Viking catcher Ben Wintringer applies the tag on
right-fielder Ben Hutchins' throw to nail Connor Bailey
of Scripps Ranch at the plate. The play stopped
the Falcons' rally in the top of the fourth inning.
(Photo by Ed Piper)
Weston Clark hurled a complete-game six-hitter and right-fielder Ben Hutchins threw out a runner at the plate to stem a Scripps Ranch rally as La Jolla won a second-round CIF Division 2 playoff baseball game at home Fri., May 29, 9-3, to earn a place in Tuesday's semifinal match-up.
Clark, the senior lefty, upped his season record to 7-2 by striking out seven Falcons and walking two. The only serious trouble he encountered came in the fourth inning, after pitching three perfect innings. But that was when Hutchins' throw came into play.
Scripps Ranch, like La Jolla the winner of its first-round game Wednesday, had plated two runs to get back in the ballgame 5-2 in the top of the fourth. On a flyball by Reid Norberg, Hutchins gunned his throw to catcher Ben Wintringer to nail baserunner Connor Bailey at the plate.
That staunched the bleeding, as the La Jolla players erupted and Coach Gary Frank did a double-first pump toward his right-fielder in front of the home dugout.
Copyright 2015 Ed Piper
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