By Corey Kwok
(Arcadia) – Arcadia, leading 8-0 after a seven run second inning outburst, scrapped for two more runs in the fifth and put and end to the game with three in the sixth on Cameron Tuck‘s two run (mercy rule walkoff) hit, to round out a 13-3 rout of Muir Monday.
In that seven pack second, the Apaches scored on a balk, wild pitch, and double steal, with an RBI single by Brendan Toy, a sacrifice fly from Gary Huang, and a bases clearing two run triple out of Erik Trask.
Muir’s pitcher Marcus Hampton stood on for the long haul and went on to sit down nine of the next 10 after the Trask triple, featuring excellent play from shortstop Nico Gooniesz Resendiz, who stopped a line drive, made the 6-3s twice, and went out of his way into the shallow outfield for two grab-catches. Resendiz, along with Derrell Davis, had earlier pinched down infield hits.
The Mustangs, a far cry from struggling teams of late having won four games (3 in 10+ run blowouts) so far this season, amped it up rallying for three runs in their half of the fourth as its first three reached safely. Hampton scored after a throw trying to nail him at third short-hopped into the outfield. A walk and two strikeouts followed until Josh Muema fired a two run single through the 5-6 hole.
Arcadia, with its first two fifth inning batters yielding zero, ended its offensive drought afterwards as Matt Morales drilled a hopper towards third. It slipped under the infielder. Cameron Tuck was pegged while David Dominguez walked to load the bases. Brandon Benson followed and let loose a two RBI single to left.
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