Buena’s Scott Zeman and Drew Jacobs combined on a four-hit shutout on Tuesday, giving the Bulldogs the advantage they needed in a 7-0 Channel League victory over San Marcos.
The pair struck out 11 Royals as the Bulldogs won their league opener to join Ventura atop the league standings with a 1-0 record.
San Marcos had been averaging over seven runs a game in its first seven games.
“I thought today we’d be ready to play but their pitcher just shut us down. It was a little surprising that someone can do that to us right now,” said San Marcos head coach Rob Crawford.
[poll id=”28″]Riley Moore was the only San Marcos player with two hits.
David Kim struck out seven in the start for the Royals, who are now 4-4 overall and 1-1 in league. The Royals were only trailing 1-0 until the bottom of the fifth inning, when Buena scored twice followed by four more in the bottom of the sixth.
“David battled,” Crawford thought. “He pitched a superb game but just didn’t get the run support.”
The Royals face Nordhoff on Friday but don’t have another Channel League game until April 9 against Ventura.
BUENA 7, SAN MARCOS 0
San Marcos 000 000 0 – 0 4 3
Buena 001 024 X – 7 8 0
SM – Kim, Stathopolous(6), and Moore. B – Zeman, Jacobs(7), Boys. 2B – SM 1( Moore), B 2 (Zeman, Jacobs)
