Solid effort all-around in baseball team's win over Grossmont

Solid effort all-around in baseball team's win over Grossmont

Irvine Valley's baseball team bounced back from a rough, extra-inning defeat last Saturday with a solid performance to beat Grossmont, 4-2, on Tuesday afternoon at home.

IVC lost a heartbreaker, 13-10, in 12 innings to Long Beach on Saturday after having the lead most of the game.

But Irvine Valley came out ready to play Tuesday and was solid all-around.

Freshman pitchers Connor Neves and Steven Hayden both had strong outings, the Lasers' defense was steady and the offense came through with runs when they needed them.

Neves started on the mound and went six innings, giving up two runs (one earned) on four hits and two walks with six strikeouts.

Hayden came in relief in the top of the seventh inning and pitched three scoreless innings to earn the win – his first of the year. He gave up just one hit and struck out two.

Irvine Valley led, 2-1, through four innings. Grossmont tied the game with a single run in the top of the fifth.

But the Lasers took the lead for good, plating two runs in the bottom of the eighth inning.

In the eighth, freshman second baseman David Dorado hit a double into right field that scored freshman first baseman Casey Kudell.

And then sophomore shortstop Robert Haw singled to right center to knock in freshman pinch-runner Ethan Johannes.

Haw also made a couple of nifty plays in the field in the game.

Dorado went 2 for 4 with a double and one RBI. Haw was 1 for 3 with a walk and one RBI and sophomore catcher Collin Villegas was 1 for 3 with a walk, a run scored and one RBI for the Lasers.

Irvine Valley is back in action on Thursday at Grossmont at 2 p.m.

The Lasers host Mt. San Jacinto at 12 p.m. on Friday.

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