{"id":15290,"date":"2018-04-27T07:07:20","date_gmt":"2018-04-27T07:07:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pasadenasportsnow.com\/?p=15290"},"modified":"2018-04-27T21:05:17","modified_gmt":"2018-04-27T21:05:17","slug":"baseball-will-downing-gets-second-consecutive-shutout-8-days-maranatha-hammers-heritage-christian-10-0-stays-perfect-olympic-league","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pasadenasportsnow.com\/?p=15290","title":{"rendered":"Baseball: Will Downing Gets Second Consecutive Shutout in 8 Days; Maranatha Hammers Heritage Christian, 10-0, Stays Perfect in Olympic League"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>From STAFF REPORTS<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Maranatha coach Matt Shupper has to be pretty happy with the way his pitching staff is rounding out their rotation behind ace Dawson Netz.<\/p>\n<p>Several guys have contributed on the mound and especially of late.<\/p>\n<p>Will Downing is one of those guys.<\/p>\n<p>Just over a week after shutting out Bosco Tech on the road, Downing threw a five-inning shutout at Heritage Christian.<\/p>\n<p>MHS earned a 10-0, mercy-rule victory in five innings and they improved to 16-4 overall and 7-0 in Olympic League play.<\/p>\n<p>How well are the Minutemen playing?<\/p>\n<p>They&#8217;ve won eight consecutive games and in their past five, MHS has outscored its opponents by a combined margin of 55-1.<\/p>\n<p>Maranatha&#8217;s pitching has gone three consecutive games without allowing a run.<\/p>\n<p>On Thursday, Downing held Heritage Christian scoreless on three hits.<\/p>\n<p>He walked one and struck out six batters.<\/p>\n<p>Max Blessinger continues to dominate in his junior year.<\/p>\n<p>Blessinger went 3 for 3, including a triple, a sac fly and three RBIs.<\/p>\n<p>Marco Martinez finished 3 for 4, including a home run, he scored three runs and added an RBI.<\/p>\n<p>Brock Vradenburg had a pair of hits and RBIs.<\/p>\n<p>Jacob Moreno went 2 for 2, scored twice and drove in a pair of runs.<\/p>\n<p>Ben Guess had two hits, including a double and scored twice.<\/p>\n<p>Casey Popham had one hit, scored a run and drove in one on a sac fly.<\/p>\n<p>Nick Iverson went 1 for 3 with an RBI.<\/p>\n<p>MHS will go for the three-game sweep of Heritage Christian tonight (Friday) at 6 at Brookside Park.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Box Score:<\/strong><br \/>\nM: 1-2-1-1-5-(10)<br \/>\nH: 0-0-0-0-0-(0)<\/p>\n<p>Win: Will Downing<br \/>\nLoss: Trevor Gordon<\/p>\n<p>HR: Marco Martinez (M)<br \/>\n3B: Max Blessinger (M)<br \/>\n2B: Ben Guess (M), Mason Johnson (HC), Cameron Corral (HC)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Records:<\/strong> Maranatha (16-4, 7-0); (Heritage Christian (11-13, 2-7)<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From STAFF REPORTS Maranatha coach Matt Shupper has to be pretty happy with the way his pitching staff is rounding out their rotation behind ace Dawson Netz. 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