By Ed Piper, Jr.
Right-hander Nick Ferenczy scattered six hits in his five innings of work, upping his record to 4-1 on the young season in a 7-3 win by La Jolla over visiting West Hills Tues., March 28.
Ferenczy walked none and struck out four as he continued to show why he is a major mainstay of the Vikings' pitching staff. His ERA after the 77-pitch workout is a scintillating 1.40.
Meanwhile, batting leadoff for Coach Gary Frank's minions, Ferenczy cleared the bases with a bases-loaded triple to the alley in right-center in the bottom of the second, capping a six-run inning explosion against wobbly first-time Wolfpack starter Dylan Craft that basically decided the game.
Ferenczy, a senior, now carries a .357 batting average, second among regulars only to Zach Sehgal and Garrett Brown--the trio leading the team with 10 hits apiece--and Nick's eight runs scored rank number one on the squad.
The Vikings batted around in the fortuitous second, as West Hills experienced some of the angst La Jolla felt Friday in resorting to pitchers further down the depth chart due to the plethora of tournament games during pre-league. Craft, a righty, hit Noah Brown with a pitch with one out, then walked Christophe Naviaux and Blaise Gimber in short order before he was let down by an error on a grounder to short by Cooper McNally.
The West Hills hurler then gave up yet another free pass, this one to Nick Hammel, in a rare appearance at the plate and in the field, before Ferenczy clubbed his three-run blow into right.
Junior Sam Stewart came on in relief of Ferenczy in the sixth inning, regaining the control that had been lacking Friday in his first start of the season at Steele Canyon. He retired the side in order in his first of two innings, despite the misplay of Ferenczy on a foul popup to his second batter, the Wolfpack's Noah Quintana, that gave Quintana a second chance. Stewart got him to hit a harmless fly to Gimber in left.
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