Hancock Baseball Hosts Annual Spring Tournament April 11-13, Field Includes Four Teams Ranked in State's Top 20
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East Los Angeles | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 11 | 15 | 2 |
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Allan Hancock | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 12 | 1 |
East Los Angeles
Allan Hancock College will host its annual Spring Tournament this week from Tuesday, April 11-Thursday, April 13. The eight-team field includes Cuesta, Cerritos, College of the Canyons, Cypress, East Los Angeles, Fresno City and Merced. Four of the teams, Canyons, Cypress, Fresno and Merced, are ranked in the Top 18 in the most recent state poll.
Cypress is 21-10 on the year and ranked No. 12 in California and ninth in the South Region. Cypress has a team batting average of .270 led by Brandon Alamo at .326 and Willie Aguilar with two home runs and a .305 average. Canyons is 20-10 and ranked eighth in the South and 14th in the last state poll. COC's Cole Kleszcz is tied for the state lead with 12 home runs to go with a .397 batting average. Anthony Lepre is hitting .328 with nine home runs and 32 RBI, while Chris May is hitting .376 with five home runs and 28 RBI. Merced is 21-10 overall and tabbed No. 6 in the North Region and 18th in the state. Alex Pallios leads Merced with a .398 batting average, 28 RBI, 33 runs and 13 stolen bases. Fresno City is 20-11 on the season, and ranked No. 13 in the state and No.7 in the North. Eddie Pena is hitting .321 with four home runs and 19 RBI for the Rams, while Kobe Portillo is 6-1 with a 1.13 ERA over 56 innings.
This season, Hancock is 0-2 against Canyons (5-13, 3-6), and 0-2 against Cypress (0-3, 5-6).
Last week, Hancock split a two-game series with Oxnard. The Bulldogs won the first game 6-0 in Oxnard behind a three-hit shutout from Walker Armstrong (St. Joseph HS). The sophomore struck out five and did not walk a batter in the first complete-game shutout thrown by a Hancock pitcher in three years. Freshman catcher Nash Ackerman (Arroyo Grande HS) collected a career-high three hits to go with 4 RBI. Wyatt Coll (Righetti HS) and Dylan Maiden (Cabrillo HS) had two hits apiece. The Bulldogs lost the second game at home 8-5. Kyle von Tillow (Santa Ynez HS), Armstrong and Maiden had two hits apiece in the loss.
Cuesta vs. Cypress – 2 p.m. @ Cuesta Cypress vs. Canyons-11 a.m. @ Cuesta
Canyons vs. Merced – 2 p.m. @ Elk Hancock vs. Fresno-1 p.m. @ AHC
Hancock vs. East LA – 2:30 p.m. @ AHC Merced vs. East LA- 1p.m. @ Elks
Cerritos vs. Fresno – 6 p.m. @ Elks Cuesta vs. Cerritos-2:30 p.m. @ Cuesta
Thursday, April 13
Hancock vs. Cerritos- 12 p.m. @AHC
Cuesta vs. Merced -12 p.m. @ Cuesta
East LA vs. Canyons – 12 p.m. @ Elks
Fresno vs. Cypress- 12 p.m. @ Sinsheimer
IMPORTANT INFORMATION FOR COACHES, PLAYERS AND FANS
TOURNAMENT: Round Robin – No new inning after 3 hours, morning game only.
PLAYING SITES: Allan Hancock College Field, 800 S. College Drive, Santa Maria
Cuesta College Field, Highway 1, San Luis Obispo
Elks Baseball Field, 615 S. McClelland St., Santa Maria
Sinsheimer Park, San Luis Obispo
(Hancock and Cuesta will occupy the 3rd base dugout at respective sites).
WARM UP/ PREGAME:
Visiting Team: 10 minutes, to start 30 minutes before game time
Ground Rules: 10 minutes before game time.
No on field pregame BP unless time permits, cages ok.
BALLS: Each school will furnish half the balls, (Rawlings R100-CCC)
COACHES DINNER/BBQ:
WHEN: Wednesday, April 12 @ 6:00 p.m.
WHERE: Stevens' House in Santa Maria
DIRECTIONS: Coming from the North 101, exit Betteravia and turn right. Take Betteravia to Miller and turn left. Take Miller to San Ysidro, (its your second signal), and turn left. Turn right on San Miguel. Turn left on San Luis Dr. End of street, left hand side.
Home number: (805) 937-5051 cell: (805) 720-8387