By Corey Kwok
(South Pasadena) – Monrovia seldom missed a beat offensively and scored in every inning except the sixth en route to wrapping up an easy 11-1 victory over South Pasadena in a key Rio Hondo league match Tuesday.
The Wildcats darted ahead 2-0 in the opening stanza on a two run Daly double (James Daly) that delivered Erik Cox (2-4, RBI, 2B) and David Perez (3-5, 3 runs, 1-1 SB) who both strung back singles to lead off the inning before Joe Mata bunted them into scoing position.
Mata (2-3, run, RBI, 1-1 SB), later zooming a single to right in the second that picked up Lorenzo Alvarado (1-3, BB, 2 runs) stretched the lead to 5-0, also dug deep as the Cats’ starting pitcher, tossing a grueling 86 pitches over five shutout innings to earn the win.
Nick Esparza dealt a three strikeout donut in the sixth, and sidearm righty Brian McConnell ended the game with a strikeout and pickoff to nix off the Tigers.
Nick Carino flew in Mata on a sacrifice flyout to left-center and James Tubbs came through with a two out RBI double off the left field wall to knock in Daly and swell Monrovia’s cushion to 8-0 in the fourth. Coleman Schultz (RBI walk) and Esparza (RBI single) bookended M-Town’s scoring in the seventh.
South Pas finally got on the board in the bottom half as Skyler Anselmo drove in Paul Amerine with a double to the centerfield alley. Anselmo had a fine day at the plate going 2 for 2 with two walks. Christian Miyamae was hit by pitch once and also batted 2 for 2.
The Tigers used five pitchers; its starter – Bryan Bednarski, left early in the second after hitting the leadoff batter and balking over the runner.
M: 231 210 2 – 11, 13, 0
SP: 000 000 1 – 1, 5, 3
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