The Vikings capitalized on explosive fourth and eighth innings in their 11-8 come from behind Victory over L.A. Harbor.
Starting pitcher sophomore Evan Vasquez threw four innings, striking out three while giving up seven runs on ten hits.
The Vikings got off to a slow start early as they fell into a 7-1 deficit going into their half of the fourth.
The Vikings would immediately respond as they would score six runs in the fourth highlighted by a two run triple hit by sophomore third baseman Justin Santoyo.
In the sixth inning the Vikings had four hits, but really took advantage of L.A. Harbor’s mistakes, including multiple errors, walks, and hit batters.
Santoyo has been hot at the plate and when asked about what the keys to his recent success are he responded, “I got new contacts. I couldn’t really see before so yeah the contacts.”
L.A. Harbor would score one run in the fifth on a home run and take an 8-7 lead.
The Vikings would stay quiet until their half of the eighth inning where they would rally scoring four runs with the game winning run coming by the way of a fielder’s choice off the bat of freshmen second baseman Davis Grawey.
Going into the ninth with the lead, sophomore reliever Luke Pollard was able to shutout down L.A. Harbor to secure the 11-8 win for the Vikings.
Pollard came in to relief in the sixth inning and would get the win pitching four scoreless innings.
“It feels good. Evan kind of struggled today, so it felt good to pick him up and get the win. It was really the slider and throwing it for strikes. I kind of struggled with fastball location, but I really made up for it with my slider,” said Pollard.
With this win the Vikings completed the series sweep against L.A. Harbor and improve their conference record to 9-3.