By Tim Peterson
(El Monte) – Tyler Womack worked five innings and allowed just one run and Isaac Carrillo came on to throw two scoreless innings as Temple City beat Arroyo 7-1 Saturday at Arroyo High.
Womack ran into trouble in the first inning when Dillion Seguin and Jacob Antuno both beat out infield singles, but he worked his way out of it with a fielders choice and a fly ball.
The Knights only run came in the fourth inning when trailing 1-0, Gio Perez reached on an error and Richard Inostroz was aboard on a fielder’s choice. After a base hit by Andres Mardueno, Manny Vargas hit a ball down the first base line that was mishandled for an error and Inostroz came around to score.
That was all Womack allowed. He gave up four hits and struck out three and did not walk a batter.
Temple City got one in the third inning when Andy Kobayashi singled, took second on a walk and scored on an error on a ball hit by Carrillo.
The Rams broke the tie with two runs in the fifth. Kobayashi again got things started with an infield hit and came all the way around to score on a double by Carrillo. Carrillo then scored on a throwing error by the catcher to make it 3-1.
Inostroz, who started for Arroyo, was still on the mound when the Rams broke it open in the seventh.
Parker Thomas, Womack, Josh Jones, Brendan Ortiz and Nick Paloma all had hits in the inning and Ricardo Quimlro was hit by a pitch. Four runs scored and by the time the dust had settled it was 7-1.
Antuno came on with two outs in the inning to relieve Inostroz who went six and two-thirds innings.
Carillo, who pitched a perfect sixth inning, also threw a one-two-three seventh to close it out for the Rams.
“Our pitching has been good, no walks, but we still have some things to work on defensively. That’s what cost us in our first game, said Temple City coach Rob Nelson. “But it’s early. We’re going to be ok.”
It was the Rams’ first victory of the young season as they improved to 1-2. Arroyo fell to 2-2 on the year.
TC 0 0 1 0 2 0 4 7
AR 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1
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@theproblem. I don’t have the time or the crayons to explain baseball to you. You have to brains cells and they are fight one another for third place.
@ The Problem: It’s baseball, man. It was once known as the American pastime. However, it seems that no one likes a good pitching duel or a well-pitched game anymore.
One possible solution to your dilemma is to have a pitcher who’s just as good as the other team’s; another is for your hitters to continue working on their timing and their swing mechanics. (Practice makes perfect, right?)
Also, it might be a good idea to make sure that there aren’t any players on those high school baseball diamonds who are past the age of 18. (That issue has occasionally come up…)
One last thing I can think of—and this would be a desperate move—would be to lower the pitching mounds like Major League Baseball did after the 1968 season (the infamous Year of the Pitcher). Then the hitters might have a better chance, if they have much talent at all.
Any information on Los Altos Head Baseball Coach is not returning for the 2025 Season? I believe he was still coaching during summer baseball 2024-2025
Little did anyone know that when they came to this game, they were actually attending a pitching exhibition by Tyler Womak. We have a sport where the ball is in play less than five minutes total, and where an individual can essentially hijack the proceedings by keeping anyone from hitting the ball. Why bring all those other players to the game, when you’ve got a guy who can prevent the other team from scoring, all by himself?
The solution is to require a change of pitcher every time a new batter comes to the plate. Sound crazy? Hey, why can’t the at-bat team use its best hitter for the whole game? Because that wouldn’t be fair, same as having a ringer on the mound all afternoon.