San Diego High School Baseball : Granite Hills Scores in Bunches to Win Again

Last week, the Granite Hills High School baseball team scored 88 runs in seven games to win the Lions tournament and take over the No. 1 ranking in San Diego County.

But as Granite Hills Coach Gordon Thompson said Thursday, “It’s a lot easier to get to the top than it is to stay there.”

So far, the Eagles are doing a good job of hanging on to their ranking. Granite Hills beat El Capitan, 12-5, Thursday for its second straight victory since moving into the No. 1 spot.

The Eagles (6-1, 14-3) scored seven runs in the second inning, highlighted by Brian Giles’ two-run single, to beat the Vaqueros (5-2, 10-8) in a battle for first place in the Grossmont League at Granite Hills.

Donnie Carroll and Jon Rice combined on an 11-hitter and Shawn O’Coyne helped lead Granite Hills’ 12-hit attack with two doubles and two RBIs.

In other Grossmont League games:

Grossmont 9, Helix 8--Doug Davis’ RBI single with two out in the bottom of the seventh inning capped a seven-run rally for Grossmont (4-3, 12-5) over Helix (4-3, 7-8). Davis started Grossmont’s winning rally with a one-out double. Rick Haar, Joe Appolito and Paul Appenzeller all hit homers for Helix, which led, 8-2, going to the bottom of the seventh.

Mount Miguel 9, El Cajon 0--Rick Ayala had three hits including a home run and J.J. Ludlow also hit a homer to lead Mount Miguel at El Cajon. Randy Genochio pitched a six-hitter for the Matadors.

Briefly--Santana 8, Monte Vista 5.

METRO CONFERENCE

Chula Vista 9, Hilltop 2--Eric Slinkard had three hits and drove in a run and Conin Murphy added two hits to lead Chula Vista at Hilltop. Anthony Garcia pitched an eight-hitter. Chula Vista had 11 hits and took advantage of four Hilltop errors.

Montgomery 7, Sweetwater 1--Hector Lorenzana pitched 6 innings of shutout relief to help Montgomery (4-1, 12-7) at home. Chris Charfauros and David Schmidt had three hits each for the Aztecs.

Marian 10, Southwest 5--David Powers had two hits and drove in three runs and Chris Hazeltine had two RBIs to lead Marian (2-3, 4-10) at home. Brennan Hayes went five innings to pick up the victory. Marian, which had a 7-1 lead after three innings, took advantage of five Southwest errors.

Briefly--Coronado 13, Mar Vista 2.