Pierce College baseball swept the Mt. San Jacinto Eagles on Saturday, March 8 at Los Angeles Valley College with a score of 9-1, bringing their overall record of the season to 10-8.
Head Coach Bill Picketts shared that although there were a few players who weren’t regular starters, it pushes the players normally on the lineup to play better.
“Some of the guys that played today are not some of our normal starters, we had three different guys in the lineup and one of them was Shea Lewis with the homerun,” Picketts said. “It’s nice when I can put players in there and they can perform like that. It pushes the guys that are already in the lineup already to be even better than they already are.”
In just the top of the first inning alone, the Brahmas were already up two points with the help of Infield Dylan Simon (#16) and Short Stop Christian Santiago (#2). Infield Ethan Granillo (#9) scored in the second inning after hitting a double.
The game’s third inning was a successful one for the Brahmas as they scoured four points in that inning alone. Utility Shea Lewis (#29) helped contribute to this score with a home run. Lewis spoke about the tone that this victory sets for the rest of the season.
“It’s letting everyone know we can compete, we come here to play. We don’t just lolly gag, we go hard,” Lewis said.
Lewis added what he thinks was the biggest factor of the game that day that brought them to their win.
“The fact that we never let up, even in the later innings, we still were just on their throats,” Lewis said.
The score was a blowout of 9-0 until the fourth inning and the Eagles were able to sneak one point by, but that didn’t stop the Brahma’s defense from staying resilient to make sure they didn’t get any more points. Leaving the game with a score of 9-1 from there on.
Outfielder Carson Friesen (#4) made a triple in the top of the seventh inning and gives reasons as to why he thinks the team performed the way they did.
“The work that some of the guys are putting in outside of practice hours, there’s a lot of guys that are staying three to four hours after practice,” Friesen said. “I feel like it’s paying off for those guys and helping push the teammates.”
The Brahmas celebrated their victory and were smiles all around. Head Coach Bill Picketts explained how chemistry is a contributing factor in his player’s success.
“Our chemistry is awesome, actually one of the best teams I’ve had in a long time, they seem to really like each other,” Picketts said. They root for each other, it doesn’t matter who’s in the lineup, they want guys to succeed, we want everybody to have success.”
