Riverside Captures 2000 Hyundai-California Baseball Championship   Posted on: Jun 2 2000 11:01AM MONDAY'S RESULTS GAME 7: Riverside 16, East Los Angeles 1 East L.A. (38-14-1) 100 000 000 — 1 5 3 Riverside (39-12-1) 110 054 50x — 16 17 5 Morales, McGinely (1, L, 2-1), Valenzuela (5), Arteaga (5), Antelo (5), Alvarez (6), Perez (7) and Durazo; Sutton (W), 6-2) and Thorburn. 2B — Soto (ELA), Rasmussen (R), Thorburn (R), Harvey (R). 3B — Sandoval (ELA), Harvey (R), 2. HR — Durazo (ELA), his 6th. Top Hitters: Perez (ELA) 2-4; Rasmussen (R) 2-4, 2runs, 3 RBI; Thorburn (R) 2-4, 3 RBI; Fransz (R) 2-6, 2 runs; Schuler (R) 2-3, 4 runs, 2 RBI; Farmer (R) 2-4, 3 RBI; Harvey (R) 4-5, 3 Runs, 5 RBI. Highlights: Sophomore Teddy Sutton gave up a lead-off homer to Will Durazo but only yielded four more hits the rest of the way, walking none and striking out 7 to more than make up for some spotty Riverside defense. Ryan Harvey had a pair of two-run triples, capping big innings in the fifth and sixth, and Lachlan Thornburn had a bases-loaded double in the seventh as RCC cruised over the pitcher-short Huskies. Tourney MVP Ryan Rasmussen also knocked in 3 runs as Tigers capture first-ever state baseball championship. RCC outscored its opposition, 60-4, in its three victories. GAME 6: East Los Angeles 11, Riverside 10, 10 innings Riverside 000 101 502 1 — 10 14 3 East L.A. 105 100 020 2 — 11 14 2 Sander, Hernandez (3), Farmer (7, L, 1-3) and Thorburn; Hoyos, Barba (7), Arteaga (7), Torres (8), Chavez (9), Apodaca (10), Valenzuela (10, W, 1-0) and Durazo. 2B — Fransz (R), Schuler (R), Farmer (R), Harvey (R), Mojica (ELA). HR — Farmer (R), his 9th; Contreras (ELA), his 15th. Top Hitters: Stone (R) 3-5, run; Thorburn (R), 2-4, run; Schuler (R) 2-4, 3 runs, RBI; Farmer (R) 3-5, 2 runs, 4 RBI; Harvey (R) 2-4, run, RBI; Durazo (ELA) 3-5, run; Soto (ELA) 3-6, 2 runs, RBI; Sandoval (ELA) 2-4, 3 runs, RBI; Mojica (ELA) 4-6, run, 4 RBI. Highlights: East Los Angeles scored the winning run in the bottom of the 10th to force a final game when RCC catcher Lachlan Thorburn's throw attempting to nab ELAC's Rick Sandoval stealing third base went into left field, allowing Sandoval to score the winning run and ending this 4-hour, 38-minute marathon. Riverside had rallied from a 7-1 deficit to tie the score at 7-7, then needed two in the ninth to tie the game again at 9-9. The Tigers held a 10-9 lead going into the last of the 10th on Tony Schuler's RBI double. But the Huskies got their lead-off man on via an error, followed by Sandoval's bunt single and Armando Mojica's run-scoring single, setting up Sandoval's steal of third base. SUNDAY'S RESULTS GAME 5: East Los Angeles 11, Fresno City 1 FCC 000 100 000 — 1 8 2 ELA 122 000 06x — 11 12 0 Derek Mills (L, 4-5) and John Pestorich; Andy Torres (W, 12-3) and Willie Durazo. 2B — Diredo (F), Boyd (F), Durazo (ELA), 2, Okamuro (ELA), Soto (ELA), Hoyos (ELA). HR — Contreras (ELA), his 14th. Top Hitters: Pestorich (F) 2-3; Durazo 2-5, 2 runs, 3 RBI; Okamuoro (ELA) 2-5, run, 3 RBI; Contreras (ELA) 3-4, HR (14), 2 runs, 2 RBI. Highlights: Frank Contreras hit his second home run of the tournament, a two-run shot in the third inning, to help support the pitching of sophomore right hander Andy Torres. (Fresno City, 36-13, eliminated) GAME 4: Riverside 27, Fresno City 2 FCC 000 001 010 — 2 5 3 RCC 106 1(17)0 11x — 27 25 3 Denson (L, 8-4), Stein (3), Bergthold (5), Pickford (5), Janz (5), Scarbery (6), Griffin (7) and Pestorich, Shannon, Krynzel; Van Dusen (W, 9-1), Sobczyk (9) and Thorburn. 2B — Boyd (F), Rasmussen (R), Stone (R), 2, Cameron (R), Schuler (R). 3B — Dailey (F), Rasmussen (R). HR — Tafoya (F), Cameron (R), his 18th. Top Hitters: Rasmussen (R) 5-6, 4 runs, 3 RBI; Cornero (R) 2-4, 3 runs, 2 RBI; Cameron (R) 4-6, 3 runs, 6 RBI; Stone (R) 5-6, 3 runs, 3 RBI; Thorburn (R) 2-5, 3 runs, 2 RBI; Harvey (R) 2-4, 3 runs, 4 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 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. 2B — Valenzuela (ELA), Okamuro (ELA), Soto (ELA). HR — Contreras (ELA). Top Hitters: Evans (AR) 2-4; LaVorico (AR) 2-4; Okamuoro (ELA) 3-4, Contreras (ELA), 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 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.