From STAFF REPORTS All things considered, Maranatha had a solid showing in Miami this week. The Minutemen played four games over a four-day tournament. After a first-round loss to Monsignor Pace of Miami, 7-1, Maranatha shut out Brighton of Utah, 4-0, on Wednesday. The Minutemen fell yesterday (Thursday) to Lake Norman of North Carolina, 8-6, […]
From STAFF REPORTS
All things considered, Maranatha had a solid showing in Miami this week.
The Minutemen played four games over a four-day tournament.
After a first-round loss to Monsignor Pace of Miami, 7-1, Maranatha shut out Brighton of Utah, 4-0, on Wednesday.
The Minutemen fell yesterday (Thursday) to Lake Norman of North Carolina, 8-6, which left just Friday’s showdown left with Ridgewood of Illinois before the boys from Pasadena fly home.
MHS made the most of their final game and defeated Ridgewood, 8-3, behind five pitchers on Friday.
Cam Slessor had a game-high three RBIs and didn’t even have an official at-bat.
That doesn’t sound possible, right?
Well, Slessor had three sacrifice fly’s that scored a trio of Minutemen.
Dawson Netz had one hit and drove in a pair of runs.
Ben Guess doubled and scored twice and Casey Popham scored a pair of runs for MHS.
Max Blessinger went 1 for 3 with an RBI and finished the tournament with a team-high eight hits.
Blessinger and Netz were named to the all-tournament team.
Justin Plaud went all six innings for the Rebels, allowing eight runs (three earned) on four hits.
Plaud walked five and struck out five on 106 pitches.
Jimmy DeGrazia had two of Ridgewood’s six hits.
Maranatha will be back on the field Tuesday when they travel to Whittier Christian to resume Olympic League play.
The Minutemen are 3-0 and hold a one-game lead over second-place Heritage Christian.
Box Score:
Ridgewood: 0-0-0-0-0-0-3-(3)
Maranatha: 0-4-0-2-0-2-X-(8)
Win: Max Blessinger
Loss: Justin Plaud
2B: Ben Guess (M)
Records: Maranatha (8-4); Ridgewood (6-8)
