Weston Clark pitched a two-hit shutout and had two doubles at the plate as La Jolla High blanked host Patrick Henry 6-0 in a City Conference Tournament game Wednesday afternoon, March 25, in San Carlos.
Fellow senior Timmy Holdgrafer went two-for-four and knocked in two runs. Clark was two-for-three.
La Jolla built a 5-0 lead after four innings, with one run in the third and four in the fourth inning.
In the top of the third inning with the Vikings leading 1-0, Jackson Hyytenin hit a high bouncer over second base that Henry second baseman Matt Woodruff gloved but couldn't make a throw on. Luke Bucon then bunted, moving Hyytenin to second as pitcher Alek Blik tagged him out down the baseline.
After Ben Hutchins struck out for the second out, Holdgrafer hit a grounder to shortstop Cabot Van Til. Van Til bounced the throw to first, with Hyytenin moving to third. Hyytenin, eyeing the errant throw, then broke for the plate and scored with the throw late and off-line. That put the Vikings on the scoreboard, 1-0. Sean Hofmann grounded to third to end the inning.
In the four-run fourth, Thomas Zlatic led off with a solid single to center. Clark doubled just inside the rightfield line, putting runners on first and third against lefthander Blik. James Whelan then hit a grounder that rolled under Van Til's glove at short for an error, scoring Zlatic.
On a first-and-third situation, Whelan stole second. Noah Strohl then doubled, driving in Clark. Whelan scored on the resulting throws with Strohl advancing to third. Hyytenin grounded out to shortstop, bringing Strohl in. The Vikings led, 5-0. Bucon and Hutchins were retired to end the inning.
Copyright 2015 Ed Piper
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