Titans Advance to the dance

SP's Dave Knoll and Mario Pena dueled in the 109 degree heat at Cleveland HS. With "no tomorrow" on the line, both team were biting their nails through 6 long innings! The Titans scored 2 runs in the second inning, driven in by Emilio Benavides. The 45s would answer with a single run in the 5th. The 45s best opportunity came in the top of the 7th inning with Ward Dotson at the top of the line up cracking a solid hit and subsequently scoring on a double by Jade Devitt, to make it a tense 3-2 game. With runners now on 2nd and 3rd and after a strike out, the coach called for an intentional pass for the hard hitting Garrett Ray, which paid off for the Titans as a hard grounder to Dion Deas at 1st turned into an impressive 3-2-3 DP! That got the momentum going in the bottom of the 7th where 9 consecutive batters got on base and the Titans pushed across 7 runs. The 45s continued to fight until the last out, and plated 3 runs in the 9th to make it a 10-6 final. Congrats to the Colt 45s on their great season!

BOX SCORE 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
LA Colt 45's 000010113 6 10 6
So Cal Titans 020010700 10 19 4

Date: September 14, 2014     Time: 1:15pm      Venue: Cleveland HS   

LA Colt 45's
Hitters AB R H RBI BB K
Ward Dotson 5 2 2 0 0 2
Robert Lewis 5 0 2 0 0 0
Jade Devitt 4 1 3 2 1 0
Scott Brown 5 0 0 0 0 2
Garrett Ray 1 1 0 0 2 0
Shawn Chou 3 1 0 0 1 1
Ernie Johnson 5 1 3 2 0 1
Dave Noll 4 0 0 0 1 1
Bryen Cass 3 0 0 0 1 1
Elliot Reinfeld 2 0 0 0 0 0
Gary Cozine 1 0 0 1 0 0
Totals 38 6 10 5 6 8
2B: Devitt (3)
SB: Devitt, Ray (2), Chou, Johnson
HBP: Ray (2), Chou, Cass
So Cal Titans
Hitters AB R H RBI BB K
Eric Johnson 4 2 2 0 1 0
Jordan Padams 3 1 2 1 0 0
Daniel Gutierrez 3 1 2 1 1 0
Martin Campbell 4 1 0 0 0 0
Ray Bryant 4 2 3 4 0 0
Brian Johnson 4 2 3 0 0 0
Dion Deas 4 0 1 0 1 0
Greg Lemaster 3 0 0 0 0 1
Emilio Benavidez 4 0 2 2 0 0
Matt Verzola 2 0 2 0 1 0
Mario Pena 3 0 0 0 0 0
John Sosa 3 0 0 0 0 0
Tom Bennett 1 1 0 0 1 0
Scott Kenning 1 0 1 2 0 0
Donat Kazarinoff 1 0 1 0 0 0
Jess Hanner 0 0 0 0 0 0
Eugene Gierson 0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals 44 10 19 10 5 1
2B: Bryant (2)
SB: Gutierrez, Johnson
SH: Padams

LA Colt 45's
Pitchers IP H R ER BB K PT
Dave Noll (L) 5.0 8 3 2 2 0 0
Ernie Johnson 1.1 7 7 7 1 0 0
Robert Lewis 1.2 1 0 0 2 0 0
So Cal Titans
Pitchers IP H R ER BB K PT
Mario Pena (W) 4.2 3 1 0 3 4 0
Matt Verzola (S) 4.1 5 5 1 3 5 0
HB: Pena (3), Verzola

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