By Ed Piper
Cory Lancaster kept score of his youngest son Travis's baseball team, the Vikings, during their key game Friday (May 10) against Mira Mesa on the Game Changer app on his phone. "It took me two or three years to get it down," said Cory, sitting in the back row on La Jolla's fans' side along the first base line. "It takes that, even with me being familiar with the sport."
His son didn't play right field on Senior Day, but many of the six Viking seniors did, even Cole Roberts slotted in by Coach Gary Frank to pinch-hit and lining a single to left field. "I like to go the other way," said Roberts after his base knock, referring to his driving the ball to left as a lefthanded hitter.
But, alas, La Jolla dropped a 5-4 decision to the visiting Marauders, bringing a large contingent of fans traveling from Mira Mesa. Two even flew in from Jacksonville, Florida, where Malaika Underwood lives.
Underwood, who was inducted into the Viking Baseball Hall of Fame this Spring, threw out the first ball to her nephew, Danny Underwood, who plays for the Marauders, getting two hits, including one in the top of the first inning.
La Jolla plated three runs in the bottom of the fifth inning to go ahead, 4-2. But then Mira Mesa (6-4 in the Eastern League) erupted for three runs of their own in the top of the sixth and held on for the 5-4 win and second place in the league, the Vikings (5-5) finishing in third. Both teams qualify for the playoffs next week.
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