Baseball defeated by Northwood, ending their run in CIF

Ryan Ulrich
Sports Editor

On Friday, the Mira Costa Baseball Team faced off against Northwood High School at home for a California Interscholastic Federation Southern Section division three match up. The Mustangs lost the game ending their winning streak, and their season which was filled with terrific playing.

The Mustangs battled it out against the Timberwolves by playing a full ten innings. the Mustangs scored the first run but in the end the Timberwolves would end up winning the game by a score of 1-3.

“We played a good game, but some things didn’t go our way today,” Junior pitcher Trevor Franklin said. “it never feels good to go out with a loss, but we had an incredible season that I will remember forever,”

During the game both the Mustangs and Northwood were using strong defense, however, the Mustangs were able to score during the third inning when junior outfielder Reese Alexiades made it home for the Mustangs. The score was now 1-0 and the Mustangs had the lead the game.

“ Everyone was playing hard and even though we were not able to win we had a great season,” Alexiades said. “We played well overall, however, we were not able to pull through on this one and that happens to every team.”

The Mustangs were able to keep their lead until the top of the sixth inning when the Timberwolves were able to score. The game remained tied up until the seventh inning which causing the game to go into overtime. During the tenth inning the Timberwolves scored.

“ Although we were not able to win in CIF, we played some great baseball this season,” junior catcher Brett Davis said. “I am really happy to have won Bay League and I will remember this season for the rest of my life.”

Both teams remained playing well, however, during the tenth and final inning the timberwolves were able to take charge of the game and score two runs giving them a 1-3 win.

“We made some defensive mistakes and they really capitalized on that,” Catcher Brett Davis said. “However, This season was definitely one to remember even though we were not able to advance in CIF.”

Pitching for the Mustangs was senior Michael Rumpp, junior Trevor Franklin, and freshman Jessie Story. Rumpp pitched for the majority of the game or for six innings five of which he did not let any runs in. Rumpp also threw 55 strikes out of the 72 pitches that he threw during the game.

“The Pitchers were all incredible this year,” Davis said. “they won us plenty of games throughout the entire season which contributed to our amazing team and all of the success that we had.”