Santa Clarita Sports: Valencia Baseball Wins Four In A Row In Dramatic Fashion

Posted by: Connie Jones in Santa Clarita Sports April 17, 2014 - 9:30 am 0 227 Views

The Valencia baseball team pulled off the comeback of the season against West Ranch and won its fourth Foothill League game in a row.

The Vikings scored six runs in the seventh inning to win the game, 7-6.

Devin Davis knocked in the winning run with a two-out double. He was 3-for-5 in the game and scored two runs.

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Valencia ruined an outstanding pitching performance by West Ranch’s Jake Bird. He gave up one unearned run in 5 2/3 innings and struck out 10.

Parker Bacon was 3-for-4 with a double and drove in three runs for the Wildcats.

In other action in the Foothill League, Hart beat Canyon, 3-1. Colby Kaneshiro was 2-for-3 and drove in two runs for Hart.

Hart is all alone in first place in the Foothill League standings with a 5-1 record.

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Saugus beat Golden Valley, 8-1. Adam Sinatra doubled and drove in three runs for Saugus.

West Ranch, Valencia and Saugus are tied for second place in league with 4-2 records.

In college baseball, The Master’s College split a doubleheader against Cal State San Marcos. The Mustangs, ranked No. 12 in the NAIA, won the first game, 5-0, and lost the second game, 5-4.

The Master’s College is 35-13 overall.

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Los Angeles Sports Report

In the NBA, the Los Angeles Lakers beat the San Antonio Spurs, 113-100, and won their regular season finale. The Lakers finished with their worst record since moving to Los Angeles at 27-55.

The Los Angeles Clippers, playing without Blake Griffin and Chris Paul, lost to the Portland Trail Blazers, 110-104, in their regular season finale.

The Clippers set a franchise record with 57 wins this season. They open the NBA playoffs against the Golden State Warriors on Saturday.

In the major leagues, the Los Angeles Dodgers lost to the Giants, 2-1. The Dodgers have lost four of five games against the Giants this season, if you’re keeping score at home.

The Dodgers will try to avoid the sweep today against the Giants. Hyun-Jin Ryu starts for the Dodgers against Madison Bumgarner for the Giants. First pitch is at 12:45.

In the NHL, the Los Angeles Kings open the Stanley Cup playoffs tonight against the San Jose Sharks.

Listen to the game on AM 1220 KHTS. The puck drops at 7:30.