{"id":9238,"date":"2017-05-18T13:24:48","date_gmt":"2017-05-18T13:24:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pasadenasportsnow.com\/?p=9238"},"modified":"2017-05-18T13:24:48","modified_gmt":"2017-05-18T13:24:48","slug":"baseball-grant-fosselman-gets-the-ball-thursday-in-cif-ss-division-3-playoff-game-crafty-lefty-ready-for-no-1-seeded-quartz-hill","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pasadenasportsnow.com\/?p=9238","title":{"rendered":"Baseball: Grant Fosselman Gets The Ball Thursday in CIF-SS Division 3 Playoff Game; Crafty Lefty Ready For No. 1 Seeded Quartz Hill"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>By Brian Reed-Baiotto, Sports Editor<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>La Salle was able to celebrate Tuesday&#8217;s 3-0 victory over Santa Monica in a CIF-SS Division 3 wild card game for about 24 hours.<\/p>\n<p>The Lancers were back on the practice field Wednesday to get ready to take on top-seeded Quartz Hill (24-5) today (Thursday) at 3:15.<\/p>\n<p>La Salle will make the 80-mile trip and with the knowledge that people assume a wild card team&#8217;s chances of beating a No. 1 seed is incredibly unlikely.<\/p>\n<p>But overlook this feisty Lancers&#8217; team at your own peril.<\/p>\n<p>And if the confidence level of at least giving the Rebels a run for their money wasn&#8217;t enough, having senior lefty Grant Fosselman on the mound is yet another reason to say La Salle has a shot at the favorites.<\/p>\n<p>Fosselman is 4-5, but don&#8217;t let that record fool you.<\/p>\n<p>He boasts a 2.06 ERA and has a team-best 76 strikeouts in 65 innings pitched.<\/p>\n<p>Fosselman isn&#8217;t going to blow teams away, but his control and ability to mix speeds and locations makes him a worthy foe.<\/p>\n<p>His losses have come in games the Lancers&#8217; offense was hibernating.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;There have been times where we couldn&#8217;t produce offensively, and that makes me realize that I have to pitch as close to mistake-free as I can,&#8221; Fosselman said. &#8220;I am really confident we will compete, because our team has battled all year, and I think I have the experience to handle the pressure of pitching against a No. 1 seed and it being played at their place.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>La Salle defeated Santa Monica on Monday in a CIF-SS Division 3 wild card game in which Zane Lindeman threw a four-hit shutout.<\/p>\n<p>The Lancers have just one hitter over the .300 mark (Ethan Patrick) but the offense showed signs of life on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>Patrick is now hitting .442 and has an area-best 42 base hits.<\/p>\n<p>The next closest is Sammy Martinez, who is hitting .271. and is second on the team with 14 RBI.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I think we just need to stay calm and play our game, shortstop Ethan Patrick said. &#8220;We just need to play how we know we can play, and we will do well. I have so much confidence in Grant. He has been great for us all year and I know he is going to come out and keep us in the game. He always does a great job on the mound and we are going to need to get him some run support.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Quartz Hill went 14-0 en route to the Golden League championship and has given up just 106 runs in their 29 games this season.<\/p>\n<p>The Rebels have nine players with at least 10 RBI apiece, including three with 20.<\/p>\n<p>Andrew Garcia leads the way with 31 RBI and 3<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Brian Reed-Baiotto, Sports Editor La Salle was able to celebrate Tuesday&#8217;s 3-0 victory over Santa Monica in a CIF-SS Division 3 wild card game for about 24 hours. The Lancers were back on the practice field Wednesday to get ready to take on top-seeded Quartz Hill (24-5) today (Thursday) at 3:15. La Salle will [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":9239,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[109],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9238","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-featured-story"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Baseball: Grant Fosselman Gets The Ball Thursday in CIF-SS Division 3 Playoff Game; Crafty Lefty Ready For No. 1 Seeded Quartz Hill &#8226; Pasadena Sports Now<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/pasadenasportsnow.com\/?p=9238\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Baseball: Grant Fosselman Gets The Ball Thursday in CIF-SS Division 3 Playoff Game; Crafty Lefty Ready For No. 1 Seeded Quartz Hill &#8226; Pasadena Sports Now\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"By Brian Reed-Baiotto, Sports Editor La Salle was able to celebrate Tuesday&#8217;s 3-0 victory over Santa Monica in a CIF-SS Division 3 wild card game for about 24 hours. The Lancers were back on the practice field Wednesday to get ready to take on top-seeded Quartz Hill (24-5) today (Thursday) at 3:15. La Salle will [&hellip;]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/pasadenasportsnow.com\/?p=9238\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Pasadena Sports Now\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pasadenasportsnow\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2017-05-18T13:24:48+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/pasadenasportsnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/300-1.png\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"740\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"400\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/png\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Gabriel Apolonio\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@SportsPasadena\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@SportsPasadena\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Gabriel Apolonio\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/pasadenasportsnow.com\\\/?p=9238#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/pasadenasportsnow.com\\\/?p=9238\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Gabriel Apolonio\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/pasadenasportsnow.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/5f5817ec8dac4bac9059d63f8ea0bd3c\"},\"headline\":\"Baseball: Grant Fosselman Gets The Ball Thursday in CIF-SS Division 3 Playoff Game; Crafty Lefty Ready For No. 1 Seeded Quartz Hill\",\"datePublished\":\"2017-05-18T13:24:48+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/pasadenasportsnow.com\\\/?p=9238\"},\"wordCount\":468,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/pasadenasportsnow.com\\\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/pasadenasportsnow.com\\\/?p=9238#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/pasadenasportsnow.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2017\\\/05\\\/300-1.png\",\"articleSection\":[\"Featured Story\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/pasadenasportsnow.com\\\/?p=9238#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/pasadenasportsnow.com\\\/?p=9238\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/pasadenasportsnow.com\\\/?p=9238\",\"name\":\"Baseball: Grant Fosselman Gets The Ball Thursday in CIF-SS Division 3 Playoff Game; Crafty Lefty Ready For No. 1 Seeded Quartz Hill &#8226; Pasadena Sports Now\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/pasadenasportsnow.com\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/pasadenasportsnow.com\\\/?p=9238#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/pasadenasportsnow.com\\\/?p=9238#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/pasadenasportsnow.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2017\\\/05\\\/300-1.png\",\"datePublished\":\"2017-05-18T13:24:48+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/pasadenasportsnow.com\\\/?p=9238#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/pasadenasportsnow.com\\\/?p=9238\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/pasadenasportsnow.com\\\/?p=9238#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/pasadenasportsnow.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2017\\\/05\\\/300-1.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/pasadenasportsnow.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2017\\\/05\\\/300-1.png\",\"width\":740,\"height\":400},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/pasadenasportsnow.com\\\/?p=9238#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/pasadenasportsnow.com\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Baseball: Grant Fosselman Gets The Ball Thursday in CIF-SS Division 3 Playoff Game; Crafty Lefty Ready For No. 1 Seeded Quartz Hill\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/pasadenasportsnow.com\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/pasadenasportsnow.com\\\/\",\"name\":\"Pasadena Sports Now\",\"description\":\"All Boys &amp; Girls High School Sports in Pasadena, California\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/pasadenasportsnow.com\\\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/pasadenasportsnow.com\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/pasadenasportsnow.com\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Pasadena Sports Now\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/pasadenasportsnow.com\\\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/pasadenasportsnow.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/pasadenasportsnow.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2017\\\/06\\\/SportsNowLogo-page001.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/pasadenasportsnow.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2017\\\/06\\\/SportsNowLogo-page001.jpg\",\"width\":731,\"height\":61,\"caption\":\"Pasadena Sports Now\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/pasadenasportsnow.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.facebook.com\\\/pasadenasportsnow\\\/\",\"https:\\\/\\\/x.com\\\/SportsPasadena\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/pasadenasportsnow.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/5f5817ec8dac4bac9059d63f8ea0bd3c\",\"name\":\"Gabriel Apolonio\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/8599e83871d39d946622790a13baea8f2805e8edeeba5498c9867fff56c75cff?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/8599e83871d39d946622790a13baea8f2805e8edeeba5498c9867fff56c75cff?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/8599e83871d39d946622790a13baea8f2805e8edeeba5498c9867fff56c75cff?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Gabriel Apolonio\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/pasadenasportsnow.com\"],\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/pasadenasportsnow.com\\\/?author=5\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Baseball: Grant Fosselman Gets The Ball Thursday in CIF-SS Division 3 Playoff Game; Crafty Lefty Ready For No. 1 Seeded Quartz Hill &#8226; Pasadena Sports Now","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/pasadenasportsnow.com\/?p=9238","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Baseball: Grant Fosselman Gets The Ball Thursday in CIF-SS Division 3 Playoff Game; Crafty Lefty Ready For No. 1 Seeded Quartz Hill &#8226; Pasadena Sports Now","og_description":"By Brian Reed-Baiotto, Sports Editor La Salle was able to celebrate Tuesday&#8217;s 3-0 victory over Santa Monica in a CIF-SS Division 3 wild card game for about 24 hours. The Lancers were back on the practice field Wednesday to get ready to take on top-seeded Quartz Hill (24-5) today (Thursday) at 3:15. La Salle will [&hellip;]","og_url":"https:\/\/pasadenasportsnow.com\/?p=9238","og_site_name":"Pasadena Sports Now","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pasadenasportsnow\/","article_published_time":"2017-05-18T13:24:48+00:00","og_image":[{"width":740,"height":400,"url":"https:\/\/pasadenasportsnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/300-1.png","type":"image\/png"}],"author":"Gabriel Apolonio","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@SportsPasadena","twitter_site":"@SportsPasadena","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Gabriel Apolonio","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/pasadenasportsnow.com\/?p=9238#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/pasadenasportsnow.com\/?p=9238"},"author":{"name":"Gabriel Apolonio","@id":"https:\/\/pasadenasportsnow.com\/#\/schema\/person\/5f5817ec8dac4bac9059d63f8ea0bd3c"},"headline":"Baseball: Grant Fosselman Gets The Ball Thursday in CIF-SS Division 3 Playoff Game; Crafty Lefty Ready For No. 1 Seeded Quartz Hill","datePublished":"2017-05-18T13:24:48+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/pasadenasportsnow.com\/?p=9238"},"wordCount":468,"commentCount":0,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/pasadenasportsnow.com\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/pasadenasportsnow.com\/?p=9238#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/pasadenasportsnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/300-1.png","articleSection":["Featured Story"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/pasadenasportsnow.com\/?p=9238#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/pasadenasportsnow.com\/?p=9238","url":"https:\/\/pasadenasportsnow.com\/?p=9238","name":"Baseball: Grant Fosselman Gets The Ball Thursday in CIF-SS Division 3 Playoff Game; Crafty Lefty Ready For No. 1 Seeded Quartz Hill &#8226; Pasadena Sports Now","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/pasadenasportsnow.com\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/pasadenasportsnow.com\/?p=9238#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/pasadenasportsnow.com\/?p=9238#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/pasadenasportsnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/300-1.png","datePublished":"2017-05-18T13:24:48+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/pasadenasportsnow.com\/?p=9238#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/pasadenasportsnow.com\/?p=9238"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/pasadenasportsnow.com\/?p=9238#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/pasadenasportsnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/300-1.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/pasadenasportsnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/300-1.png","width":740,"height":400},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/pasadenasportsnow.com\/?p=9238#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/pasadenasportsnow.com\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Baseball: Grant Fosselman Gets The Ball Thursday in CIF-SS Division 3 Playoff Game; Crafty Lefty Ready For No. 1 Seeded Quartz Hill"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/pasadenasportsnow.com\/#website","url":"https:\/\/pasadenasportsnow.com\/","name":"Pasadena Sports Now","description":"All Boys &amp; Girls High School Sports in Pasadena, California","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/pasadenasportsnow.com\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/pasadenasportsnow.com\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/pasadenasportsnow.com\/#organization","name":"Pasadena Sports Now","url":"https:\/\/pasadenasportsnow.com\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/pasadenasportsnow.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/pasadenasportsnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/SportsNowLogo-page001.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/pasadenasportsnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/SportsNowLogo-page001.jpg","width":731,"height":61,"caption":"Pasadena Sports Now"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/pasadenasportsnow.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pasadenasportsnow\/","https:\/\/x.com\/SportsPasadena"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/pasadenasportsnow.com\/#\/schema\/person\/5f5817ec8dac4bac9059d63f8ea0bd3c","name":"Gabriel Apolonio","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/8599e83871d39d946622790a13baea8f2805e8edeeba5498c9867fff56c75cff?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/8599e83871d39d946622790a13baea8f2805e8edeeba5498c9867fff56c75cff?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/8599e83871d39d946622790a13baea8f2805e8edeeba5498c9867fff56c75cff?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Gabriel Apolonio"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/pasadenasportsnow.com"],"url":"https:\/\/pasadenasportsnow.com\/?author=5"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pasadenasportsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9238","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pasadenasportsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pasadenasportsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pasadenasportsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pasadenasportsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=9238"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/pasadenasportsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9238\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9240,"href":"https:\/\/pasadenasportsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9238\/revisions\/9240"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pasadenasportsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/9239"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pasadenasportsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=9238"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pasadenasportsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=9238"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pasadenasportsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=9238"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}