Recap
South Pasadena SPHS JV Clinches Lead In Eighth Inning To Defeat Monrovia
South Pasadena 8, Monrovia 5
Monrovia, CA — South Pasadena SPHS JV snagged a late lead and defeated Monrovia 8-5 on Friday.
This was a pitching duel with South Pasadena JV, Nolan Adams completing 7 innings with 5 strike outs and no walks. Monrovia's starting pitcher was also impressive striking out 6 South Pas batters but in the sixth inning, Monrovia starting pitcher walked 4 hitters.
South Pasadena SPHS JV tallied four runs in the sixth inning. Riffle, Nolan Adams, Will Guy, and Baron Lutz each had RBIs in the big inning. The game was tied at five in the 7th inning with South Pasadena SPHS JV batting in the top of the eighth with two outs, Luke Riffle singled on the first pitch of the at bat, scoring one run. Nolan Adams singles on a hard ground ball to center field bringing in Robinson and Riffle.
Both teams collected 7 hits each but the difference was the walks (7) committed by the Monrovia pitchers. Lutz and Guy each racked up multiple hits for South Pasadena SPHS JV.
Baron Lutz was called in to pitch the final 8th inning requiring 12 pitches with two strike outs and no walks.