Calvary Flattens Foothills
Sophomore lefthander David Carpenter gave himself the best birthday present ever by completely dominating the Foothills Christian Knight's offense by striking out all but 3 batters he faced. In 5 innings of work, he allowed only one hit and no walks while tallying 14 strikeouts.
His 17th birthday performance led Calvary to their 5th straight win, keeping them in sole possession of 1st place in the Citrus League West at 6-0. The Lions are now 21-5 overall.
Senior Sam Sheehan finished off the combined shutout by throwing 2 perfect innings of relief, striking out 3 Knight batters.
A good offense generates runs, creates momentum and capitalizes on their opponent's mistakes. This game epitomized that philosophy.
After Carpenter struck out out the first three batters of the game on only 10 pitches, Calvary seized the momentum and answered back with 5 runs in their half of the 1st inning. Carpenter started things off by banging a single down the first base line. Sheehan drew a walk to put runners on 1st and 2nd. After the next two batters were retired, Caleb Whitley hit a deep drive down the left field line that was dropped by the left fielder. Both runners took advantage of the mistake and raced home scoring on the error giving Calvary their first two runs. With Whitley at second base, Foothills attempted a pickoff and threw wildly to second and advanced to third, he scored when the wild throw was missed by the centerfielder for Foothill's third error of the inning.
Continuing to seize the momentum and take advantage of mistakes, Alex Nurding followed by drawing a walk, Isaac Conover was hit by a pitch and Sam Hebert drew his first of 3 walks on the day to load the bases. Junior David Flores, who is nearly recovered from the knee injury he suffered in basketball, drove in two when he lined a soft single over shortstop giving Calvary a quick 5-0 lead.
Calvary added 2 more in the second when Matt Hartman bounced an infield single just out of the
pitcher's reach, stole second base and scored on a Russell Harmening single through the 5.5 hole. Harmening scored when Whitley lined an RBI double just inside the left field line.
They added another in the 3rd when Hebert walked and Flores singled to put runners on first and second. Speedy Jordan Evans came in to run at second and scored when Sam Sheehan lined a solid single to left.
Two more scored in the 4th when Harmening and Whitley started the inning with consecutive walks. They advanced a base on a wild pitch and scored when Alex Nurding hit a hard single down the first base line.
Calvary's scoring concluded with a bang in the sixth when Harmening stepped up with two runners on and launched a line shot over the left field fence for a three-run home run. His 4 RBIs on the day give him a team-leading 30 which is one of the top totals in San Diego County.
They scored their final run when Andrew Cummings reached on an infield error and advanced around to score on an infield hit by Carpenter.
Calvary plays a big game on Friday against 2nd place Guajome Park Academy. The game will most likely determine the Citrus West league champion. They play at 3:15 at the Vista Sports Park.
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