Mistakes hurt Eldorado in tournament

Eldorado's baseball team was the only area squad to win an opening-round game at the Calvary Chapel Easter Bash on Thursday.

But the Sundevils showed their youth on Friday.

Eldorado has only four seniors on the entire team, and the Sundevils made plenty of mistakes during a pair of games Friday.

The Sundevils made several key baserunning miscues and committed 10 errors in dropping two games at Eldorado High School.

Eldorado lost to Cal Poly of Sun Valley, Calif., 15-1 in the first game and 4-2 to Mater Dei from Chula Vista, Calif., in the second contest.

In the second game, Eldorado got a solid pitching performance from Julio Diaz but didn't get timely hits.

In the first inning, the Sundevils pushed across a run and then loaded the bases with one out. However, Jared Hoven struck out, and Manuel Estrada was tagged out at home trying to score on a pitch that got past the catcher.

Eldorado threatened again in the second inning, with runners at first and second. But Zach Cook was thrown out at home on a Ryan Taylor single. Chris Brown then was nailed at third trying to steal.

The Sundevils had three runners thrown out at the plate, and two others were picked off the bases.

Diaz allowed four runs on five hits and struck out four for Eldorado. Casey Roehr and Corey Keplinger had the RBIs for the Sundevils.

• Cal Poly (Calif.) 15, Eldorado 1 -- At Eldorado, in the opening game Friday, Cal Poly batted around in the second and fifth innings.

The Sundevils had just five hits in the game but left nine runners on base.

Oscar Soriano, Christian Jimenez and Gustavo Garcia drove in two runs each for Cal Poly.

• Cimarron-Memorial 12, Olympus (Utah) 2 -- At Cimarron, Kas Smith was 2-for-3 with a triple and an RBI and reached base in all four plate appearances to help the Spartans to a five-inning win.

Kiefer Williams added a double and two RBIs for Cimarron, which was helped by seven Olympus errors.

• Rancho 8, Skutt Catholic (Neb.) 4 -- At Coronado, the Rams rallied for seven sixth-inning runs to earn the win.

Kevin Kline and Lance Eliason each had two-run triples in the inning. Brandon Pletsch had two hits for Rancho.

Andre Gard had a two-run home run for Skutt.

• La Salle (Calif.) 6, Rancho 3 -- At Liberty, Ryan Doeppel was 2-for-3 with a double to lead La Salle. James Cammack was 2-for-3 for the Rams.

• Coronado 9, Skutt Catholic (Neb.) 7 -- At Calvary Chapel, Coronado scored four sixth-inning runs, highlighted by Ryan McIntyre's two-run double, as the Cougars prevailed.

McIntyre finished 3-for-4 with three runs, and Tim Arthur went 3-for-4 with a triple, three RBIs and two runs scored for Coronado. John Elliot was 2-for-3 with a double for the Skyhawks.

• Coronado 14, Mountain View (Utah) 4 -- At Calvary Chapel, Arthur was 2-for-3 with a home run, a double, two RBIs and two runs to lead the Cougars to a five-inning with.

Joe DesJardins went 2-for-3 with a homer and two runs, and Alex Watson got the complete-game victory, allowing one earned run and striking out seven.

DRAGONS INVITATIONAL

• Chaparral 6, Pahrump Valley 5 -- At Chaparral, Jon Lupola walked with the bases loaded in the bottom of the eighth to force home Raul Jimenez with the winning run in the Del Sol Dragons Invitational.

C.J. Crone was 2-for-2 with two walks for the Cowboys, and winning pitcher Billy O'Brien went the distance to get the win. O'Brien allowed three earned runs on eight hits.

Cody Nielson was 2-for-3 with three RBIs for the Trojans, and teammate Iggy Wagner had two hits and three stolen bases.

• Chaparral 10, Del Sol 1 -- At Chaparral, Chris Butler was 2-for-3, including a solo home run in the bottom of the sixth for the Cowboys to end the game by the tournament's nine-run rule.

Joel Benavides and Lupola each added two hits for Chaparral, and Butler threw a three-hitter to get the win.

• Pahrump Valley 13, Mojave 1 -- At Del Sol, Corey Veloz pitched a two-hitter as the Trojans routed the Rattlers in five innings.

Iggy Wagner went 3-for-4 with a triple, a double, three stolen bases and three runs for Pahrump.

• Basic 10, Clark 1 -- At Basic, Mike Feher was 3-for-4 with a triple, a double and an RBI to lead the Wolves past the Chargers.

Mike Schulte added a double and three RBIs for Basic, which plays Pahrump Valley in the semifinals at 10:30 a.m. today at Basic. Chaparral hosts Clark in the other semifinal, also at 10:30 a.m. The semifinal winners meet at 6 p.m. at Basic.