Warriors' Lumanlan shuts out Beckman in PCL game
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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.
TIM BURT, THE ORANGE COUNTY REGISTER
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.