The Vikings (2-0 in City League, 8-10 overall) and SDHS played a wild and woolly baseball game on the Cavers' field (100 years of history?) Wed., April 15 (Jackie Robinson Day in the major leagues and Tax Day everywhere else).
It resulted in a 12-4 win for Coach Gary Frank's black-and-red crew, and two-thirds of the way to a series sweep against the Cavers to open league play, atop the City League standings. Presumably, La Jolla has defeated San Diego High's top two hurlers, having taken a big 8-1 win Monday against sophomore ace Esteban Quintana.
With a 2-0 lead in the top of the fifth inning Wednesday, sprinter (literally) Charlie Martin banged a triple, sliding into third (see photos in previous entry) in a giant cloud of dust (which you'll never see on the Muirlands turf). Centerfielder Landon Black's throw went far past Caver third baseman Jarryd Torres and into the home dugout.
Martin got up, dusted himself off, and trotted home after the umpires declared the ball going out of the field of play. The Vikings led, 3-0.
After that, the wheels started to come off the wagon for Coach Francisco Garcia's home squad. After Ryan Khourajian struck out for the second out, Zach Gergurich smashed a home run over the fence in straightaway right. 4-0. It cleared the fence easily. "He (Henry Siner) threw me an outside-middle pitch (fastball)," said "Snacks".
Viking starter Will Griebe-Arzate, who had been mostly magnificent for four innings, yielding only two hits, then walked two, hit two, and threw two wild pitches to the same batter (Hogan Rohlf)--it all came in two's--in the bottom of the inning as four runs scored. Frank sent senior Andrew Cardenas in to relieve. He got Cadend to line out to Harper Lane in center to stem the chaos.
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