Baseball: Vikings rally for 3-1 win over Compton to remain unbeaten in SCC play
Long Beach City College freshman Tony Monroy smacked a two-out, two-run single to break a 1-1 tie in the seventh inning while freshman Daniel Rocha (pictured) allowed one run over eight innings in a 3-1 South Coast Conference win over visiting El Camino College Compton Center on Tuesday.
| Final | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
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Compton
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0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 1 |
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Long Beach
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0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | X | 3 | 6 | 1 |
Long Beach City College freshman Tony Monroy (Warren HS) smacked a two-out, two-run single to break a 1-1 tie in the seventh inning while freshman Daniel Rocha (Narbonne HS) allowed one run over eight innings in a 3-1 South Coast Conference win over visiting El Camino College Compton Center on Tuesday.
The victory improved LBCC to 4-0 in conference play and 12-7 overall. The three-game SCC series resumes on Thursday (Mar. 16) at the MLB Urban Youth Academy in Compton.
Monroy had two of Long Beach's six hits on the day. His go-ahead single drove home sophomore Stevie Castro (Wilson HS) and freshman Steven Nuno (Warren HS). Sophomore Tanner Moore (Irvine HS) hit a RBI single in the third inning to get the Vikings on the board.
Rocha improved to 4-1 with today's victory. He scattered five hits and allowed the lone Compton (2-16, 1-3 SCC) in the fifth. Freshman Jacob Zinger (Poly HS) closed out the win with a scoreless ninth for his first save.