Hollister 11-12’s face off tonight after winning games last
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The Hollister National 9-10 ‘B’ team got just enough offense Monday night to defeat Gonzales 3-1 in the District 9 All-Star tournament in Hollister.
Despite not getting many balls out of the infield, Hollister was still able to walk away with the victory. Hollister had seven hits in the game, but most weren’t hit very hard.
Zach Zanger led the way with 11 strikeouts, giving up five hits. It was the first ever six-inning game for Zanger, said manager Karen Achen.
Hollister scored all three of its runs in the fourth inning. Zanger led off with a double. David Achen and Dylon Ito walked and moved around on passed balls. Chris Schlegel brought in all three runs with a base hit.
But Hollister couldn’t get anything else going. In the fifth inning with two out, Zanger and Achen reached base on balls dropped by the outfielder, and Ito loaded the bases with a hit to right. But Gonzales stuck out the last batter to end the threat.
Gonzales put together a threat of its own in the bottom of the sixth inning. Shortstop Danny Bravo fielded a softly hit ground ball, but his throw to first was just late to allow the first batter to reach.
But Zanger got the next two batters to strikeout looking then swinging and finally got a comebacker to end the game.
9-10’s
Hollister National ‘A’ 10, Hollister American ‘B’ 0
In a matchup of the two home teams on Friday, Hollister National broke open a close game with seven runs in the bottom of the fifth inning.
Adrian Soto pitched the compete game and struck out in the five innings for the National team. Soto gave up three hits and had just one walk. Ryan Jacob, who went 3-for-4, had two doubles in the final inning to break it open. Keegan Bielejec and Tyller Smith went 2-for-2.
Hollister American ‘A’ 21, Hartnell ‘B’ 6
Hollister rallied from behind Friday to defeat Hartnell with 13 runs in the top of the sixth inning. Hollister has scored 52 runs in its first three games.
Kevin Salvas went 3-for-3 with a pair of triples and five runs. Dustin Rovella was 2-for-4 with three RBIs. Craig Slibsager was 2-for-4 with a double and four RBIs. Adrian Medina went 2-for-2 with a three-RBI double in the sixth inning.
Skyler Shaw-Fuss led off the sixth inning with a double. In that sixth inning, Hollister sent 17 batters to the plate and had nine hits.
Both teams scored a pair of runs in the first inning. Hollister added five more in the second inning after four consecutive walks and a two-RBI hit by Jacob Moeller.
Hollister scored another run in the fourth, but Hartnell scored a run in the third and two in the fourth.
On the mound, Salvas and Slibsager had six strikeouts each.
11’s
Hollister National ‘A’ 10, Continental 0
Hollister National ten runned Continental in five innings at Continental Friday.
Dylan Dinapoli threw all five innings for the victory. After the first inning, everyone started putting the ball in play. In the bottom of the fourth, Hollister opened up the game with five runs.
11-12’s
Hollister National 14, King City 1
After winning by forfeit the day before against Greenfield, Hollister National picked up a 14-1 victory over King City at Manzanita Park in Prunedale in 10-run mercy rule game. Oscar Ramirez pitched all four innings. Daniel Arevalo and Nick Acosta, who led the league in home runs in the regular season, both had back-to-back jacks for Hollister. Arevalo’s was a two-run shot.
Hollister American 4, Hartnell 1
Trevor Fabing had 10 strikeouts against Hartnell at North County on Sunday. After a leadoff home run, Fabing didn’t allow another hit. Kyle Vallejo came on in the final inning and struck out two batters and gave up a hit.
Hollister got a run in the second inning after Josh Villegas walked and Kenny Sabatte hit a double.
In the fifth inning, Hollister got a little breathing room. Bryan Granger drew a walk and advanced to third on passed balls. He scored on a shot to the wall by Ryan Sabbatini.
Trevor Gessell reached on an infield hit, and Fabing had a base hit to bring in a run. Vallejo knocked in the final run on a base hit.
