On the road, top of the ninth, two out, and your team is down by six. For the “fire-at-will” offense that is the Ohlone baseball team, this was the exact situation they found themselves in on Wednesday at the College of San Mateo in their 10-9 win. Tanner Laran sparked a Renegade rally that would go 13 batters long with Ohlone scoring eight runs on seven hits, three of which were home runs. The offensive explosion by the Renegades came after Ohlone struggled against Bulldogs left-hander Josh Trejo, right-handers Justin Burns and Garrett Treadwell and for the first eight and two-thirds innings. “I think that it was just a matter of putting a couple of things together,” said Ohlone Head Coach Jordon Twohig. After Laran walked, Ohlone catcher Michael Di Rocco sent a Burns pitch over the fence for a two-run home run to cut the Bulldog lead to 8-4. Treadwell hit Renegade Mark Mercer with the next pitch, putting him on first, then walked Michael Ussery, which brought in Doug Caldwell to pitch. Caldwell thought he was done when he struck out Steven Ramos, however the ball hit the dirt and Ramos ran to first, beating the throw to keep the rally alive. Cody Foster laced a Caldwell pitch through the infield to bring in Mercer from third, cutting the deficit to 8-5. Then, with the bases loaded, up came Ryan Walterhouse. Despite Caldwell struggling to get CSM out of the game, Bulldogs Head Coach Doug Williams kept the righty in and Walterhouse capitalized on the struggling righ-hander, sending the second pitch he saw over the center-field wall to complete Ohlone’s comeback, giving them the go-ahead 9-8 lead. “I just knew the pitch selection and just tried to hit it back up the middle,” Walterhouse said. Zach Johnson‘s solo homer right after gave Ohlone the 10-run total. Justin Kuks struggled in his first start, going just three innings while allowing five runs on seven hits (two of which were home runs) and had one strikeout. Freshman George Asmus entered the game with one out in the bottom of the fourth, pitching 4 1/3 innings, allowing one run on three hits with five strikeouts in his first win of the season. Alika Pruitt earned his first save of the year, pitching just 2/3 innings in the bottom of the ninth with one strikeout and one walk. On the road, top of the ninth, two out, and your team is down by six.For the “fire-at-will” offense that is the Ohlone baseball team, this was the exact situation they found themselves in on Wednesday at the College of San Mateo in their 10-9 win.Tanner Laran sparked a Renegade rally that would go 13 batters long with Ohlone scoring eight runs on seven hits, three of which were home runs.The offensive explosion by the Renegades came after Ohlone struggled against Bulldogs left-hander Josh Trejo, right-handers Justin Burns and Garrett Treadwell and for the first eight and two-thirds innings.“I think that it was just a matter of putting a couple of things together,” said Ohlone Head Coach Jordon Twohig.After Laran walked, Ohlone catcher Michael Di Rocco sent a Burns pitch over the fence for a two-run home run to cut the Bulldog lead to 8-4.Treadwell hit Renegade Mark Mercer with the next pitch, putting him on first, then walked Michael Ussery, which brought in Doug Caldwell to pitch.Caldwell thought he was done when he struck out Steven Ramos, however the ball hit the dirt and Ramos ran to first, beating the throw to keep the rally alive. Cody Foster laced a Caldwell pitch through the infield to bring in Mercer from third, cutting the deficit to 8-5.Then, with the bases loaded, up came Ryan Walterhouse. Despite Caldwell struggling to get CSM out of the game, Bulldogs Head Coach Doug Williams kept the righty in and Walterhouse capitalized on the struggling righ-hander, sending the second pitch he saw over the center-field wall to complete Ohlone’s comeback, giving them the go-ahead 9-8 lead.“I just knew the pitch selection and just tried to hit it back up the middle,” Walterhouse said.Zach Johnson‘s solo homer right after gave Ohlone the 10-run total.Justin Kuks struggled in his first start, going just three innings while allowing five runs on seven hits (two of which were home runs) and had one strikeout. Freshman George Asmus entered the game with one out in the bottom of the fourth, pitching 4 1/3 innings, allowing one run on three hits with five strikeouts in his first win of the season. Alika Pruitt earned his first save of the year, pitching just 2/3 innings in the bottom of the ninth with one strikeout and one walk.
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