LMC Baseball team thrashes the Falcons at home
Offense’s dominant play secures the win
Los Medanos Mustangs baseball player Ryan Pierce, No. 18, tags a Solano Falcon runner out at third base.
April 20, 2023
The Los Medanos College Mustangs baseball team defeated the Solano Falcons 16-9 on April 13. After a shaky first inning, the Mustangs bats got hot and exploded for 20 hits.
The Falcons lead off batter Miles Meadows started the game off with a double that banged off the left center field wall. Victor Vega singled to put runners on the corners with no outs in the inning when Kris Leffle made an error that allowed Meadows to score and put Vega on second base. Ryan Mitchell doubled to score Vega and send Alex Gaela to third base. Gaela would score on a sacrifice fly by Kevin Parker to put the Falcons ahead 3-0.
However, the Mustangs stormed back when Seth Gwynn was hit by a pitch and then Ryan Pierce doubled him home. Bubba Rocha singled, then stole second to have runners on second and third when Michael Weber singled home Pierce, followed by Rocco Borrelli grounding out to score Rocha. With two outs in the inning, Nico Torrez singled to score Weber to give the Mustangs a 4-3 lead after the first inning of play.
The Mustangs added two in the second, three in the third, three in the fifth and four in the sixth. This barrage of runs was powered by three home runs from Gwynn, Pierce and Rocha. Weber, Torrez, Borrelli and Trudeau each knocked in two runs to help the Mustangs extend their lead. By the end of this scoring barrage, the Mustangs led the Falcons 16-5.
The Falcons added on six runs late in the game when Parker hit a 2-run home run in the sixth and James Larson walked to score Conner Ross. Jaxon Blates hit a sacrifice fly to score Caleb Morant followed by Parker scoring on a wild pitch. Robert Searcy singled home Larson, but the inning soon ended when Benny Burns grounded out to second base.
By then, the game was out of reach as the Mustangs cruised in the ninth inning to defeat the Solano Falcons.
After Ryan Radkey’s shaky start, he pitched for seven innings giving up just two runs outside the first inning while striking out seven batters. Pierce went 3-5 hitting while knocking in three runs and scoring four times. Weber, Borrelli and Torrez also each had three RBIs on the day as the Mustangs stomped the Falcons at home with a final score of 16-9.
