Baseball Preview: California Lutheran C-Hawks vs. San Jacinto Leadership Academy Lions
The California Lutheran C-Hawks will look to defend their home field on Friday against the San Jacinto Leadership Academy Lions at 3:15 p.m. California Lutheran will be strutting in after a victory while San Jacinto Leadership Academy will be coming in after a loss.
California Lutheran scored the most runs they've had all season to find success back in March. Their pitcher stepped up to hand Sherman Indian a 15-0 shutout. The win was just what California Lutheran needed coming off of an 11-0 defeat in their prior game.
Colton McGee made a big impact no matter where he played. He looked comfortable on the mound, not allowing a single earned run and only one hit while striking out 13 over five innings pitched. McGee has been nothing but reliable: he hasn't pitched less than five innings in four consecutive pitching appearances. McGee was also stellar in the batter's box, going 3-for-4 with two triples, three RBI, and two runs.
In other batting news, the team relied heavily on Lukas Shobe, who scored three runs and stole two bases while getting on base in all three of his plate appearances. Another player making a difference was Riccardo Paganelli, who scored a run and stole a base while going 1-for-3.
Meanwhile, sadly, San Jacinto Leadership Academy is still looking for their first win of the season after eight contests. They wound up on the wrong side of a rough 15-2 walloping at the hands of West Valley on Tuesday. Having soared to a lofty 12 runs in the game before, San Jacinto Leadership Academy couldn't push the score so high this time.
California Lutheran's victory ended a three-game drought at home and bumped them up to 3-5. As for San Jacinto Leadership Academy, their loss dropped their record down to 0-8.
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