East Los Angeles Reaches Finals of 2000 Hyundai-California Baseball Championship
Posted on: May 28 2000 11:17PM
MONDAY'S SCHEDULE
GAME 6: East Los Angeles (37-13) vs. Riverside (38-11), 11 a.m.
GAME 7: If East Los Angeles wins Game 6, 30 minutes afterward
SUNDAY'S RESULTS
GAME 5: East Los Angeles 11, Fresno City 1
Fresno CC 000 100 000 — 1 8 2
East L.A. 122 000 06x — 11 12 0
WP: Torres (12-3); LP: Mills (4-5). Top Hitters: Okamuoro (ELA) 2-5, 3 RBI; Contreras (ELA) 3-4, HR (14), 2 RBI.
Highlights: Frank Contreras hit his second home run of the tournament to support the pitching of sophomore right hander Andy Torres. (Fresno City, 36-13, eliminated)
GAME 4: Riverside 27, Fresno City 2
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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 3: East Los Angeles 5, American River 0
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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.)
SATURDAY'S RESULTS
GAME 2: Fresno City 7, East Los Angeles 3
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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
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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.
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