May 11, 2010 - 3:00 PM

Dons Freshman Beat Buena, Dons 5, Buena 2

The Dons logged another league victory against Buena, winning 5-2.  Tanner Guerra started and pitched 5 great innings, striking out 8 batters and allowing just one unearned run.  The Dons offense battled against a strong starting pitcher for Buena who had six strike-outs in the first two innings, ten for the game.  In the top of 2nd inning, Buena took the lead scoring a run on two hits, and error and a hit batter.  In the bottom of the 2nd, Tanner Guerra drew a lead-off walk, and Zach Torres followed with a double and took third on a failed throw to the plate.  Zach then scored on a wild pitch to take the lead 2-1.  In the bottom of the 3rd, the Dons put two more runs on the board when Connor McManigal tripled, Jason Jimenez hit an RBI single, and Michael Day followed with a double. Then Zach drove in another run to make it 4-1 after two innings.  In the 5th, Buena got a run back on a hit, a walk, and an error, to tighten the game to 4-2.  In the 6th, the Dons got the run back with a triple by Connor, then Jason Jimenez reached 2nd on a fielder's choice but Connor was thrown out at the plate.  Michael Day then hit an RBI single to make the score 5-2.  Connor took over on the mound in the 6th and pitched two shutout innings with four strkeouts to close out the win and even the season series against Buena 1-1.  The win put the Dons one win away from a league championship!