Los Altos remained undefeated with an 8-6 victory over South Hills in its first home game on Tuesday. Christian Small picked up a “vulture” victory and Mario “Rivera” Carillo notched his first save, stranding the tying run at first base.
Carillo showed some pop with the bat in the first inning as he hammered the first pitch of the game into the left field corner. Carillo’s double set the tone offensively for Los Altos as they continued their first inning magic by giving starting pitcher Kevin Jenkins a three run lead. Junior shortstop Raymond Lulet continued his tear at the plate with an RBI-double in the 3rd inning to raise his league-leading slugging percentage to 1.534 with his two HRs and two doubles on the year.
Jenkins pitched a solid 4 1/3 innings before giving way to Small in the 5th inning. Some shoddy infield bunt defense led to 4 unearned runs for South Hills. One bright spot of the inning was a 1-3-5 double play turned on the third attempted bunt of the inning.
But enter pinch-hitter Tony Aceves.
With one out and runners on first and third, Aceves came in to hit for David Zaragoza “aka” Battle of Saratoga.
With South Hills concerned that a possible squeeze was in the works, Aceves took a full hack and whacked a two-run double in the right-centerfield gap to score two runs, giving the Los Altos squad a two-run lead it would not relinquish.
Small pitched a quick 1-2-3 sixth inning and gave way to closer Carillo who nervously slammed the door.
Los Altos JV Baseball remains undefeated at a 2-0 clip. They face South Hills on their turf tomorrow @ 3:15 PM (Thursday, March 13, 2008) in West Covina.
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