Baseball: Aguilar, Rocha power Rio Hondo to win at Hancock
Luis Aguilar went 4 for 6 with a home run and 4 RBI while Luca Rocha also drove in four runs to lead Rio Hondo College to a 13-9 non-conference win at Allan Hancock College in Santa Clarita on Saturday.
| Final | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
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Rio Hondo
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3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 17 | 2 |
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Allan Hancock
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0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 13 | 3 |
Luis Aguilar went 4 for 6 with a home run and 4 RBI while Luca Rocha also drove in four runs to lead Rio Hondo College to a 13-9 non-conference win at Allan Hancock College in Santa Clarita on Saturday. The Roadrunners snapped a two-game slide and improved to 3-5 overall.
Rio Hondo jumped on Hancock pitcher Zach Torra early, scoring three runs in the top of the first to go ahead from the start. Aguilar drove in a pair with a double and came in to score on Marc Salcido's single.
Hancock tied it up with a three-run outburst in the bottom of the third, but the Roadrunners went ahead for good after rallying for five runs in the fourth.
Rio Hondo totaled a season-high 17 hits in the contest. Besides Aguilar's four-hit effort, Marco Rivas went 3 for 4 with 2 doubles and 2 RBI while Aiden Gutierrez also collected three hits. Salcido launched a solo home run in the fifth and totaled 2 RBI.
R.J. Van picked up the win after allowing four earned runs and nine hits over five innings. Edmundo Fernandez closed out the game with 1 1/3 innings of scoreless relief to earn the save.
Rio Hondo returns to action on Thursday (Feb. 15) when the Roadrunners host Merced College in a 2 p.m. non-conference game.