The Calvary Christian Lions started off their 2012 campaign by throwing a combined no-hitter and pounding out 14 runs in the year's first contest vs. Crawford High School.
David Carpenter, Brock Bentley and Matt Hartman limited the Colts to no hits while striking out 8 in a dominating overall performance.
Carpenter was the game's starter and he cruised through the first striking out 2 of the 3 batters he faced. He struggled with his control in the second inning and walked two and hit a batter before bearing down and striking out the final hitter on three pitches. Senior Bentley threw a perfect 3rd and 4th inning and sophomore Hartman closed it down by tossing a perfect 5th inning striking out two.
Offensively, the Lions banged out 12 hits lead by 3 each for Russell Harmening and Caleb Whitley. Newcomer Isaac Conover had a single and a double and 4 other Calvary hitters chipped in a hit apiece.
The Lions put 4 quick runs up in the first inning when Sophomore Carpenter hit a deep flyball to center that was misjudged by the center fielder and fell for a double. He alertly advanced to third when the fielder bobbled the ball. Whitley then hit a bullet up the middle on an 0-2 pitch scoring Carpenter on the line single. The scoring continued when Harmening drew a walk and scored when Conover doubled to the right field gap. Hartman walked and two costly infield errors eventually scored he and Conover giving the Lions the early lead.
They added 3 more in the 3rd inning when Harmening and Conover hit back-to-back singles and Hartman made it three in a row when he lined a single to left scoring Harmening. Two infield groundouts by Sam Hebert and Bentley brought in the next two runs.
Calvary broke the game open in the 4th with a seven run outburst that began when Carpenter walked and Whitley followed with a single. Sam Sheehan drew another walk loading the bases for Harmening who rifled a hard single to left scoring Carpenter and Whitley. Sheehan scored when Conover hit a short fly ball to right that was dropped by the rightfielder. Hebert and Alex Nurding followed with singles to take advantage of the miscue. When the dust cleared the Lions were up 14-0 and that's how it ended.
The stakes are much higher and the competition much stiffer as Calvary begins their first tournament of the year: the 31st Annual Falcon/Pirate Classic hosted by Oceanside and Torrey Pines. They begin the tournament on Saturday when they take on a very tough Santa Fe Christian team at 10:30 am at Santa Fe.
- Game recap by Coach Whitley
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