Liam Bredin’s squeeze bunt with one out in the top of the sixth Monday scored Paul Shawn Pasqualotto to break a 2-2 tie and lift the Crusaders to a 3-2 victory over the Las Vegas Bengals in the Connie Mack state tournament at the College of Southern Nevada.
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Jake Rogers pitched out of a bases-loaded, one-out jam in the bottom of the seventh to help Centennial’s baseball team escape with a 7-6 victory over host Cimarron-Memorial on Wednesday and give head coach Charlie Cerrone his 400th career win at the school.
Braxton Wehrle’s two-out single to center field in the bottom of the eighth inning plated Bryce Ruggeroli with the winning run as Bishop Gorman’s baseball team rallied in both the seventh and eighth innings to edge visiting Shadow Ridge 7-6 on Tuesday.
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Blake Porter hit for the cycle, going 4-for-4 with three RBIs, to help Palo Verde’s baseball team stun top-ranked and host Bishop Gorman, 13-7 on Wednesday.
Sam Powers tripled home the go-ahead run and scored an insurance run during a seven-run sixth inning that lifted the Palo Verde baseball team to an 8-6 win at Centennial on Saturday.
Trevor Doyle scored on a wild pitch with one out in the top of the eighth inning Thursday to help the Cimarron-Memorial baseball team to a 2-1 win at Palo Verde.
Danny Ruiz went 3-for-5 with a home run, a double and two RBIs, and the Bonanza baseball team scored four runs in the top of the eighth inning en route to a 9-5 win at Desert Oasis on Tuesday.
Eric Jordan went 3-for-5 with a double and two RBIs, and the Shadow Ridge baseball team rallied from an early four-run deficit to shock visiting Bishop Gorman 11-7 on Tuesday.
Danny Ruiz tossed a six-hitter and struck out 11, including the final batter of the game with the potential tying run at third base, to help the Bonanza baseball team hold off host Durango 6-5 on Thursday.
Eric Jordan scored the winning run on a bases-loaded balk with two outs in the bottom of the seventh inning Tuesday as the Shadow Ridge baseball team outlasted visiting Centennial, 4-3.
Host Centennial used a seven-run third inning to overcome an early deficit and defeated Liberty 14-4 in six innings Wednesday.
Arbor View managed only two hits and couldn”t dig out of an early hole in a 9-1 six-inning loss to Chatsworth (California) to cap play in the Durango/Sierra Vista Pool at the Blazer Spring Bash.