Fair Oaks 16, West Sacramento 0 (League: 3-1, Overall: 4-4-1) - June 6 @ Bella Vista High School, Fair Oaks, Calif. - Fair Oaks improved its league record to 3-1 with a 16-0 thrashing of West Sacramento at Bella Vista High School. The win completed a series sweep for the Oaks over West Sacramento as Post 383 won the first two games 10-0 and 7-1. Fair Oaks wasted no time getting on the scoreboard as five runs came across the plate in the opening inning. Second baseman Dustin Vaught started things off with a walk and then scored on left fielder Alec Strain's double to left field. The throw came home in an attempt to get Vaught, but the ball got away from the catcher allowing Strain to advance to third. First baseman Shane Rae followed with another double to score Strain. Third baseman Ryan Hall got a hit and designated hitter Shawn Wheeler walked to load the bases with no outs. The Oaks third run on the inning scored as shortstop Kevin Lyman was hit by a pitch from West Sacramento hurler Brandon Erwin. This forced Rae in to make it 3-0. Catcher Mike Nantze followed with a walk to force in Hall for a 4-0 lead and then with two out and Vaught at the plate for the second time in the inning, a passed ball allowed Lyman to score to make it a 5-0 game. West Sacramento sent a new pitcher to the mound to start the second as Max Jablonski took over for Erwin. But the Oaks came right back to score another four runs to take a 9-0 lead. Strain started off with a hit to center and then Rae hit a ball to third. The throw went to second in an attempt to force Strain, but it sailed wide and both runners were safe. Hall walked to load the bases and then with Wheeler at the plate, a wild pitch scored Strain to make it 6-0. Wheeler grounded to short, with the throw going to first which allowed Rae to score. Lyman followed with a double down the third base line to score Hall and a hit by Nantze to center field scored Lyman to give the Oaks a nine run lead. Oaks starting pitcher Brett Hoffman continued to hold West Sacramento hitless through three innings and Post 383 scored five more runs in the bottom of the third to take a commanding 14-0 lead. With one out, Strain got a hit to center followed by a double to right by Rae. Hall then hit a ball to third, but the throw to first got away and both Strain and Rae scored to make it an 11-0 game. Wheeler was hit by a pitch and Lyman followed with a walk to load the bases with one out. Nantze then grounded to short, but another bad throw to first resulted in Hall and Wheeler scoring to give the Oaks a 13-0 lead. With two outs, center fielder Aaron Saul-Guzman was hit by a pitch to load the bases and a walk to Vaught forced in Lyman to make it a 14-0 game. West Sacramento managed its first hit of the game as catcher Caleb Connelly singled to center with one out in the top of the fourth, but Hoffman got the next two outs and put West Sac. down in order in the fifth to preserve the shutout. In the bottom of the firth, the Oaks scored their final two runs of the game as Josh Paige started things off with a one out walk. Vaught followed with a hit to center field and Strain walked to once again load the bases for the Oaks. Logan Appledorn hit a ball to third with the throw coming home to force Paige at the plate for the second out of the inning, but then David Dellaserra hit a shot that deflected off the pitcher's foot. West Sacramento first baseman Nick Coulter couldn't recover the ball in time to make a play and Vaught scored to make it 15-0. With Wheeler at the plate, a wild pitch scored Strain to give the Oaks their 16th run. Hoffman gave up only one walk in the sixth and the seventh and then was relieved by Vaught, who gave up an infield hit to lead off the eighth before shutting down West Sacramento the rest of the way. The win improved the Oaks league record to 3-1, 4-4-1 overall.
West Sacramento:
Pitching - Erwin, Jablowski (2), Miller (6), Beal (8) and Connelly. |
