By Carlos Alvarez East Los Angeles College starting pitcher Frankie Wright, 3-1 overall took the win after pitching eight dominant innings as the Huskies rallied to beat EL Camino College Compton Center, 7-2. ELAC lost the opener of the three game series, 4-0 last Tuesday. The series ends tomorrow on the Compton baseball field at noon. “We will approach Saturday’s game like any other game, but the third game is…
By Carlos Alvarez The East Los Angeles College baseball team continued their winning ways on the road last Thursday, beating LA Pierce College 15-8. Led by the Huskies sudden hitting attack, ELAC was able to overcome an early two-run deficit to win their third straight game. The Brahmas took advantage of some sloppy defense by the Huskies scoring two runs in the first inning off starting pitcher Elias…
By Carlos Alvarez The Huskies wasted a strong start by sophomore Elias Novelo losing 6-3, to Santa Barbara City College. Novelo pitched six strong innings allowing one earned run off of six hits while pitching in and out of trouble. “Novelo threw well. He should have gotten the W (win),” Head Coach James Hines said. The offense once again was nonexistent as they managed a total of eight hits for…
By Carlos Alvarez The East Los Angeles College baseball team recorded its first win of the season, 12-3, against the Citrus College Owls. The Husky offense headed into Sunday’s game scoring a total of 3 runs on 8 hits while striking out 17 times in the two loses versus Riverside City College. “We struggled against good pitching at Riverside (last weekend), but today we did enough to get the win,”…
By Carlos Alvarez The season comes to an end for the Husky baseball team with an 8-0 loss to the Riverside City College Tigers at the California community College Athletic Association Southern California Regionals at Cerritos College. After losing the opener 1-0 last Saturday, the Huskies needed to win the next two games Christian Madrid led the Huskies as the starting pitcher. Madrid (4-4) pitched 7 2/3 innings, allowing one…
By Alfonso Rivera and Carlos Alvarez The Husky baseball team culminated a three game sweep in the South Coast Conference against Cerritos College, taking over sole possession of second place. The Huskies, 18-15 overall and 12-6 in SCC play, have a one-game SCC lead over El Camino College and Compton Educational Center. The Huskies have won five in a row and are ranked 18th in the SoCal poll. El Camino…
By William Hernandez The baseball team won a pivotal series finale against the South Coast Conference’s first place team and tenth ranked in the state, the Mt. San Antonio College Mounties, 5-4, last Saturday at Mt. SAC. Saturday’s game was a must-win for the Huskies and they had some momentum coming into it after pulling off a 4-3 stunner against the Mounties, in extra innings, last Thursday. The Huskies set the tone of the game…