I, . ' X .. ,. - . -4 ' . ' ' 7 J rTv f" V ' 1 1 1 v - -i I W --v .- ""-w1 '''. I " ' v V r : , -"S-- i ' " r - . . . . - mil - BRONCO LEAGERS, Jeff Blanq of Los Alamitos, left and Santa San-ta Susana catcher, Brian Diedrich become involved in a crash counters. Pete Scanlon grounded out, but Greg Bergeron singled and stole second base. Mark Wasikowski was walked to place two men on the base paths. A ground out by Winston Wolf advanced the runners and a walk to Mick Scott filled up the bases However, Joe Croce flied out and Los Alamitos lost out on their bid for runs in the inning. Santa Susana also had base runners run-ners in their half of the first inning, but they also had the runners die on the at home plate. Blanq was called out at the plate by Hans Parkinson. i J . 1 , i r I j t i i "v. j SANTA SUSANA pitcher, Jesse Anguiano sends the baseball toward a Los Alamitos batter at home plate. Los Alamivos pockeis Wesv Zone Tournament crown By Aldon Rachele Express Sports Editor Los Alamitos remained undefeated in West Zone Bronco Tournament action ac-tion when they defeated Santa Susana, Susa-na, 7 to 3, for first place honors and a trip to the Bronco World Series in St. Joseph, Missouri, Aug. 18-25. The Los Alamitos team had three base runners in the top of the first inning in-ning and could not take advantage of the situation as they scored zero . v v, yv .v - tvv',y. V 1 '"7 THE BATTER, Mike Scott of Los Alamitos drops to the ground to avoid getting hit by the pitcher. Los Alamitos beat Vernal in the first round and went on to take first place in the tournament. base paths due to lack of offensive power. Sean Holguin singled, but Jeff Spach flied out. Terry Hill singled and Holguin, who had stolen second base motored to third base. Hill was forced forc-ed out at second base and Darren Aurand reached first base on a fielder's choice. Greg Baumgartner struck out and thus zero counters were acquired. Los Alamitos grabbed a 1-0 lead in the top of the second inning. Trey Gar-man Gar-man was walked and stole second base. Jeff Blancq zeroed in on the Santa San-ta Susana pitcher for a double and drove in Carman w ith a 1-0 lead for the Los Alamitos team. However, Blancq failed to greet home plate w ith a heavy thud as Scanlon and Bergeron grounded ground-ed out. An error placed Mike Jenkins on first base with one out, but Sean Swearinger flied out to the second baseman and Brian Diedrich popped out to the catcher to end the bottom of the second inning. A bunt by Scott of Los Alamitos with two outs, was wasted in the top of the third inning as Croce was retired on three strikes. The first two batters on the Santa Susana team, Holguin and Spach, were retired by Los Alamitos, but Hill was hit by the pitcher and Aurand drilled a shot into the outfield. Hill also advanced to second base on the hit by Aurand as the Ixs Alamitos outfielder caught up with the baseball in quick fashion. The two runners were stranded strand-ed by Santa Susana in the bottom of the third inning as Baumgartner flied out to the centcrfiekler. Los Alamitos had a shot at scoring runs in the top of the fourth inning, but confusion reigned on the base paths and zero runs were added to the California team's total. Eric Caeser grounded out and Garman struck out, but a high throw to first base placed Blancq on the bag. Scanlon was walked walk-ed to place two men on the base paths. Bergeon bunted the ball down the third base line and Blancq froze between third and home. Blancq started to back to third base, but noticed Scanlon heading toward the bag. Blancq changed his mind and started running toward home. Scanlon headed tow ard second base. Blancq smashed into the Santa Susana catcher and was tagged tagg-ed out at the plate for out number three. Anguiano grounded out and Los Alamitos pitcher, Mark Wasikowski struck out Jenkins. Swearinger reached reach-ed first base on an error, but remained remain-ed there as the final batter in the bottom bot-tom of the fourth inning. Diederich grounded out. Scott turned in a solid shot for a single with two outs in the top of the fifth inning for Ixs Alamitos. but he was stranded on the base path as the final batter was whiffed. The bases w ere crow ded in the bottom bot-tom of the fifth inning for Santa Susana, Susa-na, but they were unable to come up with the key base hit and nobody celebrated at home plate. Holquin and Spach were walked. Holquin moved to third base on a passed ball and Spach motored to second base. Hill failed to connect w ith the baseball for a bunt tt rH- -VL S-no w-y -Vt-. I I ' ' ' . ' NTXT STOP for Los Alamitos is the Bronco World Scries in St. Joseph, Missouri, which bourns Thursday. The Los Alamitos tOrim beat Santa Susana, 7 to 3, lor first place in the West Zone fJronco Tournament in Vernal, Monday, Members ot the team are: Iront row, left to nnht, Joey Croce. Pete Scanlon, Craif, Ohli ich, Ciaic I louck, Tiey Cat man, Gi(: Herceron, Jell Hlancq and t)ack row, Dave Scott, manager; Mike Scott, Winston Wolle. leiry Ohlnch, coach; Jell Piatt, M.nk Wasilkowski, John lilancq, Clins Paik, I i ic Cacv.ei . and Holguin was nailed at home plate as a suicide squeeze was on. Aurand singled and Spach moved to third base. Baumgartner massacred the baseball, but it w as tamed by the second se-cond baseman for Los Alamitos, who w as in the right place at the right time. Everything started going right for Los Alamitos in the top of the sixth inning in-ning as they scored five runs to take a commanding lead of &-0. Chris Park flied out as the right fielder turned in a leaping catch. Craig Ohlrich reached first base on an error and Blancq flied out for the second out. Scanlon was hit by the pitcher and Bergeron was walked walk-ed to load up the bases. Wasikowski hit the ball and the fielders were unable to come up w ith it and he motored to first base and Ohlrich crossed home plate. Scanlon scored on a passed ball to present a 3-0 lead to Los Alamitos. Wolf ripped out a single and Bergeron and Wasikowski scored w ith a 5-0 advantage. ad-vantage. Wolf moved to second base on the throw. Scott singled and Wolf darted to third base. Wolf became involved in-volved in a run down between third and home and after a good deal of darting dar-ting back and forth, returned safely to third base. However, the throw got by the third baseman and Wolf scampered in with run number six. Jeff Piatt reached first on an errors the infielder pulled his foot, but the third out was gained when Scott was tacced out at third base as he tried to steaJ the bag during the coc'js:v first base. Santa Susana scored two nzs s the bottom of me sixth inning ami Los Alamitos' lead to four runs a: 6-1 Jenkins and Travis Kinyoun sci;d Jenkins stole second base and sored a few minutes later. Diederici rs walked and Spach singled in Kkycc for the team's second run. Spach r caught stealing at second base fori third out. Los Alamitos increased its fe:: five runs with one counter in the a of the seventh inning. Ohlrich siLz and Blancq walked. Olhrichsoxxz a double by Scanlon. The game wasn't over yet as i'l-s Santa Susana was concerned si they proved their point as H3 iec i with a double in the bottom oi i seventh inning and moved to ti base on a wild pitch. Aurand Hied sc but Hill scored when a baseball ic? Baumgartner was dropped in the si-field. si-field. Anguiano flied out forthesecK outandthegame ended 7 to 3 m an of Los Alamitos when Jenkins srii out for out number three. Los Alamitos beat Vernal in ie round of the tourney, 16-0 and to: Santa Susana, Thursday. H i to Susana downed Aurora, Friday. K and beat Seaside, Saturday U Alamitos downed Seaside. 3-0. Fni; i ' I ) ) I I OS Al AMI TOS hui ler, Mai k Wasilkowski In cs the towaid homo plate. Wasilkowski piU hed thcontnot:-""1 ' was the winning pitchoi .