Austin Georgen went a strong five to lead Arcadia over Glendora
By Corey Kwok
(Arcadia) – Austin Georgen threw five innings and Joey Harmon came on to pick up the save as Arcadia beat Glendora 4-1 Wednesday night to win the Arcadia Invitational.
Arcadia jumped out to the early four run lead and never allowed Glendora a chance to get off the floor. For Harmon it was his debut after coming back from an ACL injury sufferred last year in football.
Georgen yielded just one run and two hits (both doubles) while striking out seven over five solid innings to eventually earn the victory as Harmon came on to pitch a save for the Apaches. Harmon relieved a wavering Jonathan Hopkins in the sixth and got a bounce-out up to shortstop Cameron Tuck who came through with a crucial force-out at second to null the threat.
Georgen had earlier overcame pressure when Glendora led off the second getting runners on second and third without an out, by responding with three consecutive strikeouts to extinguish the threat.
Brendan Toy led off the opening stanza with a double and advanced to third on David Dominguez’s sacrifice bunt before Troy Resch drove him in on a blast to the alley for a double as Arcadia struck paydirt first. Glendora committed three infield errors that inning, one of which (on a poke to short by Tuck) allowed Resch to score for a 2-0 lead.
Dominguez made it 3-0 in the second by singling in Toy. Fernando Rosales then led off the third with a double and sailed home as Jason Bunch ripped an RBI single to round it out for the Apaches.
Eric Flores led off the fourth with a double and was ran for by Jake Nelson, who was flown in by Garrette Ouellete on a fly-out to center which got Glendora on the board. Flores was also effective in holding the Apaches at bay with three shutout innings, one hit, and two walks. Scott Burke was tagged with the loss.
The Apaches beat Los Osos, West Torrance and La Canada before taking care of Glendora to win the Tourney title.
Apaches: 211 000 0 — 4, 6, 1
Tartans: 000 100 0 — 1, 3, 4
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