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2B Daily News – Wednesday, May 15, 2013 HIGH SCHOOL GOLF BLUE JAYS 10, GIANTS 6 Mitzel moves from Masters Cabrera to NorCals after big finish matches career best against Giants Courtesy photo Red Bluff High's Peter Mitzel, pictured at right, finished with a fourth-place medal and qualified for the Northern California championships after shooting a 75 at Graeagle Meadows on Monday, which matched the second and third-place individual scores. CARDS (Continued from page 1B) the bottom half of the second inning by doubling to the left field fence. With Rachel Silva up to bat, Brott delivered a pitch into the dirt. White took off for third and the throw from Willows' catcher got past third and into left field. White raced home for a 1-0 Corning lead. Willows finally got a lift in the fifth inning — it came not with their bats, but with their gloves when shortstop BASEBALL (Continued from page 1B) and a strikeout, but Dodero smacked an 0-1 pitch the other way to the left centerfield gap to bring him in to tie the game. "He's got a wonderful swing and a lot of pop. I just told him, 'Look for your pitch, don't try to do too much,'" Red Bluff coach Ryland Sanders said of Dodero's double. "He was looking up and got it and gave us a chance." The Spartans made the most of it an inning later when Sandow drove in the go-ahead run with two outs in the eighth against Melton, a low liner up the middle that shortstop Matt Henderson ranged over to get his glove on but couldn't pick up in time for the out. PV put the leadoff man on base in the eighth with a walk, but he SOFTBALL (Continued from page 1B) iate and take a 2-1 lead off a double from Bailey Akins that scored Harris and Jones in the bottom of the frame. Tayler Zazueta followed with a RBI-double to right of her own to give the Spartans a 3-1 lead. Then enters Bryce Etzler, the Spartans' star infielder who is heading to McNeese State University in the fall to play Division I softball but has been sidelined with a knee injury for most of Red Bluff's season. Etzler, clearly not yet 100 percent healthy, stepped up to the plate and knocked a single to right that plated Zazueta from second to give the Spartans a 4-1 advantage. Etzler hobbled to first base on the play, favoring her right knee. "Obviously we were a better team with Bryce in the lineup than with her out and I think that was a nice emotional boost," Howell said. "And once again, being a senior, as much time and effort as she's put in to the game of softball and she's put in to the softball program here, it was nice to see her get to be a part of this and go Megan Hughes made a spectacular play in the hole to beat out Rachel Bentz on a bang-bang play at first base. The Honkers attempted a two-out rally in the sixth inning starting with a Brott walk. Macy Baker then blooped a single into shallow right field to move the gametying run to second. Once again Boles came through getting Hughes to pop up in foul territory down the third base line. Bailey Jennings opened up the bottom of the sixth inning with Corning's second hit of the game. It was also their last, but it didn't matter. Kaitlin Cox, Baylie Fryar and Kristin Cox each followed with sacrifice bunts and Jennings beat out the throw each time to second, third and finally home plate respectively. Corning was up 2-0. White then hit a sacrifice fly to left field, but the real play was made by Kaitlin Cox who slid head first around the tag at home and extended her hand onto the plate for a 3-0 lead. Fryar rounded out the scoring on a passed ball for a 4-0 lead. Willows last gasp in the top of the seventh started when Kassidy Millen fought off pitch after pitch from Boles before earning a welldeserved walk. She stole second base and advanced to third on a ground out. She would remain there the rest of the games. Boles notched her fourth strikeout of the game and got Massa to ground out to second for the final out. The Lady Cardinals play Thursday in the D-IV semifinals. never got any further. Undoubtedly, the sequence of the game that will leave the sourest taste in the Vikings' mouth was the bottom of the sixth inning. Red Bluff reliever Wyatt Houghtby, with his team down a run, hit three batters to load the bases with just one out. But he got Nick Jackson to pop out to shallow left and Michael Sanderson grounded out to short, the threat dissipating with nary a run scored. "We left people on base. They didn't," PV coach Ron Souza said. "We tip our hats to them — they made plays when they had to, and we didn't make enough. It just wasn't meant to be." It was an ominous start to the game for the Vikings, who lost scheduled starter Samson Abernathy, who also started Friday's win over Enterprise, after the righty threw one pitch. Souza said he complained of elbow pain, having never had elbow problems before, and replaced him with Vlasic. The left-hander struggled to find his rhythm, with a wild pitch leading to a Red Bluff run in the first and then three more coming across in the second on a two-run single from Will Macdonald and an RBI knock by Houghtby. But the middle innings belonged to PV, the 4-0 lead disappeared and it looked as if the Vikings would pour it on. But the big hit evaded the hosts, and the Spartans found a way to recover from their big blown lead — potentially a massive mental dejection for a squad seeking an upset against an on-paper favorite. But this Red Bluff club has been out to prove it's better than advertised, and the Spartans didn't flinch. "We just had the heart and soul to battle back," shortstop Evan Sinclair said. "Coming in as the underdog is a good feeling. You have nothing to lose, so you can just play and put it all out there." Kyle Martin pitched 2 2/3 hitless innings to get the win, walking just one but, most importantly, keeping the Vikings' feet off home plate. His sixth-inning Houdini act after Houghtby plunked the bases loaded saved the game for the Spartans. "It just comes down to mental toughness, and that's what we ask of our guys," Sanders said. "Time and time again, our pitchers have found a way to pitch out of situations and our players have found ways to come through. I'm very proud of the way we battled back." ——— to the section championship." What followed was a bit of pitching duel between aces. The Spartans' Hailee Nicholls and the Wolves' Alex Silva switched places on the mound without surrendering a run through the fifth inning. Shasta did threaten in the fourth with runners on first and second with one out. After Shasta advanced its runners off a groundout, Red Bluff intentionally walked Mia Camuso, the Wolves' leadoff hitter, to get to Silva. The plan worked as Silva grounded to Harris, who recorded the put out to end the inning. Red Bluff also stranded a bases-loaded threat in the fourth. But then came the sixth, and again came Camuso to the plate with two outs and runners on first and third. After a quick consultation on the mound with coaches and players, the Nicholls again intentionally walked Camuso to load the bases to the chagrin of Shasta's fans. Silva, however, would connect on a pitch that soared high above left field. Brittany Clatty, following the ball to the wall, attempted a catch. The ball tipped off Clatty's glove and over the fence. Grand slam. Shasta took a 5-4 lead to the bottom of the sixth, which saw Red Bluff strand another bases-loaded threat. "Obviously that was a big emotional swing and a pretty big blow as far as a hit goes," Howell said. "But our kids believe and they're not afraid to battle to the last out." The Wolves added a run in the top of the seventh, when Jaime Clemens scored on a throwing error to give Shasta a 6-4 lead. Three outs away from playing in the title game against Paradise on Saturday, Silva started strong, striking out Nicholls for an out. But then trouble stepped up to the plate again, as Etzler reached base on blooper that dropped just past second base and between three Shasta fielders. It was all Larzabal needed as she smashed a two-run homer over the left field wall to tie the game at six. Silva gathered herself and notched her sixth strikeout of the game against Clatty. Harris reached base on a fielding error, and then stole second with Jones at the plate. Connect with Sports Writer Travis Souders at twitter.com/travissouders In hindsight, Shasta High coach Karen Fifield said, perhaps not worrying about a runner with two outs wasn't the best of calls. She said the team just wanted to get the batter. Jones put down a bunt that dribbled just feet away fro m home, leaving no play for the Wolves as Harris raced to the plate to score the game-winning run. Jones said she was thinking about just getting her bunt down, and Howell said it's something she's been doing all year. Harris added "these are the games that you have to go for it all," adding, "Mostly I'm ready for Paradise just because they got the home game. They got the first seed. I think we deserved it, but we're just going to take it from them." Fifield said: "It's deflating. I can't say I feel happy or sad I just — it's over. Whether that's good or bad, it's over." The Spartans visit Paradise at 2 p.m. Saturday for a Division III section final. ——— Sports Editor Andre Byik can be reached at 527-2151, ext. 111 or at sports@redbluffdailynews.com. Follow him on Twitter: @TehamaSports TORONTO (AP) — Melky Cabrera beat his old team with some old bats. R.A. Dickey snapped a four-start winless streak, Cabrera had four hits against his former team and the Toronto Blue Jays beat the San Francisco Giants 10-6 on Tuesday night. Cabrera matched a career-high by going 4 for 5 with two RBIs. He reached on an error and hit an RBI single in Toronto's six-run first, singled again in the fourth and sixth, and doubled home a run in the seventh. ''He's been on a nice little roll lately,'' Blue Jays manager John Gibbons said. ''He can hit, he's always been a good hitter. Early on he struggled, just like everybody else. Now he's starting to feel it a little bit.'' Cabrera's big night came with bats he used while playing for the Giants last year, black bats stamped with an orange 53, his jersey number. ''I left some bats last season and Murph (Mike Murphy, the Giants equipment manager) sent them to me and I was using them today,'' Cabrera said through a translator. Before the game, Giants manager Bruce Bochy presented Cabrera with his 2012 World Series ring in a private ceremony in the weight room. ''It was brief,'' Bochy said. ''He was thankful and excited that he got the ring. I thanked him for his contributions, it was pretty simple. I think he was looking forward to getting it and he seemed really excited to get his ring.'' The MVP of last year's All-Star game, Cabrera was suspended 50 games Aug. 15 for a positive testosterone test, and was later left off San Francisco's postseason roster. He signed a two-year $16-million deal with Toronto in November. Edwin Encarnacion drove in two runs and scored twice as the Blue Jays had a season-high 18 hits and won three straight games for just the second time this season. ''We did a lot of good things tonight,'' Dickey said. ''That's what we've seen more and more of over the course of the last week and a half to two weeks. I certainly think it can be a jumping off point for us.'' Dickey (3-5) struck out a season-high 10 in six innings, allowing two runs and six hits, to win for the first time since April 18 against the Chicago White Sox. ''Great job,'' Gibbons said. ''The knuckleball was alive.'' Brett Cecil worked the seventh and Brad Lincoln pitched the final two innings. Brandon Belt hit a solo homer and Pablo Sandoval added a three-run shot off Lincoln in the ninth but it wasn't enough for the NL West-leading Giants, who came in having won three straight and 10 of 13. Barry Zito, who has won just once in six starts, allowed eight runs, five earned, and a season-high 12 hits in 5 2-3 innings. The lefty, who walked two and struck out two, fell to 1-4 with a 5.40 ERA in six career starts at Rogers Centre. ''He did a great job of putting that (first) inning behind him and pitching well,'' Bochy said. ''He didn't cave in, he kept going.'' The Blue Jays jumped on Zito (3-2) in an 11-batter first, taking advantage of two Giants errors. Cabrera reached on a throwing error by Sandoval and Jose Bautista walked before Encarnacion hit an RBI single, advancing to second when Hunter Pence threw home. Mark DeRosa followed with a liner to center, driving in Bautista, and Encarnacion scored when outfielder Angel Pagan bobbled the ball. ''We made a lot of mistakes today,'' Bochy said. Colby Rasmus, Emilio Bonifacio and Cabrera added RBI singles, giving the Blue Jays their biggest inning of the season. The Giants got one back in the second on a two-out RBI single by Nick Noonan after back-to-back walks by Dickey. Belt's fifth homer, MLB MLB National League American League West Division West Division San Francisco Arizona Colorado San Diego Los Angeles East Division W 23 22 21 17 16 L 16 18 18 21 22 Pct .590 .550 .538 .447 .421 GB — 1.5 2 5.5 6.5 W L Pct GB Atlanta 22 17 .564 — Washington 21 18 .538 1 Philadelphia 19 21 .475 3.5 New York 14 22 .389 6.5 Miami 11 28 .282 11 Central Division W L Pct GB St. Louis 25 13 .658 — Cincinnati 23 16 .590 2.5 Pittsburgh 22 17 .564 3.5 Milwaukee 16 21 .432 8.5 Chicago 16 23 .410 9.5 —————————————————— Tuesday's Results Philadelphia 6, Cleveland 2 Pittsburgh 4, Milwaukee 3, 12 innings San Diego 3, Baltimore 2 Toronto 10, San Francisco 6 Cincinnati 6, Miami 2 Colorado 9, Chicago Cubs 4 St. Louis 10, N.Y. Mets 4 Arizona 2, Atlanta 0 L.A. Dodgers 2, Washington 0 Today's Games San Diego (Marquis 4-2) at Baltimore (F.Garcia 0-1), 9:35 a.m. Cleveland (Kluber 2-2) at Philadelphia (Hamels 1-5), 10:05 a.m. Atlanta (Hudson 4-2) at Arizona (Kennedy 1-3), 12:40 p.m. Milwaukee (Gallardo 3-2) at Pittsburgh (W.Rodriguez 3-2), 4:05 p.m. San Francisco (Vogelsong 1-3) at Toronto (Morrow 1-2), 4:07 p.m. Cincinnati (Leake 2-2) at Miami (Sanabia 2-5), 4:10 p.m. Colorado (Garland 3-3) at Chicago Cubs (Samardzija 1-5), 5:05 p.m. N.Y. Mets (Marcum 0-3) at St. Louis (S.Miller 5-2), 5:15 p.m. Washington (Detwiler 2-3) at L.A. Dodgers (Magill 0-0), 7:10 p.m. Thursday's Games N.Y. Mets at St. Louis, 10:45 a.m. Milwaukee at Pittsburgh, 4:05 p.m. Cincinnati at Miami, 4:10 p.m. San Francisco at Colorado, 5:40 p.m. Washington at San Diego, 7:10 p.m. Texas Oakland Seattle Los Angeles Houston East Division W 24 20 18 14 10 L 14 20 21 24 30 Pct .632 .500 .462 .368 .250 GB — 5 6.5 10 15 W L Pct GB New York 25 14 .641 — Baltimore 23 16 .590 2 Boston 22 17 .564 3 Tampa Bay 20 18 .526 4.5 Toronto 16 24 .400 9.5 Central Division W L Pct GB Detroit 22 15 .595 — Cleveland 21 17 .553 1.5 Kansas City 19 16 .543 2 Minnesota 18 18 .500 3.5 Chicago 16 21 .432 6 —————————————————— Tuesday's Results Philadelphia 6, Cleveland 2 San Diego 3, Baltimore 2 N.Y. Yankees 4, Seattle 3 Toronto 10, San Francisco 6 Detroit 6, Houston 2 Tampa Bay 5, Boston 3 Chicago White Sox 4, Minnesota 2 Kansas City at L.A. Angels, late Texas at Oakland, late Today's games San Diego (Marquis 4-2) at Baltimore (F.Garcia 0-1), 9:35 a.m. Cleveland (Kluber 2-2) at Philadelphia (Hamels 1-5), 10:05 a.m. Houston (Keuchel 0-1) at Detroit (Scherzer 5-0), 10:08 a.m. Chicago White Sox (Axelrod 0-3) at Minnesota (Pelfrey 3-3), 10:10 a.m. Texas (Ogando 3-2) at Oakland (Straily 1-1), 12:35 p.m. Seattle (Iwakuma 4-1) at N.Y. Yankees (P.Hughes 2-2), 4:05 p.m. San Francisco (Vogelsong 1-3) at Toronto (Morrow 1-2), 4:07 p.m. Boston (Lester 5-0) at Tampa Bay (Price 1-3), 4:10 p.m. Kansas City (W.Davis 2-3) at L.A. Angels (Enright 0-1), 7:05 p.m. Thursday's games Seattle at N.Y. Yankees, 4:05 p.m. Boston at Tampa Bay, 4:10 p.m. Detroit at Texas, 5:05 p.m. Chicago White Sox at L.A. Angels, 7:05 p.m.