Viking trainer Ben Howe treats
Zach Sehgal for a "strawberry" on
his left leg after he was thrown
out on an attempted steal in
the 6th. (Photo by Ed Piper)
Senior right-handers Timmy Holdgrafer of La Jolla and Imani Abdullah of Madison matched each other by limiting their opponents to four hits. But the Warhawks came out on top, 1-0, to take the two teams' Western League opener on the Vikings' home field Monday afternoon, April 13.
Holdgrafer, who has 11 stolen bases this season, provided one of the high moments of excitement in the bottom of the second when he broke for home in an attempted steal. But Holdgrafer was tagged out at the plate after Abdullah's pitch by catcher Ruben Valdez.
Sophomore Zach Sehgal, activated last week for La Jolla after transferring from Parker, continued his hitting at the plate by getting one of the Vikings' four hits off Abdullah. Sehgal, playing shortstop in three games so far, is three-for-eight in the early going.
Madison scored the sole run of the game in the top half of the third inning. In the bottom of the seventh, with the Vikings trailing by a run and one out, James Whelan got aboard off a smash to third that Zac Kolek could not handle. The ball glanced off Kolek and snaked down the line behind him.
Holdgrafer hit a liner to right field that looked like it might drop, but Warhawk Andrew Shabloski ran a long way to catch up with the fly ball for the second out. Abdullah then retired Luke Bucon on a grounder to third to end the game.
The other Viking hits came from Holdgrafer, in the second, and Bucon, in the fifth.
La Jolla is ranked ninth in the CIF San Diego Section, Madison 24th.
Copyright 2015 Ed Piper
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