BLAZER BASH: Coronado belts 10 hits in 11-1 win over team from Canada

Coronado’s baseball team entered spring break hoping to continue to ride the momentum of a five-game win streak.
Mission accomplished.

The Cougars pounded out 10 hits on the way to an 11-1 win over Coquitlam (Canada) at Sierra Vista in the Blazer Sportco Spring Bash.

“We’re just trying to keep staying on a roll,” Coronado coach Dave Padilla said. “We come into a game and we just want to bang balls all around the park. That’s what we’re trying to take out of this.”

The Cougars scored a run on an error in the first, then began their offensive onslaught with Taylor Giordano’s two-run homer in the third.
Coronado had seven runs in the fourth, keyed by RBI singles by Giordano and Ryan Donahue.

“My four hitter came through big time for us today with the home run, and then he backed it up with an RBI single a bit later,” Padilla said of Giordano.

“He started swinging it real good when we started conference play, and it’s just been rolling now. He hasn’t missed much.”
Miles Bice and Zane Korth each added two hits for Coronado (6-0-2).

“We’re swinging the bat really well, and our pitching, which has been a pleasant surprise, has kept us in a lot of games,” Padilla said. “That was a real question mark going into the year, but everyone we’ve thrown out there have all stepped up.”

Senior right-hander Trenton Gibson pitched a three-hitter with four strikeouts to get the win against the Reds, a club team in the B.C. Premier Baseball League, which uses wooden bats.

“Trenton just threw the ball over the middle of the plate and said, 'Here it is. Hit it,’ ” Padilla said. “He was facing a team with wood bats today, which makes it a little easier for us, because now they’ve got to generate even more pop. But they put the ball in play and we made the plays behind him. We were really happy with his performance today.”

Spring Valley 12, Carson (Calif.) 11 — At Spring Valley, Tyler Kartler singled home Scott Buchanan in the bottom of the eighth inning to give the Grizzlies the victory over the Colts.

Spring Valley’s Aaron Blair went 3-for-4 with a home run and three RBIs.

Jacob Schwartz was 4-for-5 with three RBIs for the Grizzlies, and Kartler (two RBIs) and Robby Brewster each had three hits.

Legacy 7, Banning (Calif.) 6 — At Centennial, the Longhorns scored five runs in the bottom of the sixth inning, capped by Donald Glover’s two-run double, and held on to edge the Pilots.

Glover finished 2-for-4. Joey Lauria pitched a scoreless seventh to get the save, and batted 3-for-4 with one RBI for Legacy.

Centennial 12, Roosevelt (Calif.) 5 — At Centennial, Cody Clark was 3-for-3 with three runs and four RBIs as the Bulldogs rolled past the Rough Riders.

Clark had a two-run double in Centennial’s four-run first inning. He added a two-run single in a seven-run fifth.

Centennial 12, Montclair Prep (Calif.) 0 — At Centennial, Clark threw a three-hitter as the Bulldogs shut out the Mounties.

Clark struck out seven and walked three. He also hit a triple.

Austin Congleton was 2-for-3 with a double and two RBIs for Centennial.

Sierra Vista 14, Narbonne (Calif.) 2 — At Sierra Vista, Jake Hager went 2-for-2 with two home runs and four RBIs as the Mountain Lions beat the Gauchos in five innings.

Nick Kingham, Scotty Tomassetti and Marquise Towers each tripled for Sierra Vista, which scored eight runs in the second inning.

Sierra Vista 10, Sylmar (Calif.) 0 — At Sierra Vista, Hager, Powers, Julian Cutolo and Connor Klein had three hits each to lead the Mountain Lions past the Spartans in six innings.

Kingham drove in three runs for Sierra Vista, which pounded out 18 hits. Kingham combined with Christian Cutolo on a two-hitter.

Durango 4, San Fernando (Calif.) 0 — At Durango, Mike Sukeyasu went 2-for-3 with a double and an RBI to lead the Trailblazers past the Tigers.

Durango scored all four of its runs in the first inning.

Foothill 10, Chaparral 2 — At Foothill, Jordan Stewart went 2-for-3 with a double and four RBIs to lead the Falcons past the Cowboys.

Jake Ferdinand was 2-for-2 with three RBIs for Foothill, which led 7-1 after two innings.

Las Vegas 18, Rim of the World (Calif.) 0 — At Las Vegas, the Wildcats scored 11 runs in the first inning on the way to a five-inning victory over the Fighting Scots.

Tanner Chauncey (three RBIs) and Quinnton Mack (two RBIs) had three hits each for Las Vegas. Brig Jensen and Dillon Dove each added two hits for the Wildcats.

Las Vegas 5, Verdugo Hills (Calif.) 1 — At Las Vegas, Andrew Manfra had three hits to lead the Wildcats past the Dons.

Chauncey and Dove each had two hits for Las Vegas.

Faith Lutheran 26, Grant (Calif.) 1 — At Foothill, Bobby Burns hit a solo home run and finished 4-for-4 with four RBIs and four runs scored to lead the Crusaders in a rout of the Lancers in five innings.

Dylan Hanson went 4-for-5 with a double, four runs scored and three RBIs for Faith Lutheran, and Devin Chavez was 3-for-3 with two doubles, three RBIs and two runs.

Chaparral 11, Grant (Calif.) 3 — At Foothill, Steven Colon (three RBIs), Jordan January and Elliott Aleman each had two hits to lead the Cowboys to the easy victory.

Chaparral’s Robert Evans earned a complete-game win, allowing five hits with two hit batters and seven strikeouts.

The Cowboys scored eight runs in the first inning.

Palo Verde 23, Sunrise Mountain 0 — At Palo Verde, Spencer Suddeth pitched a five-inning one-hitter with six strikeouts and one walk as the Panthers shut out the Miners.

Cody Schuster went 4-for-5 with three RBIs and three runs for Palo Verde, and teammate Christian Centrella was 3-for-4 with two doubles, three RBIs and three runs.

The Panthers scored 16 runs in the the third inning to take a 20-0 lead.

Chatsworth (Calif.) 7, Bonanza 4 — At Durango, Ricky Obando had a double and a triple, and Aaron Brown homered to lead the Chancellors past the Bengals.

Eddie Orozco belted a solo home run for Bonanza.

Birmingham (Calif.) 15, Cimarron-Memorial 8 — At Cimarron, the Patriots scored five runs in the sixth inning and six more in the seventh to pull away from the Spartans.

Nathan Hale went 3-for-4 with an RBI and two runs for Cimarron, and teammates Jonas Wellan and Vinnie Fresquez had two hits each. Kevin Dorantes homered for the Spartans.

Cimarron-Memorial 8, Western 0 — At Cimarron, Wellan (two RBIs) and Hale (one RBI) had three hits each to lead the Spartans’ rout of the Warriors.

Kevin Dorantes tripled twice and drove in two runs for Cimarron.

Javier Ruiz and Matthew Guzman both went 2-for-3 for Western.

Sylmar (Calif.) 7, Liberty 7 — At Sierra Vista, the Spartans scored a run in the top of the seventh to tie the game, which was called due to the tournament’s time limit.

Dylan Roges went 2-for-4 with a double, a triple and four RBIs to lead Liberty. Kainan Pickle added a two-run double for the Patriots.