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ROUNDUP: Third playoff shutout for Matadors
- Updated: May 18, 2019
2019 EAST COUNTY PREP BASEBALL
ESCONDIDO (5-18-2019) – Mount Miguel High senior
The Mount Miguel pitching staff continued an
The shutout was the Matadors’ third straight in the
“Oh, my! That’s a “hole” lot of zeros!”
Beauzec struck out five Patriots
The only time Beauzec was in trouble came in the
Shortstop Austin Ortiz turned the twin-
“Our defense was on point today,” said second baseman JoJo Castillo.
“If we keep this intensity throughout playoffs, we’ll shock the county.”
The Mount Miguel runs nearly book-ended the ballgame,
In sharp contrast to their opponents, the Matadors
The quick lead saw Ortiz start with a lead single,
In the sixth, Trevor Darby opened with a line double.
“We set the tone by scoring first and our defense was
phenomenal and that’s what won us this game,” Darby said.
The insurance run proved important until the Matadors’
More defense occurred in the seventh, as Ortiz sent a
Beauzec then registered a pair of strikeouts in the
“The defense today was amazing,” Beauzec said.
“Absolutely helped me out on the mound.
I felt way more confident in throwing over
the plate and not the black letting my defense perform behind me.
“We hit the ball really well and only had two runs to show for, but that’s all we needed.
“When Trevor hit that double into left-center, it really kind of sparked us more because we needed to see something like that late in the game.
“Such a fun atmosphere to be in, and I’m so happy we all are in this together.”
Mount Miguel (14-17) advances to Tuesday’s winners
bracket final, meeting the victor in Saturday’s ga
between Pacific Ridge and CB-High Tech.
“The game was phenomenal and played extremely well,” Matador senior Erik Kelly said.
“The pitching was just what we needed and the defense was on fire.
“Shout-out to Nico (Camacho) for throwing 3 out (trying to steal).
“We are playing the best right now we ever have and this is not
going to stop until we come home with that ring!”
Camacho also had a hit in the contest.
“We didn’t have many hits to show for how we actually hit
because we put the ball in play every at-bat and we would
hit it hard but the wind would kill it,” Camacho said.
“But our defense and Cam’s pitching held us in there
and our team wants it more than anyone and we know we can do it.”
MT. CARMEL 5, WEST HILLS 0: At Rancho Peñasquitos,
The Sundevils tallied all of their runs in the fifth
Leadoff batter and third baseman Taka Horton knocked
Among the five Wolf Pack hits, one came from pinch-
The other knocks were by Gavin Kondyra, Devin
Mt. Carmel (14-15 overall) moves to Tuesday’s bracket
DIVISION V
CALVARY CHRISTIAN 11, MOUNTAIN EMPIRE 6: At
Mountain Empire tallied four times in the 1st inning,
However, only two of the runs were earned against
The Royal Knights also downed the RedHawks twice
In the first, four consecutive Hawks — Sean Hodge,
However, Thing was the lone player to drive in a run
Calvary Christian (17-4 overall) received a game-
Mountain Empire (14-8), which went 20-5 last season,