{"id":14126,"date":"2018-02-25T14:25:12","date_gmt":"2018-02-25T14:25:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pasadenasportsnow.com\/?p=14126"},"modified":"2018-02-25T18:32:43","modified_gmt":"2018-02-25T18:32:43","slug":"baseball-maranatha-opens-season-2-1-victory-west-covina-dawson-netz-goes-6-strong-innings-max-blessinger-tallies-3-hits-rbi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pasadenasportsnow.com\/?p=14126","title":{"rendered":"Baseball: Maranatha Opens Season With 2-1 Victory Over West Covina; Dawson Netz Goes 6 Strong Innings, Max Blessinger Tallies 3 hits, RBI"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><strong>From Staff Reports:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>Maranatha, the area&#8217;s most talented program opened their 2018 season with a 2-1 victory over West Covina on Saturday night at Jackie Robinson<\/p>\n<p>Max Blessinger began his junior season with a bang.<\/p>\n<p>Blessing went 3 for 4, drove in a run and stole his first base of the year.<\/p>\n<p>He broke the school&#8217;s stolen base record in 2017 during a remarkable sophomore campaign.<\/p>\n<p>Dawson Netz went 6 innings and allowed one run on 7 hits.<\/p>\n<p>The junior right hander walked 3 and struck out 7.<\/p>\n<p>JP Caire went one scoreless inning in relief for the Minutemen.<\/p>\n<p>Marco Martinez went 1 for 4, including an RBI double.<\/p>\n<p>Steve Alvarez and Andrew Rodriguez had 2 hits apiece for West Covina.<\/p>\n<p>MHS will travel to Charter Oak (0-1) on Wednesday at 3:15.<\/p>\n<p>The Chargers dropped a 6-5 decision to Loyola on Saturday in 8 innings.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Box Score:<\/strong><br \/>\nWC: 1-0-0-0-0-0-0-(1)<br \/>\nM: 1-0-0-0-0-1-X-(2)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Win:<\/strong> Dawson Netz (1-0)<br \/>\n<strong>Loss:<\/strong> Jimmy Johnson (0-1)<br \/>\n<strong>Save:<\/strong> JP Caire (1)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Records:<\/strong><br \/>\nWest Covina (0-1); Maranatha (1-0)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From Staff Reports: Maranatha, the area&#8217;s most talented program opened their 2018 season with a 2-1 victory over West Covina on Saturday night at Jackie Robinson Max Blessinger began his junior season with a bang. 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