Warriors break tie in ninth
Home wins sets up the Warriors for their 16th conference game streak to wrap up the season.
Justin Bell
Issue date: 3/27/08 Section: Sports
With a 4-4 tie and the bases loaded in the bottom half of the ninth inning against West L.A Thursday, second baseman Wayne Larcom singled to the right side of the infield to give the Warriors a 5-4 win and some extra confidence heading back into league.
" It was a fastball away that I just tried to hit hard and it found a hole," Larcom said. "If we had a chance to strike, it was then and we came through."
The Warriors will host Mt. SAC Saturday, beginning what will be a stretch of 16 league games for the rest of the season.
After two weeks off from league play, the team is poised to make a run at the title.
"We need to start off on the right foot in league," Larcom said, "We are all well rested and our preparation starts today in practice."
The Warriors were trailing against West L.A. 4-0 at one point after a rocky start from pitcher Tim Salazar.
However, he managed to better control his pitches and reliever Travis Goins finished off the last two innings for the Warriors' win. The defense stepped up the intesity after West L.A. made the game 4-0.
EC made the plays that they had to do in order to give some confidence to Salazar on the mound.
The team had loaded the bases in the eigth inning only to come away with no runs.
The Warriors came through in the ninth ining to give them the win, a game that started with pitching and defense and ended with some clutch hitting.
"I just threw strikes and the defense came up really big for us all day," Salazar said. "Our offense just wasn't getting the breaks early but it really came up clutch in the last inning for us."
Even though Thursday's game wasn't a league game, the Warriors believe it was an important game to win for the team's morale and to create positive momentum.
"If we would have lost the game we probably would have been down in the dumps right now," freshman Bob Hosken. "But since we got the game we're all pumped up and we're just ready for league now."
" It was a fastball away that I just tried to hit hard and it found a hole," Larcom said. "If we had a chance to strike, it was then and we came through."
The Warriors will host Mt. SAC Saturday, beginning what will be a stretch of 16 league games for the rest of the season.
After two weeks off from league play, the team is poised to make a run at the title.
"We need to start off on the right foot in league," Larcom said, "We are all well rested and our preparation starts today in practice."
The Warriors were trailing against West L.A. 4-0 at one point after a rocky start from pitcher Tim Salazar.
However, he managed to better control his pitches and reliever Travis Goins finished off the last two innings for the Warriors' win. The defense stepped up the intesity after West L.A. made the game 4-0.
EC made the plays that they had to do in order to give some confidence to Salazar on the mound.
The team had loaded the bases in the eigth inning only to come away with no runs.
The Warriors came through in the ninth ining to give them the win, a game that started with pitching and defense and ended with some clutch hitting.
"I just threw strikes and the defense came up really big for us all day," Salazar said. "Our offense just wasn't getting the breaks early but it really came up clutch in the last inning for us."
Even though Thursday's game wasn't a league game, the Warriors believe it was an important game to win for the team's morale and to create positive momentum.
"If we would have lost the game we probably would have been down in the dumps right now," freshman Bob Hosken. "But since we got the game we're all pumped up and we're just ready for league now."
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