Baseball Ends Season with Extra Inning Win over LA Pierce

LOS ANGELES, Calif. - The Allan Hancock College baseball program ended the season with a thrilling 10-inning victory over LA Pierce College on Saturday afternoon in the regular season finale. | BOX SCORE

The Bulldogs (21-19, 11-13 WSC) struck first after Zach Martinez scored on a wild pitch in the second, but the Brahmas bounced back with a two-run showing in the fifth to take the lead. Both teams scored once in the sixth after Vance Serrano registered a sacrifice fly and Pierce plated one on an RBI single. Parker Haskell evened the odds in the seventh with an RBI single, bringing the game to a 3-3 tie.

Haskell came through once more ninth with another RBI single, briefly putting the Hancock squad ahead, but Pierce (10-30, 7-17 WSC) matched the effort in the bottom of the frame to force extra innings. Dylan Howell opened the scoring in the tenth with a double, plating once, before Jacob Ruley drove in another with a sacrifice fly to right field. Pierce managed to plate one runner with one out in the bottom of the inning, but left a man on base after a pop fly and a ground out ended the contest. 

Jacob Steels and Haskell led the Bulldogs at the plate after they both registered a 3-for-5 showing. Haskell closed the game with two RBIs and one run while Steels tallied two runs. Howell also finished the game with multiple hits, recording two, and was walked twice. 

Matthew Gonzales collected his fifth win of the season on the mound after tossing the final two frames. He struck out two batters and surrendered two earned runs after scattering four hits. Isaaz Baz, Ricardo Rodriguez, Luke Kovach, and Vance Serrano also made brief appearances but did not factor into the final decision.