Vikings baseball won 18-5 against the LA Harbor College Seahawks at the Tuesday afternoon home game.
The Vikings started the game strong, with the Seahawks striking out before earning any runs.
Second baseman Danny Rodriguez and pitcher Max Ghiglieri stole both third and second base, respectively, with Cross Stephens at bat.
Stephens subsequently earned a walk to first.
The next batter, first baseman Aaron Mingo, earned a hit, allowing Rodriguez to reach home plate.
Unfortunately, Ghiglieri was tagged out in the same play.
Infielder Eshua Desai followed hit a double, allowing both Mingo and Stevens to cross home plate, bringing the score to 4-0.
The Vikings had an even better performance in the next inning, with six runs scored, for a total of 10-0.
Neither team earned any points in the third and fourth innings, with the two teams quickly striking each other out in both innings.
Ryan Lopetegui made the first home run of the game.
“That’s my fourth one this season,” said Lopetegui.
Another home run was hit in the sixth inning by Eduardo Diaz.
In the same inning, many benched players were added to the batters lineup.
“We actually ended up with a totally different lineup today by the end. None of our starters finished the game,” head coach Casey Crook said.
The Vikings scored an additional five more points, bringing the score to 18-0.
The subsequent seventh inning was the shortest, with both teams striking out by their third batters.
In the eighth inning, as the Seahawks started earning some runs back, first baseman Logan Thurman was injured by a ball to the eye.
He ended up throwing it over cause I think he thought he wasn’t gonna get there in time and I tried to get my face in it like you always do with a pick,” he said about the incident.
Thurman was out for the remainder of the game.
The eighth inning ended with a score of 18-2.
LA Harbor scored only three more points in the final inning before striking out and the game ending with a final score of 18-5.
“We came in, like we always do, with the anticipation to win,” said Lopetegui, reflecting on the game.
With this win, Vikings Baseball now has a two game winning streak, a conference record of 4-3, and their overall record now at 9-8.