April 13, 2010 - 6:00 PM

Dons Freshman Beat Cross Town Rivals San Marcos - Dons 9 Royals 6

The Dons won a battle against San Marcos 9-6.  Tanner Guerra started on the mound and pitched four solid innings.  The Dons got on the board first in the 2nd inning when Conner McManigal hit a double and came in to score on a bunt by Miles Waters.  San Marcos came back and tied it up in the bottom of the 2nd with a lead-off walk followed by three productive outs.  After a scoreless 3rd, the Dons added three runs when Conner, Toby Minehan, and Zach Torres all scored on 1 hit, 3 walks and 1 error. In the bottom of the 4th, San Marcos came back with 2 more runs to make it 4-3 after 4 innings.  In the bottom of the 5th, San Marcos took the lead when 3 walks and back to back doubles allowed 3 more to score.  The inning ended when, with runners at the corners, San Marcos tried to steal home by forcing a pickle between 1st and 2nd, but the boys got the out at the plate.  After 5 innings, San Marcos led 4-6.  In the top of the 6th, the Dons came back and scored 5 runs.  Zach Torres lead off and reached on an error.  Efron Sanchez and Johnny Brontsema drew walks, and Jason Jimenez was hit by a pitch to score a run.  Johnny came home on a pass ball and the runners advanced, and Tanner Guerra was intentionally walked to load the bases with 2 runs already in and one out.  Conner McManigal made them pay for the walk by smacking a triple to right field, scoring 3 more runs.   Evan Smith took the mound in the bottom of the 6th and pitched 2 scoreless innings to close out the win.