Dos Pueblos is out in front of the ultra-competitive Channel League baseball race, and Bradley Tirador's durable arm is one of the biggest reasons why.After pitching five innings of 3-hit ball in Tuesday's win over San Marcos, the junior hurler went another five against the host Royals in Thursday's 4-1 victory. This time, he allowed just two hits and no earned runs while setting the Royals down in order in the third, fourth and fifth innings before developing a blister on his finger and … [Read more...]

Santa Barbara fell behind early and was never able to catch up, dropping a crucial Channel League game at Buena on Friday, 10-5.     Sophomore lefty Collin Dewell struggled with his control during his brief outing, and was pulled without recording an out in the second inning. The Bulldogs capitalized on their free passes, scoring runs in every inning but the first. … [Read more...]

Carpinteria's baseball team bounced right back after giving up three runs to visiting Oaks Christian in the top of the first Friday, but the Lions kept bouncing back after that to prevail 11-5.Nathan Saito led off the bottom of the first with his seventh homer and Isacc Cervantes hit a 3-run homer soon after that to make it 4-3 in favor of the Warriors heading into the second. "It was a good response, but they have a lot of offense so we knew that a one-run lead probably wasn't going to … [Read more...]

Dos Pueblos and Ventura flip-flopped spots in the Channel League baseball standings on Thursday after Ventura held on to beat the hard-charging Chargers 10-9 in eight innings.Dos Pueblos clawed its way back after falling behind 8-1, scoring four runs in the sixth inning and four more in the seventh to tie the game at 9-9.  But Ventura sneaked a run over in the eighth on a pass ball and snagged the key league game. … [Read more...]