May 7, 2015 Page 5 Animo Has Unbeaten League Record Hawthorne pitcher Andy Monarrez throws to an El Segundo batter during last Thursday’s Ocean League baseball game. The Eagles blanked the Cougars 23-0. By Joe Snyder Photos by Joe Snyder The Animo Leadership baseball team from Inglewood displays a 5-0 Harbor League record after easy wins over Summit View West and Shalhevet, both private schools from Los Angeles, last week. At Stoner Park in West L.A. on April 27, the Aztec-Eagles rolled over Summit View West 25-3. Two days later at Shalhevet, Animo won handily 12-2. Against Shalhevet, the Aztec-Eagles led 2-1 through two innings, then broke the game open by scoring 10 runs over the next four innings, including three in the third and five in the fifth. Animo had a balanced attack, behind senior Dante Siordia who went two-for-three with two runs scored. Junior Miguel Patino was two-for-two with a run and junior Adam Miranda went one-for-two with two runs batted in and one run. Angel Baron, Sergio Orejel, Brian Rocha and Cesar Rocha each drove in a run. Brian Rocha was the winning pitcher. He went three innings allowing two runs (one earned) on three hits. He struck out four batters. At Summit View West, the Aztec- Eagles made quick work with five runs in the top of the first, four in the second, 11 in the third and five more in the fourth. Winning pitcher Baron went three-for-five, drove in five runs and scored three. He was among five pitchers as he went just one inning, allowing two earned runs. He struck out two batters and walked two. Ernesto Lucas pitched two hitless innings with two strikeouts and two walks. At the bat, Lucas was two-for-three with three RBI’s and two runs. Brian Rocha went four-for-four with two RBI’s and five runs. Animo (13-3 overall) will take on Environmental Charter from Lawndale at Kendall Field in Torrance tonight at 6:30 p.m. in another league game. The Aztec-Eagles, then, host Newport Beach Sage Hill at the Urban Youth Baseball Academy in Compton next Wednesday at 3 p.m. Environmental, meanwhile, is struggling with a 1-9 overall record and is 1-3 in Harbor action after a 7-3 loss at Shalhevet on April 27. Shalhevet scored three runs in the bottom of the first inning and four runs in the second before the White Tigers scored three in the top of the third. The rest of the game was scoreless. El Segundo Dominates Hawthorne Hawthorne High’s baseball team had two Ocean League games against a premiere El Segundo team and the Eagles proved overwhelming to the Cougars last week. At Hawthorne on April 28, the Eagles rolled over the Cougars 16-4. At Stevenson Field on the ground of El Segundo Recreation Park last Thursday, the Eagles overwhelmed Hawthorne Hawthorne baserunner Charles Phelps leads off second base in last Thursday’s Ocean League baseball game against El Segundo. 23-0. Both games ended after five innings due to a mercy rule coaches’ agreement. At Hawthorne, the Eagles rolled to a 16-0 lead before the Cougars scored all four of their runs in the bottom of the fifth inning. Senior Chris Phelps, one of the two Phelps brothers (the other being sophomore Charles) who transferred to Hawthorne from El Segundo prior to last season, had two hits and drove in a run. Max Riley went one-for-three with one RBI and Brandon Brown also had a hit and drove in a run. Last Thursday, the Eagles thoroughly dominated the Cougars, already taking a 16-0 bulge (seven runs in the bottom of the first and nine in the second) after only two innings. El Segundo, unbeaten in league at 6-0, 19-6 overall and ranked third in the CIFSouthern Hawthorne batter Max Riley swings at a pitch during last Thursday’s Ocean League baseball game. The Cougars visit Culver City today at 3:15 p.m. Section Division III, was sparked by Joey Garza who went two-for-two, including a three-run home run in the fourth, and drove in four runs. Hunter Lewis also went twofor two including a two-run homer. Hawthorne mustered just five hits, two of those by Charles Phelps. The Cougars will have road league games at Culver City today and at Lawndale next Tuesday, both beginning at 3:15 p.m. Lawndale Splits With Beverly Hills Lawndale High’s baseball team won its first Ocean League game of the season at home over Beverly Hills 1-0 last Thursday. The win came after the Cardinals (1-5 in league) lost a nailbiter to the host Normans 4-3 on April 28 at La Cienega Park in Beverly Hills. Lawndale has a brutal two-game series against Ocean leader El Segundo this week. After visiting the Eagles at Recreation Park’s Stevenson Field on Tuesday, the Cardinals host El Segundo today at 3:15 p.m. Lawndale, then, begins its league closing rivalry at home against Hawthorne next Tuesday at the same time. The Cardinals visit the Cougars next Thursday. Hawthorne Blanks Lawndale Hawthorne High’s softball team shut out host Lawndale 11-0 on April 28 before being blanked by Santa Monica 12-0 last Thursday at home. Against the Cardinals, pitchers La Leilua (starter), Alyssa Casillas, Emily Cortez, Carrie Ludman, Natal Rocha and Melina Sandoval combined for a one-hitter. Vanessa Perez sparked the Cougars’ offense by going three-for-three with five runs batted in and one run scored. Kassandra Perez was two-for-three with two RBI’s and a run. Alyssa Casillas went two-for-three and scored one run. Santa Monica, the Ocean League leader and last year’s CIF-Southern Section Division III champion, proved too much for Hawthorne. The Cougars visit El Segundo at Richmond Field in a key league game Friday at 7 p.m. Hawthorne, then, visits Culver City in another big Ocean contest next Tuesday at 3:15 p.m. before closing league next Thursday at home against Lawndale next Thursday at the same time. •
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