June 16, 2016 Oakland, CA The Orange County Riptide scored eleven runs on eleven hits today to beat the Walnut Creek Crawdads 11-1 at Laney College. Tyler Schimpf (Texas) picked up the win by throwing five shutout innings while striking out six. Jacob Portaro (Utah) had three hits in the game to lead the Riptide and five others in the lineup had muitiple RBI games. See the boxscore/recap here. [caption id="attachment_2420" align="alignright" width="300"] Ethan Lopez (Hawaii) had two HR tonight but
it wasn't enough as the SoCal Catch
lost at the Academy Barons 10-11[/caption] Also today in CCL action: Compton, CA The Academy Barons and the Southern California Catch slugged it out in a battle of offenses tonight at the MLB Urban Youth Academy with the Barons totaling 17 hits en route to an 11-10 win. Cody Den Beste (Prairie View A&M) had a double, home run and four RBI, Ernie De la Trinidad had four hits and Martin Teague (Hope Int) had three hits and two RBI to lead the Barons. Ethan Lopez (Hawaii) hit two home runs and had four RBI and Zack Davis (UAB) also had a home run and three RBI to pace the Catch. See the boxscore/recap here. Santa Barbara, CA The Santa Barbara Foresters scored four times in the first inning and rode solid pitching the rest of the way to a 6-2 win over the visiting Ventura Halos. The Foresters totaled nine hits for the game with each of the nine starting lineup accounting for one hit each. Brendan Griffith (Clark JC) had three hits in three at bats to lead the Halos. See the boxscore/recap here. Thousand Oaks, CA The San Luis Obispo Blues won their third straight CCL game tonight edging the Conejo Oaks 5-4 at Sparky Anderson Field. Garrett Dodd (Louisiana Tech) had two hits, including an RBI double to lead the Blues offense, and Brendan Nail (Western Carolina) had five striekouts in four innings to pick up the win. The four pitchers on the mound in today's game for the Blues had a combined total of 11 strikeouts. See the boxscore/recap here. Healdsburg, CA Depsite being outhit 13 to 6, the Neptune Beach Pearl made the most of their scoring opportunities tonight at Recreation Park and beat the Healdsburg Prune Packers 5-4. See the boxscore/recap here.