Pirates close out CVC series vs. Cerro Coso with losses
Porterville College suffered consecutive losses to visiting Cerro Coso College on Friday and Saturday to close out a three-game sweep of the Central Valley Conference series. PC fell 16-1 to Cerro Coso on Friday and closed out the set with an 11-4 defeat on Saturday.
| BOT 9 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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Cerro Coso
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0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 13 | 1 |
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Porterville
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0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 2 |
| Final | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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Cerro Coso
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3 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 14 | 1 |
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Porterville
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0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0 |
Porterville College suffered consecutive losses to visiting Cerro Coso College on Friday and Saturday to close out a three-game sweep of the Central Valley Conference series. PC fell 16-1 to Cerro Coso on Friday and closed out the set with an 11-4 defeat on Saturday.
PC is now 1-21 overall and 1-5 in CVC and returns to action on Tuesday (March 20) to open another three-game conference series at College of the Sequoias.
Cerro Coso 16, Porterville 1
Cerro Coso put the game out of reach early by scoring three runs in the top of the first inning and 10 more in the second.
Matt Cox went 2 for 3 to lead PC at the plate. His fielder's choice grounder in the fourth brought home Nicolas Portillo for the Pirates' lone run of the contest.
Cerro Coso 11, Porterville 4
Chris Velasco and Matt Langston both drove in two runs each while Eric Loredo had a pair of hits to lead Porterville at the plate in Saturday's defeat.
Velasco had the biggest hit of the day for PC, a two-run double in the sixth that scored Loredo and Alex Sarmienta as part of a three-run rally for the Pirates.