BLAZER BASH: Hold, Shadow Ridge blank Chatsworth
Logan Hold knew nothing about the Chatsworth (Calif.) baseball team when he stepped on the mound Monday at the Blazer Spring Bash.
But after putting the finishing touches on a complete-game six-hitter, the Shadow Ridge pitcher had just about everyone fooled.
The right-hander struck out eight and walked one on 93 pitches as the Mustangs powered past the Chancellors 5-0 at Durango.
“I think as I get deeper into the game, I see how I can get each hitter out,” Hold said. “I see what I can do and what their weaknesses are so I can exploit that more. First time around, especially guys from California, you don’t know much about them.”
Hold, displaying excellent command, needed six pitches in the fifth inning and 13 pitches in the sixth to retire the side in order. He retired 11 of the last 12 batters he faced and escaped a bases-loaded jam in the third inning. Chatsworth stranded six runners.
“I was spotting down in the zone with everything,” Hold said. “Sliders were staying down. I kept it up a couple times, and they hit it. My biggest thing is keeping all my pitches down and mixing speeds.”
Hold also helped himself at the plate. After Alec Pittsenbarger reached on a standup triple with one out in the third inning, Travis Caskie and Hold each followed with run-scoring doubles to provide Shadow Ridge (13-1) a 2-0 advantage.
The Mustangs, who had five extra-base hits on the day, tacked on another run in the fourth on Cory Royer’s run-scoring double.
“We tell our kids in order to win games against good teams, you have to be able to execute,” Shadow Ridge coach Frank Tousa said. “We just played a team game, and it’s good to see good competition.”
Pittsenbarger cushioned the lead in the sixth with a two-run double. The senior center fielder went 2-for-4 with three RBIs and a run. Hold and Royer each were 2-for-4 with an RBI.
“We came out with more intensity and better plate approaches,” said Tousa, whose squad dropped its first game 6-1 to Centennial (Calif.). “We were ready to play the game. The first game, our head wasn’t in it.”
Palo Verde 7, Mazama (Ore.) 3 — At Sierra Vista, Brett Bovee was 4-for-4 with a double and three RBIs and also picked up the win on the mound for the Panthers.
Bovee threw five solid innings, allowing three runs on five hits with seven strikeouts.
Kevin DeSoto was 2-for-3 with an RBI, and Michael Spada was 2-for-4 with a triple, two runs and an RBI for Palo Verde.
Mike Edwards was 2-for-2 with a homer and three RBIs for Mazama.
Desert Oasis 10, Minarets (Calif.) 1 — At Desert Oasis, A.J. Landis threw a two-hitter with six strikeouts, and Bryson Stott went 3-for-4 with three RBIs to lead the Diamondbacks over the Mustangs.
Desert Oasis 9, Arleta (Calif.) 5 — At Desert Oasis, Chase Adams drove in three runs, and Stott was 2-for-4 with an RBI as the Diamondbacks beat the Mustangs.
Cody Schmidt was 2-for-5 with an RBI, and Tyler Oscarson went the distance for Desert Oasis, which hosts Valley at 9 a.m. Tuesday.
Arbor View 14, Durango JV 2 — At Centennial, Kaid Urban went 2-for-2 with a double, three runs, three RBIs and two stolen bases to power the Aggies past the Trailblazers junior varsity.
P.J. Gonzalez finished 2-for-2 with two RBIs and two runs for Arbor View. Teammate Sid Cutting went 2-for-3 with three RBIs.
Arbor View 14, Carson (Calif.) 3 — At Centennial, Nate Stepna went 3-for-3 with a home run, three runs, two RBIs and a stolen base as the Aggies downed the Colts.
Gonzalez finished 4-for-4 with a double, two runs and an RBI for Arbor View, and Urban went 2-for-2 with a double, four runs and two RBIs.
Sierra Vista 10, Birmingham (Calif.) 4 — At Sierra Vista, Cole Crosby went 2-for-3 with a triple to lead the Mountain Lions past the Patriots in six innings.
Matthew Almaguer finished 2-for-3 with a pair of RBIs for Sierra Vista. Nolan Kingham and Chandler Smith each supplied doubles for the Mountain Lions.
Daniel Rivas and Audelio Camacho each had doubles for Birmingham.
Sierra Vista 8, San Fernando (Calif.) 2 — At Sierra Vista, Kingham had two doubles and four RBIs to power the Mountain Lions over the Tigers.
Kingham also threw a five-hitter to get the win.
Crosby went 3-for-4 with a double and two RBIs for Sierra Vista, and teammate Dustin Randall was 2-for-3.
Miguel Castaneda had a solo home run for the Tigers.
Foothill 4, Poly (Calif.) 3 — At Foothill, Bligh Madris hit an RBI single in the bottom of the eighth inning as the Falcons edged the Parrots.
Madris was 2-for-3 and earned the win in relief of Spencer Throgmorton, who gave up two hits and three runs (one earned) in six innings.
A.J. Mortel opened the eighth with a double and scored the winning run. Zack Avery also doubled and had two RBIs for Foothill.
Foothill 11, Pahrump Valley 0 — At Foothill, Tyler Van Stone tossed a four-hitter with eight strikeouts, and the Falcons blanked the Trojans in six innings.
Janson Neff went 2-for-3 with a two-run double and scored four runs, and Ryan Moyes added a two-run triple as part of a six-run sixth.
A.J. Mortel finished 2-for-4 with two RBIs, and Spencer Throgmorton was 2-for-4 with an RBI.
Las Vegas 7, Grant (Calif.) 3 — At Las Vegas, Dustin Cash was 2-for-4 with two runs and an RBI, and Jose Sanchez was 2-for-4 with a double and a run to lead the Wildcats to the win.
Las Vegas 13, Moapa Valley 6 — At Las Vegas, Jerome Byndloss, Dameiko Mack and Sanchez had three hits apiece, and the Wildcats beat the Pirates.
Byndloss and Mack each doubled for Las Vegas, which jumped out to a 9-1 lead after two innings. Cash, Eddie Ojeda, Jeremiah Garcia and Hector Perez also doubled for the Wildcats.
Jake Repp, Chad Jones and Dillon Sullivan had doubles for Moapa Valley.
Independence (Calif.) 6, Moapa Valley 3 — At Las Vegas, Jake Repp, Dillon Sullivan and Chad Jones all doubled in the Pirates’ loss to the Falcons.
Centennial 6, Banning (Calif.) 5 — At Centennial, Cooper Powell struck out seven batters and supplied two RBIs as the Bulldogs outlasted the Pilots.
Will Loucks had a pair of RBIs, and Brady Cook hit a double for Centennial.
Julian Villegas had a double for Banning, which scored three runs in the top of the seventh.
Eldorado 4, Carson (Calif.) 1 — At Centennial, Lucio Arreola fired a one-hitter and went 2-for-4 with two RBIs to lift the Sundevils past the Colts.
Arreola finished with six strikeouts and five walks. Josh Brown gave Eldorado a 3-1 lead with a two-out, run-scoring double in the third inning.
Cimarron-Memorial 6, Cheyenne Mountain (Colo.) 1 — At Cimarron, Josh Nuernberg allowed a run on one hit over six innings to lead the Spartans to the win.
Nuernberg struck out 12 and walked two and went 2-for-3 at the plate.
Tyler Giovinco was 2-for-3 with two runs and an RBI for Cimarron, which scored five runs in the sixth.
Nick Borowski had a double and three RBIs, and Tanner McAninch added a solo home run for the Spartans.
Alta (Utah) 5, Cimarron-Memorial 3 — At Cimarron, Devin Relf was 2-for-4 with a triple, and the Hawks scored four runs in the second to top the Spartans.
McAninch was 2-for-4 with two RBIs for Cimarron.
San Fernando (Calif.) 3, Faith Lutheran 2 — At Sierra Vista, the Tigers scored on a wild pitch in the top of the 10th inning to outlast the Crusaders.
Faith Lutheran tied the game in the bottom of the seventh on Justin Daraban’s one-out RBI single.
Centennial (Calif.) 8, Basic 1 — At Durango, Reagan Enger hit a home run to help the Golden Hawks over the Wolves.
Gabe Arteaga went 2-for-4 with a double and two RBIs for Centennial.
Skyler Mahoney went 2-for-4 to lead the way for Basic.
Marshall (Calif.) 13, Durango 3 — At Durango, the Barristers struck for five runs in each of the first two innings to pull away from the Trailblazers.
Joey Ramirez was 2-for-4 for Marshall with two RBIs and a double.
Anthony Parry went 2-for-4 for Durango, and teammate John Wright had two RBIs.
Chatsworth (Calif.) 9, Durango 4 — At Durango, Riley Conlan was 2-for-3 with two runs as the Chancellors downed the Traiblazers.
Anthony Parry hit a two-run homer for Durango.
