BASEBALL: FULLERTON ROLLS ON
| Final | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |
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Irvine Valley | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 1 |
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FULL | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | X | 5 | 11 | 4 |
After beating Orange Coast College 3-1 on the road Tuesday, the Hornets kept it going at home on Thursday handing Irvine Valley a 5-2 loss.
The win gives FC an overall record of 15-5 with an Orange Empire Conference record of 5-2 while the Laser loss lands them at 6-13 overall and 2-5 in the OEC.
Fullerton went up early scoring 3 runs in the bottom of the second. 1B Riley Roberts' single to shortstop scored catcher Troy Prasertsit, 3B Ricky Perez hit a SAC fly to right field scoring DH Oscar Heredia, and 2B Nick Gotta singled to center field scoring Roberts.
FC added two more runs in the fifth on a single by Heredia to the right side scoring Gotta and Roberts walk forced in Prasertsit with the bases loaded.
Irvine Valley tried to make a run at the 5-0 lead scoring two runs of their own in the top of the eight, but it was shut down by RP Parker Merritt.
Fullerton's starting pitcher Dylan Prohoroff (3-0) locked down his third win of the season throwing 6 innings with 5 hits against and 6 strikeouts. RP Merrit went 1.1 innings with 2 this against, no earned runs, and a strikeout. Closer Austin Sweet got his third save on the season thowing an inning with only 1 hit against.
Up Next: The Hornets will host Golden West College this Tuesday, March 18th at Hornet Field @ 2:00 pm. Come on out and support the team!