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CBS-13 just broke the story that a Hornet baseball player and a couple of UC Riverside players will be suspended following a brawl in today's game.
Hornet keystone bagger Andrew Ayers and Riverside's shortstop Eddie Young and catcher Drake Zarate were all tossed after a third-inning fight. By NCAA rule, they face four-game suspensions. Any further shenanigans this year will result in a five-game suspension; a ban for the season is the prescribed penalty for a third fight.
Riverside got the duke, 2-1. Sac (1-3) got it's rouge in the seventh, set up by outfielder Justin Higley's leadoff double. (He was the only Hornet leadoff hitter to get on base the whole afternoon.) Catcher Dane Fujinaka moved Higley to third with his second hit; Higley scored on Scotty Burcham's sac fly to right. Fujinaka's two hits are the first of his young career. Reliever Brandon Creel came on in the ninth to allow no runs on one hit. Starter Tanner Mendonca (0-2) had a strong outing, but took the "L" due to early wildness; he scattered five hits over eight innings, giving up just the two runs. He suffered a similar fate against Riverside last year.
The Hornets continue the four-game series with a double header Saturday at 11. Brennan Leitao (1-0), the pitching hero of the big win over Texas, mans the hill in the opener, while Ty Nichols (0-0) takes the nightcap.
Hornet Review: http://www.hornetsports.com/sports/baseball/release.asp?release_id=11005
Box Score: http://www.hornetsports.com/livestats/baseball/2013/04ucr13.htm
Hornet keystone bagger Andrew Ayers and Riverside's shortstop Eddie Young and catcher Drake Zarate were all tossed after a third-inning fight. By NCAA rule, they face four-game suspensions. Any further shenanigans this year will result in a five-game suspension; a ban for the season is the prescribed penalty for a third fight.
Riverside got the duke, 2-1. Sac (1-3) got it's rouge in the seventh, set up by outfielder Justin Higley's leadoff double. (He was the only Hornet leadoff hitter to get on base the whole afternoon.) Catcher Dane Fujinaka moved Higley to third with his second hit; Higley scored on Scotty Burcham's sac fly to right. Fujinaka's two hits are the first of his young career. Reliever Brandon Creel came on in the ninth to allow no runs on one hit. Starter Tanner Mendonca (0-2) had a strong outing, but took the "L" due to early wildness; he scattered five hits over eight innings, giving up just the two runs. He suffered a similar fate against Riverside last year.
The Hornets continue the four-game series with a double header Saturday at 11. Brennan Leitao (1-0), the pitching hero of the big win over Texas, mans the hill in the opener, while Ty Nichols (0-0) takes the nightcap.
Hornet Review: http://www.hornetsports.com/sports/baseball/release.asp?release_id=11005
Box Score: http://www.hornetsports.com/livestats/baseball/2013/04ucr13.htm
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