Penn shuts out Cuesta, Coyotes split Saturday tourney games
By Nathan Ahle, The Daily Independent
The Cerro Coso Coyotes baseball team got the Cuesta/Pepsi Classic off to
a good start Friday afternoon in San Luis Obispo, as Ryan Penn threw a
five-hit shutout win over the host Cuesta team.
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"He (Penn) just dealt today," said Cerro Coso Head Coach Dick Adams.
"His pitch count was OK, so I just left him in there."
Cerro Coso got things going in the top of the first, scoring three runs.
Kip Keith led off with a single and stole second base. Centerfielder
Nick Wagner grounded out, advancing Keith to third. After Penn was hit
by a pitch, cleanup hitter Caleb Gallagher doubled to the outfield,
scoring Keith. Adam Auer followed with a groundout RBI that scored Penn.
Rodney Black was hit by a pitch, and Norm Love followed with a single
that scored Gallagher.
"We just came out and attacked them," Adams said.
After the three-run first, Penn and Cuesta pitched Steve Evoniuc settled
the game into a pitcher's duel. Both teams were held off the scoreboard
until the eighth inning, with Penn scattering hits in the middle
innings.
In the top of the eighth, Cerro Coso extended its lead, led again by
Gallagher, who went 2-for-5 and had what Adams called "a big game."
Gallagher singled, followed by an Auer single that moved him to third.
Black attempted to squeeze in Gallagher, but bunted the ball foul. Adams
took the bunt sign off, and Black responded with a double that scored
Gallagher. Love flied out to right field, advancing Black, and Tony
Teixiera squeezed in Black with the Coyotes' final run.
Saturday, the Coyotes faced off against Canada, winning 10-1 and fell
27-10 to Allan Hancock College in the final two games of the tournament.
Look for highlights from these games in Tuesday's edition of The Daily
Independent.
February 8, 2004
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