From Staff Reports It wasn’t so much losing on Thursday afternoon at Rio Hondo Prep that will bother Poly. It was how the Panthers loss that will sting for a little bit. Poly took a 4-0 lead into the bottom of the sixth inning and the Kares scored five runs in the final two innings […]
From Staff Reports
It wasn’t so much losing on Thursday afternoon at Rio Hondo Prep that will bother Poly.
It was how the Panthers loss that will sting for a little bit.
Poly took a 4-0 lead into the bottom of the sixth inning and the Kares scored five runs in the final two innings and with the help of five Panthers’ errors.
Rio Hondo Prep earned a 5-4 victory and handed Poly its first Prep League loss of the season.
Matt Loomis took that 4-0 lead into the sixth and was pulled with one out in the sixth.
Loomis allowed three runs, but only one was earned, on four hits and he struck out three.
Franco Alonso went one inning and was saddled with the loss after allowing two runs (one earned) on one hit and a walk.
Van Fichter and Ryan Clayton both had two hits apiece and each drove in a run for Poly.
Matt Queen doubled and scored.
Sean McTigue drove in a run on a sac fly.
Poly will travel to Firebaugh on Monday at 3:30.
Quotable:
Poly pitcher Matt Loomis: “Although our team is obviously disappointed with the outcome of the game, we will learn and grow from it. The game definitely highlighted some areas that our team needs to work on, but there were also a lot of positives that we were able to take away from it. Come tomorrow, our team will continue working.”
Box Score:
Poly: 0-0-0-2-2-0-0-(4)
RHP: 0-0-0-0-0-3-2-(5)
Hits:
Poly 7; Rio Hondo Prep 5
Errors:
Poly 5; Rio Hondo Prep 1
Battery:
Poly: Matt Loomis, Franco Alonso (6) and Sean McTigue; Jeremy Chang, Evan Foor (5), Jacob Lang (6) and Dylan Davis
Win: Jacob Lang
Loss: Franco Alonso
Prep League Standings:
Poly (8-7 overall, 3-1 in league)
Rio Hondo Prep (9-6, 4-2)
Flintridge Prep (9-4-1, 3-2)
Chadwick (6-5-1, 1-2)
Firebaugh (0-5, 0-4)
