Tigers Drop Ranked Showdown with Chargers
| Final | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |
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#11 Riverside | 0 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 12 | 1 |
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#5 Cypress | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 15 | 1 |
No. 11-ranked Riverside City College went blow-for-blow with No. 5-ranked Cypress College but ultimately fell 10-9.
The Tigers slip to 18-10 on the year, 5-4 in the Orange Empire Conference, while the Chargers improve to 21-7 overall and 7-2 in conference.
Bubba Heidler (2-for-5), Darin Osterloh (2-for-4) and Malakai Lopez (2-for-5) led the Tigers with multiple hits, while Parker Sobiesiak (1-for-2), Ian Nguyen (1-for-4), Marc DiCarlo, Jr. (1-for-4), Danny Inzunza (1-for-4), Alex Gamez (1-for-3) and Logan Clear (1-for-2) also had hits.
Riverside scored five runs in the top of the third to jump out to a 7-2 lead as Cypress fell apart on the mound. The Tigers scored three runs off bases loaded walks or hit by pitches, another off a wild pitch, and the fifth off a Lopez RBI single.
The Chargers took the lead in the fifth, but the Tigers evened things up in the top of the sixth off a Nguyen RBI single. Heidler then drove in Clear to put the visitors back in front in the top of the eighth.
Unfortunately, Cypress scored two runs in the bottom of the ninth to walk away with the win.
RCC returns home on Tuesday to start a new OEC series with Fullerton College, with first pitch set for 2 p.m.