SBCC used an 11-hit attack to down Cypress 7-3 on Friday in a nonconference baseball game at Cypress.
Eli Michaels, Robert Vickers and Zach Pecyna all had two hits for the Vaqueros (4-7), who took a 4-0 lead in the second inning. They were up 4-3 in the fifth when Michaels walked and Tommy White reached on an error. After a groundout moved the runners up, Shay Maltese drilled an RBI single and White scored on an infield error to make it 6-3.
The Vaqueros had four extra-base hits, including the first homer of the year. Daniel Howell’s towering shot with two outs in the sixth made it 7-3. Vickers and Cody Giordano knocked in two runs apiece.
“We put better swings on the ball today,” said coach Ryan Thompson. “We had two two-out rallies and we played sound defense.”
Left-hander Chris Joyce picked up his first win, allowing three runs on seven hits in six innings. He struck out five and walked four. Colby Morse pitched the last three innings to notch his first save.
The Vaqueros will be home for the next two games against Irvine Valley (Monday, 1 p.m.) and El Camino (Tuesday, 2 p.m.).
SBCC ….…….. 040 021 000 — 7 11 1
Cypress .….…. 020 100 000 — 3 10 3
Joyce, Morse (7) and White; Contreras, Haddock (7), Rocha (8) and Harong. W–Joyce 1-0. L–Contreras. S–Morse 1.
2B–SB: White, Giordano. C: Geiger. 3B–SB: Michaels. HR–SB: Howell (1), 6th inn., none on.
