CRC Wins Community College Title

Josh Silver (Franklin H.S.) singled in Colby Brenner (Elk Grove H.S.) with the go-ahead run then Phillip Roa (Elk Grove) doubled in Silver in the top of the 12th inning to give Cosumnes River College an 8-6 win over Rio Hondo College Sunday and give the Hawks their first-ever State Community College baseball championship.

Blake Harrison (Galt H.S.) earned the win in relief pitching four innings of shutout ball. Austin Ales (Oak Ridge H.S.) earned the save, pitching the 12th inning. Bryce Shandro (Franklin) was the starting pitcher for the Hawks.

This is quite an accomplishment for Coach Tony Bloomfield and the Hawks. They never played a home game. The college is building a new sports complex on the CRC campus so CRC's "home games" were played at City College, American River College and even a couple were played at Sacramento State.

Here's the game's box score:

Cosumnes River Hawks        AB  R  H BI     Rio Hondo Roadrunner        AB  R  H BI
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Colby Brenner cf...........  4  2  1  1     Dorian Granados rf.........  4  2  0  0
Josh Silver ss.............  6  3  3  1     Adam Hurley lf.............  5  1  1  0
Phillip Roa 3b.............  6  1  3  3     Christian Ibarra ss........  5  0  1  2
Shawn Wheeler c............  3  0  1  1     Cody Doyle c...............  5  1  3  1
 Paul Pendley ph...........  0  0  0  1      Marcos Aldecoa pr.........  0  0  0  0
 Alec Miramontes p.........  0  0  0  0     Jesse Amaya c.............  0  0  0  0
 Blake Harrison p..........  0  0  0  0     Tim Smoley 1b..............  4  0  1  0
 Austin Ales p.............  0  0  0  0     Freddie Sanchez dh.........  3  0  2  1
Garrett Heisinger 1b.......  6  0  1  1      Vincent Costello pr.......  0  1  0  0
Bryan Case dh/c............  6  0  1  0      Sam Medina ph/dh..........  2  0  0  0
Luke McDonald 2b...........  4  1  1  0     Dominique Davis 2b.........  4  1  1  0
Wil Gilliland rf/lf........  3  0  0  0     Andrew Stein 3b............  6  0  5  1
Malik Hill lf/rf...........  4  1  2  0     Dominic Martinez cf........  5  0  0  1
Bryce Shandro p............  0  0  0  0     Matt Lee p.................  0  0  0  0
 Jared Ney p...............  0  0  0  0      Kyle Butcher p............  0  0  0  0
                                             Marcos Casillas p.........  0  0  0  0
                                             Andrew Melchor p..........  0  0  0  0
                                             Mike Zurita p.............  0  0  0  0
                                             Jacob Smigelski p.........  0  0  0  0
Totals..................... 42  8 13  8       Totals..................... 43  6 14  6

Score by Innings                        R  H  E
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Cosumnes River Hawks 001 001 040 002 -  8 13  0
Rio Hondo Roadrunner 112 000 110 000 -  6 14  2
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E - Stein,A; Lee,M. DP - Cosumnes 2; Rio Hondo 2. LOB - Cosumnes 7; Rio Hondo 12. 2B
- Roa,P 2; Wheeler,S; Davis,D; Stein,A. 3B - Hurley,A. HBP - Brenner,C; Gilliland,W;
Davis,D. SH - Hill,M; Davis,D; Martinez,D. SF - Brenner,C; Pendley,P; Ibarra,C. SB -
Brenner,C. CS - McDonald,L 2; Stein,A.

Cosumnes River Hawks   IP  H  R ER BB SO      Rio Hondo Roadrunner   IP  H  R ER BB SO
------------------------------------------    ------------------------------------------
Bryce Shandro ......  2.2  5  4  3  2  0      Matt Lee ...........  4.0  2  1  0  1  0
Jared Ney ..........  4.1  5  1  1  0  1      Kyle Butcher .......  3.0  4  3  3  0  1
Alec Miramontes ....  0.0  0  1  1  1  0      Marcos Casillas ....  1.0  3  2  2  0  0
Blake Harrison .....  4.0  3  0  0  4  0      Andrew Melchor .....  2.0  0  0  0  2  1
Austin Ales ........  1.0  1  0  0  0  0      Mike Zurita ........  1.0  3  2  2  0  0
                                              Jacob Smigelski ....  1.0  1  0  0  1  1

Win - Harrison,B (6-3).  Loss - Zurita,M (0-1).  Save - Ales,A (5).
WP - Shandro,B; Smigelski,J. HBP - by Lee,M (Gilliland,W); by Ney,J (Davis,D); by
Butcher,K (Brenner,C); by Lee,M (Gilliland,W); by Ney,J (Davis,D); by Butcher,K
(Brenner,C). PB - Wheeler,S.

Strikeouts - Roa,P; Heisinger,G; Gilliland,W; Smoley,T. Walks - Harrison,B 2;
McDonald,L; Gilliland,W; Granados,D 2; Hurley,A; Amaya,J; Smoley,T 2; Sanchez,F.

Umpires - HP: Dixon Strueman  1B: Carl Coles  2B: John Kinnard  3B: Eric Martinez
Start: 11:00 am   Time: 3:40   Attendance: 250
Game: livegame