July 9, 2017 (*Recaps over the next few days will be more abridged than usual as the CCL public information service prepares for the all-star game. -PB) Irvine, CA Tate Shaw (Texas) collected three hits and three RBI and Mitch Andrews (Lamar) drove in three runs on a two-run single and an RBI-double as the Orange County Riptide scored 15 runs on 14 hits in a 15-2 win over the Academy Barons today at Concordia University, their fourth win in a row that has increased their lead in the CCL South Division to three games. Shaw and Andrews, as would most of the Riptide hitters, did all of their run production early in the game as Orange County scored 13 unanswered runs in the first four innings, including scoring six times in the third inning with Shaw leading the inning off with a single and closing the scoring nine batters later by driving in two with another single, to put the game away early. Dominic Fletcher (Arkansas) and Beau Phillip (San Joaquin JC) each had two hits in the game and scored two and three runs respectively. Hayden Shenefield was the first of five Riptide pitchers used in the game, throwing four shutout innings to pick up the win. Michael-Champ Garner (Benedict) had singles in three consecutive at bats, and Joseph Argumedo (Lynn) collected two to highlight the Barons performance. Click here for recaps of this game Elsewhere around the CCL today: Oakland, CA James Free II (Pacific) hit a two-run home run in the fifth inning, Michael Woodworth (Sierra JC) hit a bases-loaded two-run single to highlight a three-run sixth and Lucas Halstead (Pacific) added an RBI-double to lead the Neptune Beach Pearl to a 6-2 win over the Walnut Creek Crawdads tonight at Laney College. Andrew Davis (Texas Tech) started on the mound and earned the win for Neptune Beach, recording five strikeouts in six and two-thirds innings of work and allowed two runs on four hits, the biggest being a David Langer (Chabot) two-run home run in the seventh inning after Sean Watkins (Cal St LA) led off the inning with a double. Click here for recaps of this game Santa Barbara, CA Blair Henley (Texas) notched seven strikeouts in a five-inning start, allowing no runs earned, and Spencer Steer (Oregon) produced four runs with a triple and a double to lead the Santa Barbara Foresters to a 14-3 win over the Arroyo Seco Saints today at Pershing Park. Arroyo Seco posted a 1-0 lead in their first at bat, when Gabe Chavez (Rio Hondo) reached on an error and scored on a two-out single by Blake Burton (Washington), but the lead was short-lived as Henley retired the last 12 batters he faced in order, one on the bases, and Austin Todd (Texas) and Ryan Cash (Oklahoma St), the numbers one and two batters in the Foresters lineup, led off their half of the first inning with a double-double to tie the score. The Santa Barbara hitters would then rattle off 13 more unanswered runs to take a 14-1 lead after six complete. Todd followed Speer’s RBI-triple in the second inning with one of his own, Speer hit a bases-load double in the third and David Hamilton (Texas) drove him home with a ground-rule version, Evan Lee (Arkansas) hit an RBI-triple in the fifth and Joey Fiske (St. Mary’s) hit a two-run homer in the sixth to highlight the Foresters’ 15-hit attack. Todd and Brody Weiss (Westmont) each had a game-high three hits for Santa Barbara, and Tyler Durna (UC San Diego) and Brandon Shearer (LMU) each had two hits to lead the Saints. Click here for recaps of this game Long Beach, CA Trailing 6-1 heading into the seventh inning, the Southern California Catch scored seven runs in their last three at bats, including home runs by Shay Whitcomb (UC San Diego) and Kyle Soria (Westmont) to beat the Long Beach Legends 8-6 today at Long Beach City College. Evan May (Hawaii-Pacific) started on the mound for Long Beach and held the Catch mostly in check during his five innings of work, allowing only one run in the first inning when Evan Sandmann (Dallas Baptist) tripled to lead off the game and scored on a two-out double by Steven Garrett (Azusa Pacific). May then pitched four scoreless innings, and when the Legends scored six times in the bottom of the fifth, left the game with a 6-1 lead. Whitcomb and Soria’s home runs shaved three runs off the lead in the seventh inning, the Catch scored three unearned runs in the eighth to take the lead and Sandmann hit a run-scoring double in the ninth to make the score 8-6. The Legends recorded six singles in their six-run fifth inning, Tommy Anderson (Doane) accounting for two, and singles by Anderson, Connor Montgomery, Daniel Zimmerman (Michigan) and Michael Stefanic (Westmont) all produced runs. Matthew Wade (SE Missouri St), who earned the win in relief, and Chad Boudreaux (East Texas Baptist), who picked up the save, each pitched two innings scoreless, combining for five strikeout, to close out the win for the Catch. Click here for recaps of this game Thousand Oaks, CA The Conejo Oaks rapped out 23 hits and posted a ten-run at bat in the second inning, with back-to-back home runs by Brandon Lewis (LA Pierce JC) and Grant Mayeaux (San Diego St), an RBI-triple by Sam Shaikin (Valparaiso), doubles by DJ Miller (Ole Miss) and Max Weinstein (Cal Lutheran) and four singles to beat the Ventura Halos 17-1 today at Sparky Anderson Field. Lewis finished with a game-high four hits and four RBI, Weinstein, who had two hits in the second inning, finished with three, and seven other Oaks players had two hits to lead the Conejo offense. The Oaks used six pitchers in the game who combined to hold the Halos to one run on five hits while striking out eleven. Dayton Provost (Ventura JC), the league’s leading hitter, was the only Halos hitter with two hits, raising his average slightly to .483. Click here for recaps of this game Healdsburg, CA Ryder Kuhns drove in six runs with a three-run home run, a run-scoring triple and a two-RBI single to lead the Healdsburg Prune Packers to an 11-1 lead that lasted until the seventh inning when the Packers had to withstand a late-innings rally by the Rockville Rock Hounds that put the tying run on base in the ninth inning, to eventually win 11-8 tonight at Recreation Park. The Rock Hounds scored five runs in the seventh, the inning Cooper Casad (Pacific), who started on the mound for Healdsburg and threw six innings with five strikeouts, was replaced by a Alex Waldsmith (Santa Clara). Waldsmith retired two of the first three batters he faced but Rockville then recorded four consecutive two-out hits that included a two-run double by Kyle Krebs (Solano CC) and capped by a two-run home run by Kirby Broadbent (Campbellsville) that narrowed the deficit to 11-6. Rockville then got four more hits in the ninth inning to cut the score to 11-8, but Edward O'Bannon III (Pacific) who came into the game with two outs in the seventh inning in relief of Waldsmith, recorded the final out with the bases loaded to close out the win. Cameron Warren (Texas Tech) had a two-run home run in the sixth inning and Bryce Nagata (Sonoma St) had a solo home run in the second for Healdsburg, while Kevin Sandri (Pacific) opened the scoring with a solo home run in the first inning for Rockville. Click here for recaps of this game