiting Liberty Charter of Lemon Grove.

Mountain Empire registered at least three runs in each of the team’s five trips to the plate Thursday (May 27), racing to the victory in six innings in Summit League play.

The RedHawks needed just two batters to open the scoring, courtesy of Noland. Following a lead single and a stolen base by Dakota Hatmaker, Noland sent a hard grounder through the left side for his first RBI.

Noland later added a run-scoring double in the second inning, then a two-run double in the third to stake the hosts to a 10-1 advantage. He finished his streak of at least one RBI in all five frames with RBI singles in the fourth and fifth innings in a 5-for-5 outing by the club’s designated hitter.

Meanwhile, shortstop Marcus Smith batted 3-for-4 with a walk, good for three RBI. The senior has now knocked in seven runs in two contests against the Lions.

Hatmaker also registered three hits as part of a 19-hit attack, while Angel Jimenez, Cristian Corona and Alex Schachner posted two hits each.

Schachner was also the winning pitcher with a complete game, 4-hitter.  He only struck out four batters, but more importantly, walked just one for Mountain Empire (7-7 overall, 2-3 league)

Liberty Charter (1-7, 0-5 league) received run productions from leadoff hitter Michael Schallock and Orion Bearce.

Eastern League

DEL CERRO —- The Patrick Henry Patriots, which were idle on Thursday (May 27), now have company at the top of the Eastern League standings.Clairemont moved into a first-place deadlock after whipping University City, 7-1. The decision moved the Chieftains into a tie with the Patriots at 9-3. Meanwhile, Coronado downed last-place Serra, 8-05, to move to with one full game of the top spot.

However, in next week’s final set of three-game series, Patrick Henry get sto meet the last-place Conquistadors..

Meanwhile, Coronado and Clairemont battling three times, with the Islanders getting the extra home game. The winner of the series more-than-likely will need to sweep or hope for at least one Serra upset victory to forge a co-championship.