Clear Lake falls to Pleasant Valley, Atwater at Pleasant Valley Tournament
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ROHNERT PARK >> Winning pitcher Jon Hawkins and reliever Cody Perez combined on a one-hitter, striking out nine, and Middletown’s hitters provided all kinds of support as the Mustangs hammered the Credo Gryphon 16-0 in non-league varsity baseball action Friday in Rohnert Park.
The game was called after five innings because of the 10-run mercy rule.
Middletown (1-1) did all of its scoring in the first four innings, including a five-run second and a seven-run third.
Seven of Middletown’s 11 hits went for extra bases (six doubles, one triple). John Finney led the Mustangs’ hit parade, going 3-for-4 with a double, two RBIs and three runs scored while Hawkins helped his own cause by going 2-for-2 with a double, three RBIs and three runs scored.
Hunter Karp (1-for-3), Austin Davis (1-for-3) and Cody de Jong (1-for-2) drove in two runs apiece. Karp’s and Davis’ hits were doubles. Perez (1-for-3), Hayden Xavier (1-for-2, triple) and Aiden Noonis (1-for-1, double) also drove in runs.
Hawkins allowed Credo hits and also walked one.
Middletown’s defense did not commit an error.
The Mustangs return to action March 17 against Credo at Wes Martin Field in Middletown. First pitch is 4 p.m.
In other baseball action Friday:
Pleasant Valley 4, Clear Lake 0
Atwater 13, Clear Lake 3 (5 inn.)
At Chico, Clear Lake dropped a 4-0 decision to Pleasant Valley on Friday morning and returned later in the day to lose 13-3 to Atwater in five innings at the Pleasant Valley Tournament.
The Cardinals (0-3-1) closed out tournament play Saturday against Del Norte.
In the early game, two Pleasant Valley pitchers combined on a no-hitter against Clear Lake, striking out 14.
Pleasant Valley snapped a scoreless tie with two runs in the sixth.
In the late Friday game, the Cardinals hurt themselves with six errors. Atwater scored four times in the bottom of the first inning to go up 4-1, and it was another four-run inning in the bottom of the fifth that brought an early end to the game as the 10-run mercy rule went into effect.
Individual stats for Clear Lake were not reported.