Long Beach City College baseball lost in a shutout on the road due to errors and denied on runs as the team lost to Cerritos 8-0 on April 25 losing the South Coast Conference.
Coming from the previous win the Vikings went scoreless due to the Falcons defense with five errors committed with only eight hits.
Along with the lack of the team defenses has allowed the Falcons to score eight runs with three on the bottom of the sixth and eighth losing the chance to claim the title.
The Vikings prepare as the team’s next focus in getting ready for the playoffs according to head coach Casey Crook as they focus on the state championship.
“We still got a lot to play for,” Crook said. “We need to practice bouncing back and use that in our favor in the playoffs.”
On the positive side, starting pitcher Myles Dismute played almost six innings getting two strikeouts while only allowing five runs.
Sophomore Jay Carr was called from the bullpen to end the sixth with one strikeout along with Thomas Adair in the seventh inning getting two and both Benjamin Dorantes and Sean Lovett in the eighth.
“Tried to do as much as I can as we had a bad day on the defensive side,” Dismute said. “But we have to do is throw strikes and compete.”
While James Provencio, Ryan Geck, Olin Snakenbor and Xander McLaurin get the team to scoring position with 8 overall hits along with Caleb Brandon stealing bases yet caught in the top of the 4th.
“We’re a better team than them,” Provencio said. “We just have to get ready for the playoffs soon.”
The Vikings will meet the Falcons for one last time in the third game tomorrow for the final home game of the regular season as playoffs are getting close.
The team beat the Falcons on the first game of the three game series April 23 at home 18-3 as the team would potentially get their chance to do it again.