By Ed Piper
Junior Nick Ferenczy drove in Cole Dimich with a sacrifice fly in the bottom of the fifth for the go-ahead run, and senior Johnny Agbulos slammed a two-out triple the following inning to add two insurance runs as La Jolla won a do-or-die play-in game over Rancho Buena Vista, 5-1, Tues., May 24, at home.
Senior Stone Scoppettuolo limited the visiting Longhorns (5-24) to four hits in six innings of one-run ball, giving up only a single unearned run as he struck out six and walked three. Agbulos came in as the closer in seventh inning relief and closed the game out.
Coach Gary Frank's squad, which faced elimination in the play-in game, now gains some breathing room as it enters the double-elimination playoffs with a first-round game at Vista Wed., May 25, at 3:30 p.m.
Scoppettuolo actually made things harder on himself during his sparkling six innings on the mound by sailing a throw into centerfield on a comebacker when RBV scored its sole run in the top of the fifth. The Longhorns brought the runner around to score, tying La Jolla at 1-1.
Agbulos was absolutely outstanding at the plate, on the mound, and replacing Scoppettuolo at his usual center field position by going four for four and knocking in the two runs on the triple, which went through the gap in left center field.
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