FULLERTON ADVANCES TO CHAMPIONSHIP GAME OF THE SOCAL SUPER REGIONALS

 FULLERTON ADVANCES TO CHAMPIONSHIP GAME OF THE SOCAL SUPER REGIONALS: The #1 Fullerton College Hornets (29-12) came to play today beating #4 Palomar College (27-13) 5-1 advancing to the championship game of the SoCal Super Regionals to be played on Sunday on Hornet Field at 11:00 am.

FC scored a run in the 1st inning when SS Jose Rojas ripped one into right field for a double scoring CF Dakota Wix. In the 2nd, RF Ryan Joyce doubled down the left line scoring LF Uriel Salinas and 3B Erik Lewis singled to right field scoring Joyce. In the 3rd, Fullerton struck again on a right field double by Catcher Paul Frias scoring Rojas.

Up 4-0 heading into the 7th, the Hornets gave up a run to Palomar on a SAC fly by SS Dennis Morton allowing RF Nico Garbella to score from third.

FC would add an insurance run in the 8th on an up-the-middle-single by Joyce scoring 1B Garrett Donohoe.

Starting pitcher Juan Berumen (5-3) went 8 innings tossing a three-hit game to earn the win. RP Jacob Miller came in to finish off the 9th striking out one while allowing a hit.

Up Next: Fullerton will play Palomar College, who beat ECC 10-2 in Saturday's last game, at Hornet Field on Sunday, May 12th @ 11:00 am.

*Photo by Jim McCormack

In the offsite game between Glendale College and El Camino Compton College, the Tartars ended the Vaqueros season with a 4-3 win while earning a chance to play Palomar College later today for a chance to take on Fullerton on Sunday.

Riding the arm of Nick Sanchez, El-Camino College-Compton Center held off a late Glendale College rally to win 4-3 and stave off elimination in the third game of the CCCAA Baseball Southern Super Regional Championships.

The Tartars (26-17) return to Fullerton College this afternoon in the second elimination game while Glendale (27-13) sees its season come to an end. Compton staked itself to an early 3-0 lead with three runs in the first inning, all unearned, as the Vaqueros committed an error that allowed the first run to score. Another Glendale error in the fifth inning helped the Tartars to a 4-0 lead. But Glendale would rally late as the pitch count began to pile up on Sanchez. The Vaqueros got a pair of runs in the seventh inning, both on wild pitches, to set up an exciting ninth inning.

After Compton got two quick outs, Glendale began to rally with a two-out double followed by a RBI-single to make the game 4-3.

The Vaqueros got another baserunner on with a walk, but Sanchez' 138th pitch of the game induced a fly ball to centerfield, to end the contest. Sanchez (10-3) got the complete game win as he held Glendale to three runs on six hits with six strikeouts.

Angel Rodriguez (8-3) took the loss despite keeping Glendale in the game after his early struggles.

Rodriguez' final line was four runs, none earned, on seven hits over six innings.