From Staff Reports Maranatha was six outs away from a potential shutout victory over Heritage Christian and Alex Cornwell had a no-hitter going on Friday afternoon in an Olympic League game. But that’s when everything fell apart. The Warriors scored nine sixth-inning runs, and held off Maranatha, 9-7. Cornwell went from a potential no-hitter to […]
From Staff Reports
Maranatha was six outs away from a potential shutout victory over Heritage Christian and Alex Cornwell had a no-hitter going on Friday afternoon in an Olympic League game.
But that’s when everything fell apart.
The Warriors scored nine sixth-inning runs, and held off Maranatha, 9-7.
Cornwell went from a potential no-hitter to the losing pitcher, after Heritage Christian scored five runs on just one hit.
Cornwell walked four and struck out seven.
Sebastian Topete was roughed up for four runs (three earned) over just 1/3 of an inning.
In all, Maranatha pitching allowed just three hits, but walked six.
Win or lose, Eddie Lopez continues his hot hitting streak.
The senior went 3 for 4 with one run scored and he drove in another.
Dawson Netz hit a 2-run home run.
David Lomastro had one hit and drove in three runs for Heritage Christian.
Trevor Gordon went 2 for 2 and scored a run for the Warriors.
Ryan Nicks got the win, despite allowing three runs over two innings.
Nicks surrendered three hits, didn’t walk a batter and struck out one.
Marco Martinez drove in two runs, and went 1 for 4.
Dante Campione had one hit, he drove in one run and scored once.
Max Blessinger was 2 for 4 with a run scored, and RBI and had one stolen base.
Quotable:
Maranatha coach Matt Shupper: “These guys played their hearts out today and had one tough inning which, none of them have ever experienced an inning like that as a Minuteman. It’s not fun to learn lessons, but these guys learned today some things that will help build on the ability to be a better team. Heritage did a great job today and I don’t want to take anything away from them. We lost and now need to play better down the stretch. I’m confident in this team and know we will be better from a loss like this.”
Maranatha senior Eddie Lopez: “The team played well today, but just fell short. Our pitching and hitting was on point all the way up to the 6th inning where we fell apart a bit. We battled back in the last inning but just couldn’t catch up. This team has faith and confidence in each other, this was just another little bump but we know we still have the capability to take it all.”
Box Score:
Maranatha: 1-1-0-0-2-0-3-(7)
Her Christian: 0-0-0-0-0-9-X-(9)
Olympic League Standings:
Village Christian (17-3 overall, 7-1 in league)
Maranatha (17-5, 6-2)
Valley Christian (13-10 ,3-5)
Whittier Christian (12-14, 3-7)
Heritage Christian (10-13, 3-7)
