Woodbridge's MacKenzie pitches a no-hitter
Fri, May 11 2012 07:31
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Woodbridge's MacKenzie pitches a no-hitter
By TIM BURT / The Orange County Register
Woodbridge senior Cameron MacKenize pitched a no-hitter tonight for Woodbridge in the Warriors 3-1 Pacific Coast League baseball victory over Northwood at Ryan Lemmon Stadium, according to Woodbridge Coach Tim Murray.
MacKenize (4-4) struck out four.
Cameron MacKenzie of Woodbridge, shown in a game earlier this season, had a no-hitter against Northwood Tuesday night.
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By TIM BURT / The Orange County Register
Woodbridge senior Cameron MacKenize pitched a no-hitter tonight for Woodbridge in the Warriors 3-1 Pacific Coast League baseball victory over Northwood at Ryan Lemmon Stadium, according to Woodbridge Coach Tim Murray.
MacKenize (4-4) struck out four.
Cameron MacKenzie of Woodbridge, shown in a game earlier this season, had a no-hitter against Northwood Tuesday night.
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MacKenzie walked eight and Woodbridge made two errors in the game, Murray said. Northwood, which is battling for a playoff berth, scored in the sixth inning taking advantage of two errors and a walk to load the bases. But MacKenize struck out the next batter. Northwood scored on a fielder's choice.
In the seventh inning, Northwood threatened again with two outs on two more walks, but MacKenzie struck out the next batter to end the game.
Woodbridge scored all of its runs in the third inning on a two-run single by Takumi Usui and a sacrifice fly by Tyler Durkee.
Usui was 2 for 3 with a double and two RBI. Steven Whisler pitched for Northwood, walking seven but allowing just two hits.
It was the third no-hitter in the PCL this year. James Kaprielian of Beckman has pitched two of them against Woodbridge and University.
Coach Kevin Lavalle decided to rest Kaprielian today against Irvine.
Beckman won, 9-2, to earn its fourth consecutive PCL title. There is a chance that Kaprielian may pitch on Thursday when the Patriots host Irvine in the regular season final. Beckman and University entered the week tied for first, but Beckman has a one-game lead and won the season series with the Trojans.
In the other PCL game, Corona del Mar defeated University, 9-5.
Warriors' Lumanlan shuts out Beckman in PCL game
Mon, Apr 23 2012 09:09
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Warriors' Lumanlan shuts out Beckman in PCL game
By TIM BURT / The Orange County Register
Woodbridge senior Chris Lumanlan has had his share of bad luck this season.
But Friday afternoon, he was in control and his teammates supported him with plenty of run support as the Warriors topped Pacific Coast leader Beckman, 5-0, at Ryan Lemmon Stadium.
Woodbridge senior Chris Lumanlan fires a pitch Friday against Beckman.
By TIM BURT / The Orange County Register
Woodbridge senior Chris Lumanlan has had his share of bad luck this season.
But Friday afternoon, he was in control and his teammates supported him with plenty of run support as the Warriors topped Pacific Coast leader Beckman, 5-0, at Ryan Lemmon Stadium.
Woodbridge senior Chris Lumanlan fires a pitch Friday against Beckman.
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Lumanlan (1-5) struck out eight and allowed just four hits while walking one to register his first career shut-out.
"I can't do it without my teammates," said Lumanlan. "Everyone worked hard, they put up runs and I keep them where they need to be. It was real exciting to me.
"I just tried to do my job and throw strikes. My mentality was just to let them hit it. My team will do the rest."
The performance couldn't have come at a better time for Woodbridge, which was no-hit by Beckman's James Kaprielian in an 8-0 loss on Tuesday.
"There's a reason we give him the ball," Woodbridge Coach Tim Murray said. "He's had some hard luck this year but he pitched very well against them the first time we faced them. We had a lead in the seventh inning and we couldn't finish it.
"Chris Lumanlan is a very good pitcher, a competitor and he's the kind of guy you want on the mound and I thought he did great job."
Woodbridge (7-11, 4-5) scored four runs in the first inning. Brandon Smith gave Woodbridge a jump start with a single. He stole second and third and came home on a wild pitch.
Tyler Durkee had an RBI single and Max Mariahazy drove in another run on a sacrifice fly.
Cameron MacKenzie came in to score on a catcher's interference play.
Woodbridge added another run in the fourth inning. Mariahazy singled and came around to score on a single by Chad Jacob.
No. 9-ranked Beckman (15-4, 7-2) couldn't get much going against Lumanlan.
Torin Goldsten had a double in the fifth inning but was stranded there. Garret Brown doubled in the sixth and Tyler Cook doubled in the seventh inning. But both runners were stranded.
"That's baseball. He was dominant today and the last time we played them, he was pretty much dominant for six innings and we got to him in the seventh," said Beckman Coach Kevin Lavalle. "Sometimes, there's not a lot you can do. The other team is just better than you.
"I don't think we were who we are today, but that's not to take anything away from them. They played five runs better than us."
Beckman starter Juan Padilla (3-1) took the loss and was relieved by Jake Hellar, who came on in the second inning and pitched the rest of the way.
Mariahazy had two hits for Woodbridge and Smith reached all four times with two singles.
Beckman is back in action Saturday, meeting Fountain Valley in the championship of the Beach Pit Classic at 11 a.m. at Fountain Valley.
Woodbridge pulls one out over Irvine
Woodbridge pulls one out over Irvine
Warriors scored two runs in the seventh to win PCL game over Irvine, 6-5. For game action, please click on the photo.
Irvine (4-10, 1-6) took advantage of two errors in the top of the seventh and RBI triples by Cole Moeller and Nick Lockwood to score three runs and go ahead, 5-4.
Brandon Smith of Woodbridge beats the throw back to first and the tag by first baseman Nick Lockwood.
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But in the bottom of the inning, Woodbridge (6-7, 3-4) cashed in four Irvine errors to win it.
With the bases loaded and no outs, Connor Rogers delivered a sacrifice fly to center field to drive in Cameron MacKenzie. Sam Lemmon, seeing that the ball had been dislodged from the Irvine catcher, also came racing in to score the game-winner.
"That's baseball, you're going to see stuff like that happen," said Woodbridge Coach Tim Murray. "It just all seemed to happen in the last inning."
Lemmon made the biggest play when he scored on the fly ball from second base.
"Lemmon read it on his own," Murray said. "We teach our kids to be aggressive and in the last inning, we had a couple times where we were aggressive on defense and it hurt us a little, but I still believe that this game has to be played being aggressive."
It was a heartbreaking loss for Irvine, which was trying to win its second game in a row over Woodbridge after winning Tuesday's game, 2-1.
"We've just got to learn how to win," Irvine Coach Keith Szczudlak said. "Hats off to Woodbridge, they took advantage of mistakes. We did a great job of coming back in the seventh, we've just got to learn how to close it out, that's the next step."
The game was tied, 2-2, going into the bottom of the fifth inning before MacKenzie hit a two-run home run, his first of the year.
MacKenzie also pitched the first 6 2/3 innings before giving way to Brandon Smith. MacKenize had two outs in the top of the seventh but an error allowed Irvine's Sean Toma to reach on an error and extend the inning. Smith (1-1) got the victory.
Alex Franklin started on the mound for Irvine, before being relieved by Raz Bracha in the fifth inning. Ben Kessler came on to pitch in the seventh but was victimized by poor defense as the first three Woodbridge batters reached on errors.
"This game is full of adversity," Murray said. "Irvine has played us as good as any team we've seen all year and they're doing a great job. They (Irvine) were down two runs with two outs, but it was nice to see our kids fight back."
MacKenzie led Woodbridge with two hits and two RBI. Anthony Torralba and Takumi Usui also had RBI on sacrifice flies for the Warriors.
Moeller had two RBI to lead Irvine's eight hit attack. Jake Garmon had two hits, an RBI and a run scored for Irvine and A.B. Blanchet doubled, scored two runs and had two stolen bases.
The Vaqueros stranded seven runners and had five errors in the game.
Both teams had eight hits.
Warriors scored two runs in the seventh to win PCL game over Irvine, 6-5. For game action, please click on the photo.
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Irvine (4-10, 1-6) took advantage of two errors in the top of the seventh and RBI triples by Cole Moeller and Nick Lockwood to score three runs and go ahead, 5-4.
Brandon Smith of Woodbridge beats the throw back to first and the tag by first baseman Nick Lockwood.
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But in the bottom of the inning, Woodbridge (6-7, 3-4) cashed in four Irvine errors to win it.
With the bases loaded and no outs, Connor Rogers delivered a sacrifice fly to center field to drive in Cameron MacKenzie. Sam Lemmon, seeing that the ball had been dislodged from the Irvine catcher, also came racing in to score the game-winner.
"That's baseball, you're going to see stuff like that happen," said Woodbridge Coach Tim Murray. "It just all seemed to happen in the last inning."
Lemmon made the biggest play when he scored on the fly ball from second base.
"Lemmon read it on his own," Murray said. "We teach our kids to be aggressive and in the last inning, we had a couple times where we were aggressive on defense and it hurt us a little, but I still believe that this game has to be played being aggressive."
It was a heartbreaking loss for Irvine, which was trying to win its second game in a row over Woodbridge after winning Tuesday's game, 2-1.
"We've just got to learn how to win," Irvine Coach Keith Szczudlak said. "Hats off to Woodbridge, they took advantage of mistakes. We did a great job of coming back in the seventh, we've just got to learn how to close it out, that's the next step."
The game was tied, 2-2, going into the bottom of the fifth inning before MacKenzie hit a two-run home run, his first of the year.
MacKenzie also pitched the first 6 2/3 innings before giving way to Brandon Smith. MacKenize had two outs in the top of the seventh but an error allowed Irvine's Sean Toma to reach on an error and extend the inning. Smith (1-1) got the victory.
Alex Franklin started on the mound for Irvine, before being relieved by Raz Bracha in the fifth inning. Ben Kessler came on to pitch in the seventh but was victimized by poor defense as the first three Woodbridge batters reached on errors.
"This game is full of adversity," Murray said. "Irvine has played us as good as any team we've seen all year and they're doing a great job. They (Irvine) were down two runs with two outs, but it was nice to see our kids fight back."
MacKenzie led Woodbridge with two hits and two RBI. Anthony Torralba and Takumi Usui also had RBI on sacrifice flies for the Warriors.
Moeller had two RBI to lead Irvine's eight hit attack. Jake Garmon had two hits, an RBI and a run scored for Irvine and A.B. Blanchet doubled, scored two runs and had two stolen bases.
The Vaqueros stranded seven runners and had five errors in the game.
Both teams had eight hits.