Riverside Advances to Monday's Title Game of 2000 Hyundai-California Baseball Championship   Posted on: May 28 2000 7:49PM SUNDAY'S SCHEDULE & RESULTS GAME 3: East Los Angeles 5, American River 0 American River 000 000 000 — 0 7 0 E. Los Angeles 000 002 300 — 5 13 2 Blair (L, 8-2), Johnson (6), Hoppes (8) and Evans; Chavez, Apodaca (5, W, 3-1) and Durazo. Top Hitters: Okamuoro (ELA) 3x4, Contreras (ELA) HR, 2 RBI; Durazo (ELA) 3-5, 2 RBI; Soto (ELA) 2-4. Highlights: East Los Angeles sophomore catcher Will Durazo had a two-run single to break a scoreless deadlock in the sixth inning and sophomore pitchers Alex Chavez and Gabriel Apodaca combined to shut out the Beavers. (ARC 31-15 eliminated.) GAME 4: Riverside 27, Fresno City 2 Fresno CC 000 001 010 — 2 5 3 Riverside 106 1(17)0 11x — 27 25 3 WP: Van Dusen (9-1); LP: Denson (8-4) Top Hitters: Rasmussen (R) 5x6, 3 RBI; Cameron (R) 4x6, 2B, HR (18), 6 RBI; Stone (R) 5-6, 3 RBI Highlights: Tigers sent 22 batters to the plate in 5th inning explosion, sophomore outfielder Antoine Cameron getting three hits (single, double, homer) and knocking in five runs. Freshman lefty Derrick Van Dusen scattered five hits over eight innings, walked one, fanned 10. Within one victory of school's first-ever state baseball championship, RCC has outscored opponents 44-3 in first two games. GAME 5: East Los Angeles (36-13-1) at Fresno City (36-12), 7 p.m. SATURDAY'S RESULTS GAME 2: Fresno City 7, East Los Angeles 3 East L.A. 000 000 003 — 3 5 3 Fresno CC 510 100 00x — 7 6 0 Hoyos (L, 9-3), Arteaga (3), Barnes (4), Alvarez (8) and Durazo: Asahina (W, 11-1), Pickford (9) and Pestorich. Top Hitters: Valenzuela (ELA) 2x5; Perez (ELA) 2x5; White (F) 2x4, 2B; Rico (F) HR (2), 3 RBI Highlights: Freshman Matt Rico's three-run homer in the first capped a five-run outburst and freshman pitcher Jon Asahina shut out the Huskies until needing ninth-inning help. GAME 1: Riverside 17, American River 1 American R. 010 000 000 — 1 6 2 Riverside 235 000 07x — 17 22 1 Stefani (L, 9-5), Hamblock (3), Readdick (8), Jennings (8) and Evans; Mansfield (W, 10-2) and Thorburn. Top Hitters: Smith (AR) 3x4, 2B; Salvemini (AR) 3x4; Rasmussen (R) 3x5, 4 runs; Comejo (R) 3x5, 2 RBI; Stone (R) 3x6, 4 RBI; Cameron (R) 2x6, 2B, 3 RBI; Fransz (R) 3x4, 2B; Farmer (R) 4x6, 2B, HR (8), 5 RBI; Harvey (R) 2x4. Highlights: Riverside freshman Monte Mansfield (10-2) pitched a complete game, his third of the playoffs, striking out five and walking two. Sophomore Jason Farmer led the Tiger attack by going 4-for-6 with five RBI, including a three-run homer.