LJ baseball: Lancaster's stuff has movement

Viking starter Travis Lancaster

stretches for one of his first

pitches against Otay Ranch

Wed., Feb. 26. He threw

a two-hitter Feb. 21.

(Photos by Ed Piper)

By Ed Piper

Good times for good players.

On Fri., Feb. 21, La Jolla starter Travis Lancaster two-hit visiting Hilltop over seven innings, facing the minimum of 21 batters and using only 68 pitches. He was on.

Three days later, in a 7-5 Viking win at Mater Dei Catholic in the South Bay, the senior clubbed a massive home run that cleared the barrier in left field at MDC, a high one, from all accounts.

Good things come to those who wait. You could use up all the idioms and trite phrases, but it was a wonderful stretch that even his father said he enjoyed, proud of his son.

Asked Wed., Feb. 26, if he had any tough stretches in the two-hitter, Travis answered, "Not really." "My curveball was working."

And to complement that pitch, La Jolla pitching coach Koa Scott commented while Lancaster was pitching in his follow-up appearance against Otay Ranch at home Wednesday--which ended in a close 3-2 loss--"he's got movement on his fastball".

Lancaster, earlier in the delivery

to the lead-off batter.