Sophomore infielder Raul Gonzalez was the first one to bring it home for the Vikings, as the Long Beach City College baseball team won 9-3 against visitor Compton College.
Gonzalez improved from his last appearance against Santa Ana College, Gonzales ended with two runs in total against Compton, where he had no runs against Santa Ana.
“It’s all about just improving and fixing my mistakes overtime, and I know my teammates and coaches are here to help me out,” Gonzales said.
Freshman outfielder Zach Rivas was right behind Gonzales, as he was the only other player to have two runs in the game.
Sophomore pitcher Garrett Rennie had a better game than average, Rennie had 9 strikeouts against the Tartars and no home runs
“I really have to keep my focus for the rest of the season. I think that’s what brought us here, having our focus as our priority,” Rennie said.
The Tartars were having trouble the entirety of the game, sophomore left hand pitcher Kevin Smith had six base on balls.
“We have two more games against Long Beach so I’m not completely worried, but if we want to be better, it has to start with me,” Smith said.
According to Vikings Head Coach Casey Crook, the Vikings need to work on their decisions in the infield, as the team had missed opportunities during the game.
The Vikings are set to play the Tartars two more times, and Head Coach Martinez plans to win them all and to go as far as possible in the conference.
“We are capable of going as far as possible in the conference it because I’ve been in these situations many times,” Martinez said.
“We need to run less people and we have to our infield catchers focused. But it also really depends who we play, that’s the uncertainty I have for our future.”
The Vikings increase their overall record to 25-13, and 16-4 in the South Coast Conference.
The Vikings are set to play Compton College again, and one more time after that, the next game will be at Compton College on today at 2:30 p.m.