Bulldogs Extend Win Streak to 11 with Sweep of Ventura

SANTA MARIA, Calif. – The Allan Hancock College baseball program cruised to victory in a two-game sweep over Ventura College at home on Saturday afternoon.

The Bulldogs move to 13-3 on the season (8-0 WSC) and extend their active win streak to 11 while Ventura falls to 7-9 on the season and 3-5 in conference play.

GAME ONE: HANCOCK 10, VENTURA 5

Ventura struck early in game one, but the Bulldogs responded with a pair of doubles from Jacob Ortega and Parker Haskell to plate three. The Pirates scored again in the second inning, but an error by the Pirates allowed two runners to score in the same frame. Haskell came through again for the Bulldogs in the third inning with an RBI single. Ventura plated one unearned run the fourth, but a two-run RBI by Jacob Ruley and a pair of sacrifice flies from Jeff Ray and Ortega led to a massive four-run inning for the Bulldogs. The Pirates closed out the scoring for both sides with a pair of runs in the top of the fifth frame.

Vander Hodges collected the win on the mound for the Bulldogs after sitting down two batters and scattering five hits through four innings of work.

GAME TWO: HANCOCK 17, VENTURA 7

Bats caught fire for the Bulldogs in the second half of the day as Hancock recorded 17 runs on 15 hits en route to the victory. The home squad notched 14 unanswered runs through the first five innings of action before the Pirates got on the board. Luis Martinez and Jacob Steels headlined the offensive assault with back-to-back solo homeruns in the contest while Jeff Ray and Parker Haskell notched three RBIs each. Trenton Pallas, Jacob Ruley, and Steels recorded two RBIs apiece while Travis Welker and Evan Kling each recorded one. 

Matthew Gonzales narrowly missed his second milestone performance of the season in the nightcap after holding the Pirates hitless through five full innings. Gonzales recorded the win on the bump for the Bulldogs with striking out nine batters and surrendering one hit through six innings of work. 

UP NEXT:

The Bulldogs will return to the diamond on Thursday, May 13^th, with a home doubleheader versus Antelope Valley. Game one is set to begin at 12 PM, followed by the nightcap at approximately 3 PM, on John Osborne Field.