{"id":4024,"date":"2009-05-01T06:16:00","date_gmt":"2009-05-01T06:16:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lbpost.com\/articles\/sports\/lbcc-baseball-closing-cruise\/"},"modified":"2009-05-01T06:16:00","modified_gmt":"2009-05-01T06:16:00","slug":"lbcc-baseball-closing-cruise","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/sports\/lbcc-baseball-closing-cruise","title":{"rendered":"LBCC Baseball: Closing Cruise"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><div style='float:left;padding-right:10px;padding-bottom:5px;'><img src='images\/archive\/sports\/photo1818171.jpg' align='left' \/><\/div>\n<p>The Long Beach City College baseball team cruised to an 8-3 non-conference win over visiting Mt. San Jacinto College on Thursday to close out its 2009 regular season schedule.<br \/>&nbsp;<br \/>Freshman Matt Johnson (4-1) pitched seven solid innings, allowing three runs (two earned) and six hits to earn the win. He struck out three and walked one. Sophomores Scott Watson (0 hits, 3 Ks) and Teddy Mitrosilis (1 hit, 1 K) closed out the game with scoreless innings.<br \/>&nbsp;<br \/>Mt. San Jacinto got on the board first, posting a run in the top of the fourth. The Vikings responded with four runs in the bottom of the inning, which proved to be all the offense they would need.<br \/>&nbsp;<br \/>LBCC added two more runs in the fifth, and had single runs in the sixth and seventh innings for the easy win.<br \/>&nbsp;<br \/>Third baseman Andy Hernandez led LBCC at the plate, going 3 for 4 with 3 RBI, 2 runs, and a double. Hernandez brought in a run with a groundout in the fourth and nailed a two-run single in the fifth.<br \/>&nbsp;<br \/>Second baseman Trevor Costin (2 for 5, 2B, 1 RBI, 1 run) and catcher Jonathan Keener (2 for 4, 1 RBI, 1 run) both had two hits for Long Beach and left fielder Matt Homstad was 1 for 3 with 2 RBI.<br \/>&nbsp;<br \/>Drew Madrigal took the loss for Mt. San Jacinto (31-10 overall). He allowed four runs (two earned) and four hits in four innings. John Eshleman went 2 for 4 to lead the Eagles&rsquo; offense.<br \/>&nbsp;<br \/>The South Coast Conference champion Vikings will take a 27-16 overall record (17-7 SCC) into the playoffs after today&rsquo;s win over the Foothill Conference champ Eagles.<br \/>&nbsp;<br \/>Playoff pairings for the Southern California regional playoffs will be announced on Sunday. As the SCC champion, the Vikings are assured a top-eight seed in the tourney and will host a first-round best-of-three series. Game 1 is set for next Friday (May 8) at 3 p.m. followed by Game 2 and 3 if necessary on Saturday (May 9), beginning at 11 a.m. at Joe Hicks Memorial Field.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-style: italic;\">Report From LBCC<\/span><\/p>\n<p><style type=\"text\/css\">body {  \tbackground: #FFF;  }  <\/style>\n<style type=\"text\/css\">  body {  \tbackground: #FFF;  }  <\/style>\n<style type=\"text\/css\">  body {  \tbackground: #FFF;  }  <\/style>\n<style type=\"text\/css\">  body {  \tbackground: #FFF;  }  <\/style>\n<style type=\"text\/css\"> body { \tbackground: #FFF; } <\/style><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Long Beach wraps up regular season with 8-3 win over Mt. 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