Courtesy of Star-Newbie Miguel Melendez ….
Glendora wins, 3-0: There would be no umbrellas or a comeback from the Arcadia High School baseball team for that matter.
Bryce Rutherford was stymied by Glendora’s Kyle Layton who scored all three runs to lead the Tartans to a 3-0 win on a chilly Wednesday night in the final of the Apache Invitational at Arcadia High. Arcadia (13-2) suffered its second setback of the season. They dropped one two nights ago to Beverly Hills, 5-4, and needed a late rally to oust West Covina, 5-3, on Tuesday night. Glendora (11-4) meanwhile was still riding its wave of momentum that carried over from an 8-7 win in 10 innings over San Dimas and 5-3 win over Nogales on Tuesday afternoon. This was the Tartans’ second straight Apache Invitational championship. Whether it was a cold shoulder (Rutherford had not pitched since Saturday) or jitters from watching a St. Louis Cardinals scout clock his pitches with a radar gun, it’s unclear what led to Rutherford’s uncharacteristic performance. The same could be said of Arcadia’s defense which committed two costly errors. The Apaches also left seven runners on base. Ruhterford was upped by Michale Gonzales who went the distance, throwing 87 pitches and allowing only four hits and six strikeouts. Rutherford pitched six innings and struck out seven, but a wild pitch in the second put the Apaches in an early uphill battle.