The Vikings battled against East Los Angeles at home on March 10, losing in a high scoring game of 10-6, making their record 7-14.
The first two innings were hard on young southpaw starter Sabin Tomlinson, as he gave up 5 runs in 1 1/3 innings pitched, bringing in reliever Zach Papscoe early in the game.
“I found myself being loopy on the mound, I needed to be more strong with my outing and stay through the ball, we needed to stay locked in and just do our job for today”, said Zach Papscoe.
“We’re down a starter for the first game against ELAC, our relief pitcher tried to give us some innings but he didn’t have his best stuff today”, said coach Visico when asked about his starting pitcher Sabin Tomlinson.
Papscoe would go 5 and 1/3 innings pitched as he tried to keep his team in the game, unfortunately falling short of a potential comeback.
As LBCC was trying to get bats going, ELAC starting pitcher and designated hitter Phillip Chaidez allowed only three runs in the first six innings.
The Vikings went on to score three runs against Chaidez in the bottom of the eighth inning extending their losing streak to three games.
“We put up (six) runs, but we could’ve had a better game. We did have a lot of guys in scoring position but we weren’t able to capitalize today and that’s been the story all season long for us”, said Visico.
Outfielder Myles Fendrick, who went three for five with two stolen bases talked about his performance on the plate.
“I was just thinking about to be on time, (Chaidez) was throwing some curveballs and fastballs, so I got in front of it and hit it hard.” Fendrick said.
Third baseman Aaron Mingo went two for four with an RBI single, talked about being aggressive against ELAC but believed they had a good offensive game.
“We just need to come out hot with the bats, but we were down and we hoped we were able to throw zeroes at them (ELAC)”, said Mingo.
LBCC bounced back to win the final two games of the series against ELAC, improving their record to 9–14.
The Vikings’ current record is 10-16 overall and 7-6 in conference.
