Del Rio baseball settled, finally ...
Chris Vargas' no-hit pitching and a sparkling defensive effort, despite three errors, carried El Rancho to a 3-1 victory over La Serna and a second consecutive DRL baseball championship.
The Dons turned four double plays, highlighted by second-baseman Mike Manriquez's pivot at the bag and impressive play all around.
Marcus Aldecoa, limited to designated hitter responsibilities due to a still-sore groin pull, set the offensive tone when he drew a two-out base on balls in the second inning, and when La Serna second baseman Raymond Morrill muffed Carlos Cabrera's ground ball, Aldecoa never hesitated in hustling safely all the way to third base.
He drew a futile throw from right fielder Nathan Garcia that sailed over the fence behind third base, and Aldecoa was awarded home plate and El Rancho's first run that tied the score.
La Serna's Victor Soto was impressive in defeat. With no offensive support, he limited the Dons to two hits, and struck out five, four of them in the last three innings to help keep the game close and give his team a chance to win.
Baseball and softball playoff pairings will be announced Monday. El Rancho, La Serna and California will represent the Del Rio League in that order.
YOU SHOULD OF USED THE BEST TO WIN THE BIG GAME............
GOOD LUCK TO EL RANCHO,CAL AND LA SERNA,,,,,,
Maybe La serna will win today but sorry crespi is top notch team thats a baseball program half that roster is alredy going to top schools look @ the website they have wow ...........
How do you not pitch Burke at all against El Rancho? He threw the first game against them which they won and through in every game down the stretch exept for one game vs. Santa Fe. La Serna has three guys who can hit; Burke,Soto and Ortel, if the others do not hit it is going to be a quick playoff run. Villalobos is good and deserves the MVP.
El Rancho Baseball Dons:
Just want to wish luck. Will be there to cheer you on.
Just use your talents and continue the team work.
Your hard work will pay off.
Lots of luck
G-Mom
Give the mvp to the guy who won the big game villalobos hey la serna parent did you guys not say all your guys could hit off 90 plus pitching now its only soto...........
La serna coach what were you thinking not going with the ace you had 2 guys that could of done the job???????????
GREAT JOB EL RANCHO WAY TO SHUT UP THE LA SERNA PARENTS THAT YOU GUYS DID NOT FACE TOUGH TEAMS AND THAT THEY WERE BETTER WELL YOU GUYS SHOWED THEM BACK 2 BACK DEL RIO CHAMPS I GUESS THE NEW COACH COULD NOT FINISH THE BIG GAME SHOULD OF GONE WITH YOUR ACE COACH................
Why knock on Nieto? Isn't it every teams goal to make CIF? Yes a league title is also a goal, but im pretty sure anyone that has played high school baseball would accept not winning a league title if it meant winning a CIF ring.
yeah but does nieto ever win a leauge title
Murray
Today is the first day of spring ball and not one thing about football this morning, I went on fred robledo and scott galetti blogs and they are talking about football in their area. I get on the whittier area only to find something that was on 3 days ago. If you want people to talk about sports, you need to be on top of things and keep people updated about whats going on. Everyone gets on the internet to get news fast or as it happens. Your giving us news via pony express.
congrats coach nieto you get into cif every year great job
kudos del rio league alumni you are so right but el rancho proved who was the best they won the big game they had heart they wanted it more after all the talk that they did not face real teams they also never dropped from cif rankings..........
(No they are not even )el rancho is better they closed out 2 big games so if the la serna parents want to knock down el rancho well just remember who won the big one yes they did,,,,,,,,,,,
Great job el rancho all the talk that la serna had faced better teams well did not pay off el rancho has heart thats real baseball not a bunch of kids with flashy uniforms and money they went out to play ball and they proved it its all about playing ball and scrappy ball players is what it takes and thats el rancho great job guys..........
anyone want to knock ER's "weak" preseason now
Awsome win over LS.ER looked impressive in both games vs LS.With Vargas solidifying himself in the rotation with Villalobos,ER has a very good chance of going deep in the playoffs.The infield continues to do a tremendous job and the timely hitting this team comes up with is as equally impressive.Congratulations on a great regular season.Let's keep it going!Good Luck.
Congrats to El Rancho on a good game yesterday. LS and ER are pretty evenly matched. ER, despite making some errors, made the plays when they had to, and Vargas . All three DRL reps this year are capabe of going on a roll. This could be there year that a DRL team makes it to the finals.
Villalobos will likely be league MVP, but I think that Victor Soto is truly the MVP. His pitching and hitting combined are unequalled in the league. He threw a great game himself yesterday, and is the only DRL pitcher who has hit 90MPH this year. He deserves to be MVP, while Villalobos is clearly pitcher of the year and an all CIF first team guy.
Congratulations to the El Rancho Dons Baseball Team!!! Wish I was there to see the victory. My thanks to Coach LLanes for his dedication to the team, the encouragement and support brought out the best in these boys! Good job!
Good Luck in post play!
Congrats to El Rancho on winning the league title for the 2nd straight year.
For all the talk on the blogs of El Rancho not playing good competition in pre-season which was why their record was so good and La Serna playing top notch competition was gonna pay off down the road looks pretty silly now, doesn't it?
Newsflash: Moral victories dont win you a league title.
Good luck to all three DRL teams in CIF. ER, LS, and CAL respresent the league well.