This year’s edition of the Serra High baseball team is very young with little experience and is still without top player Morgan Lomax, who is injured.
The Cavaliers entered their Del Rey League game at home against La Salle High from Pasadena with an 0-3 league record and have lost five in a row.
The Lancers all but had the game wrapped up entering the bottom of the seventh inning with an 8-3 lead.
That’s when Serra finally exploded for six runs to pull off a 9-8 victory for its first league victory.
This year’s edition of the Serra High baseball team is very young with little experience and is still without top player Morgan Lomax, who is injured.
The Cavaliers entered their Del Rey League game at home against La Salle High from Pasadena with an 0-3 league record and have lost five in a row.
The Lancers all but had the game wrapped up entering the bottom of the seventh inning with an 8-3 lead.
That’s when Serra finally exploded for six runs to pull off a 9-8 victory for its first league victory.
“I was looking for guys to step up,” Serra head coach Wilmer Aaron said. “We hit well but our defense was killing us. The kids are a little panicky. We were able to hold them and it will allow you to win.”
The bottom of the seventh began with singles by Laurington Williams, Brian Sanders and Mateo Brambila that scored Williams. After Daniel Wheeler and Jordan Tilque walked, which allowed Sanders to score cutting La Salle’s lead to 8-6, Tom Bothwell also walked bringing home Brambila getting Serra to within 8-7.
A squeeze bunt from Daniel Perez, then, brought home Wheeler to tie the game. Williams was the 10th batter at the plate and he hit the ball to deep center field to bring home Brambila for the winning run.
Willams had a fine game going 2-for-2 with the RBI and scored once. Brambila went 2-for-4 and drove in two runs. Perez was also 2-for-4 with two RBIs.
David Laurenti was the winning pitcher in relief of starter Brambila, who was tagged for six runs in the first two innings.
Serra split its first two games in the St. Paul Tournament. Last Saturday at La Mirada High, the Cavaliers fell to the host Matadors 3-1. Serra mustered just two hits in the game.
Last Monday, the Cavaliers had little trouble with Long Beach Cabrillo with a 17-1 rout.
Gary McCoy sparked Serra by going 4-for-4 with two runs batted in and three runs scored. Tyler Morrison had a hit, drove in two runs and scored twice.
The Cavaliers resumed the St. Paul Tournament which lasts through today.
Serra will host defending CIF-Los Angeles City Section Division II champion Dorsey in a doubleheader Saturday starting at 11 a.m.
The Cavaliers are at Alemany in Mission Hills for a Harvard-Westlake Tournament game on April 18 before resuming Del Rey action at St. Paul in Santa Fe Springs on April 21.
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ECC resumes conference against Harbor after sweeping Antelope Valley College
By Joe Snyder
Sports Editor
El Camino College’s baseball team improved to 17-10 overall after sweeping Antelope Valley College in non-conference games last week.
On March 30 at ECC, the Warriors rolled over the Antelopes 14-3. On April 1 at Antelope Valley, El Camino recorded a 7-0 shutout.
Pitchers Josh Norwood, Chris Alcala and Reece Busca combined for a 9-hit shutout. Norwood was the winning pitcher allowing five hits in five innings.
Offensively, Fred Smith drove in two runs and scored once. Jonathan Pasillas had a two-run triple and drove in another run.
Two days earlier, Pasillas had four runs batted in including a three-run home run. Smith had three hits.
Former North Torrance High standout Dalton Erb pitched a two-hitter through five innings to improve to 4-1.
After an 0-6 start in the South Coast Conference, ECC won five of the last six in conference including a 6-1 victory over Mt. San Antonio College on March 28 at El Camino.
The Warriors have a three-game series against conference rival Los Angeles Harbor College that includes at Harbor today at 2 p.m. and at ECC Saturday at noon.
