California High School Baseball - Santa Ynez defeats Nipomo
March 27, 2012: Nipomo, CA 93444 In Tuesday's league challenge, the Santa Ynez Pirates (Santa Ynez, CA) baseball squad the host Nipomo Titans (Nipomo, CA), by a margin of 8-3.
With the win, Santa Ynez betters its record to 10-3 on the season. The Pirates host Santa Maria (Santa Maria, CA) to encounter the Saints in a Los Padres challenge on Friday, March 30. The Saints come into the challenge with a record of 1-10. Santa Maria lost 10-6 in their recent league challenge against Templeton (Templeton, CA)
With the defeat, Nipomo falls to 6-3 on the season. The Titans host Carpinteria (Carpinteria, CA) to encounter the Warriors in a non-league challenge on Saturday, April 7. The Warriors come into the challenge with a record of 5-4.
Game Summary
The pre-game hype on the matchup between Santa Ynez and the Nipomo Titans did not let anybody down! The game went 10 innings with Santa Ynez getting the win by a score of 8-3. With numerous professional scouts in attendance the starting pitchers for both teams put on quite the show! Nathan Thompson from Santa Ynez and Ryan McNeil from Nipomo. Thompson pitched 7 full innings befor giving the ball over to the Pirate closer, Zach DeMarcus. Nathan left with the score tied 3-3. Thompson gave up only 3 hits and recorded 8 strikeouts. Nipomo pitcher Ryan McNeil went 9 full innings and recorded 9 strikeouts while giving up 6 hits. Four of the 6 hits off of McNeil came off the bat of Zach DeMarcus. Zach was 4-4 with two runs scored and hit a monster game tying home run in the 6th inning. DeMarcus also picked up the win. In the tenth inning the Pirates scored 5 runs off of the Nipomo relief pitcher. Welker, Gonzalez, Rowan and Jake Pritchard all had hits in that inning.
