2008 Woodie Awards
Baseball team wins fourth straight, pursues fifth
Baseball: Team doing well in conference
By: Ramiro Rodriguez
Issue date: 3/18/04 Section: Sports
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Behind strong pitching and solid defense, the baseball team won its fourth consecutive game over the Long Beach City Vikings, 6-2 Tuesday.
With the victory, the Warriors improved their record to 11-2, 4-2, while the Vikings dropped to 5-13, 0-6.
The Warriors will look to keep piling up their victories against Compton College today at 2 p.m. and Saturday against L.A. City College at noon. Both games will be played at Warrior Field.
"We can't take anybody lightly," sophomore Andy Magana said. "We just have to go out there and keep wining our games."
In Tuesday's game, the Warriors started off slowly but still managed to jump out to an early lead. They would not relinquish that lead.
"We've been playing flat," coach Greg Bergeron said. "I'm a little disappointed with our lack of intensity in the last couple of games."
Despite getting 10 hits in the game, the Warriors, ineffective in their ability to produce runs, had to rely on fundamentals.
"Our offense is striking out way too much, also leaving too many guys on base," Bergeron said. "It simply wasn't one of our better games."
Those fundamentals were put to use in the bottom of the seventh inning, scoring two runs on back-to-back squeezes plays.
"We squeezed in three runs," Bergeron said. "Our offense could not get the big hit, so we manufactured runs."
On the bright side, the Warriors got a solid pitching performance from freshman Craig Ganser. Ganser, normally a reliever, started his first game, going six innings and allowing two earned runs.
"I felt good the first four innings, and after that my velocity started dropping," Ganser said.
In the top of the sixth, the Vikings threatened with no outs and the bases loaded, but could only score one run on a sacrifice fly. Ganser then dug deep and struck out the next batter. The following batter grounded out to third base, ending the inning.
"I tried not to lose focus with the bases loaded," Ganser said. "I'm a relief pitcher, so I know how to get out of certain situations."
With the victory, the Warriors improved their record to 11-2, 4-2, while the Vikings dropped to 5-13, 0-6.
The Warriors will look to keep piling up their victories against Compton College today at 2 p.m. and Saturday against L.A. City College at noon. Both games will be played at Warrior Field.
"We can't take anybody lightly," sophomore Andy Magana said. "We just have to go out there and keep wining our games."
In Tuesday's game, the Warriors started off slowly but still managed to jump out to an early lead. They would not relinquish that lead.
"We've been playing flat," coach Greg Bergeron said. "I'm a little disappointed with our lack of intensity in the last couple of games."
Despite getting 10 hits in the game, the Warriors, ineffective in their ability to produce runs, had to rely on fundamentals.
"Our offense is striking out way too much, also leaving too many guys on base," Bergeron said. "It simply wasn't one of our better games."
Those fundamentals were put to use in the bottom of the seventh inning, scoring two runs on back-to-back squeezes plays.
"We squeezed in three runs," Bergeron said. "Our offense could not get the big hit, so we manufactured runs."
On the bright side, the Warriors got a solid pitching performance from freshman Craig Ganser. Ganser, normally a reliever, started his first game, going six innings and allowing two earned runs.
"I felt good the first four innings, and after that my velocity started dropping," Ganser said.
In the top of the sixth, the Vikings threatened with no outs and the bases loaded, but could only score one run on a sacrifice fly. Ganser then dug deep and struck out the next batter. The following batter grounded out to third base, ending the inning.
"I tried not to lose focus with the bases loaded," Ganser said. "I'm a relief pitcher, so I know how to get out of certain situations."