LBCC Men’s baseball (14-3) defeats the visiting Rio Hondo Roadrunners (8-8) with help from starting pitcher sophomore Sebastian Irwin and freshman Third Baseman Alex Seguine who went 2-4 with 2 RBIs at Long Beach City College.
Irwin threw for four innings allowing five hits and striking out four. He also faced a bases-loaded jam in the 4th with one out, however, he kept his cool and managed to get himself out of it.
When asked about his thought process during that fourth-inning jam, Irwin said, “ It’s huge to keep your composure, you don’t want to show the other team that you are scared, especially with being a pitcher and having all eyes on you.”
The Vikings offense started the game off slow and didn’t get their first hit of the game until the 3rd inning.
Vikings were able to put the first run of the game in the fourth, then with two outs Seguine delivered the biggest hit of the day and brought in two more runs with a triple, which was one of his two hits of the day.
“I got down pretty early in the count and I knew that he was working with a lot of off-speed and knew the Curveball was coming so I took advantage of it,” Seguine said when asked about his approach at the plate in the 4th inning.
The Vikings managed to score two more runs in the 5th inning also with two outs.
Skipper Casey Crook knew how important it was for his team to be able to get hits when having two outs.
“It’s really important, lots of times it takes two outs just to get into position to have those base runners,” Crook said.
The Roadrunners were able to put up three runs in the seventh inning but didn’t manage to score another run in the game.
Relievers Sophomore Dennis Stevenson and Freshman Matthew Pinal Squandered any hope the Roadrunners had on making a comeback as the two combined for two scoreless innings to ice the game.
The Vikings are riding a nine-game win streak and will try to extend that streak as they face Mt. San Antonio today March, 7th at 12pm.