Warriors Win in Extras at Long Beach

LONG BEACH, Calif. - The El Camino College Warriors baseball team defeated Long Beach City College 4-3 in 11 innings on Tuesday at the LBCC Vikings Baseball Complex.

The Warriors improved to 25-10 overall and 15-4 in South Coast Conference Play. The LBCC Vikings fell to 16-19 overall and 12-7 in South Coast Conference play.

Julio Camarena singled in Daniel Murillo with one out in the 11th inning to give the Warriors a 4-3 lead and put the Warriors on top. 

Pierce Kingston threw a shutdown 4.2 innings of relief to pick up the win.  Kingston allowed just four hits, one walk, and fanned two batters

The Warriors had 10 hits for the game with Juan Carlos Camerena going 3-for-5 from the dish and Julio Camarena with two hits. Jaedeyn Edwards continued his power surge with his third round tripper in four games.

The Vikings took the lead in the third inning.  After three singles to start the inning, Malik Clayton grounded into a double play to bring one run in.  Jack Snyder was able to get a groundout to escape the inning from further damage.

Jaedeyn Edwards tied the game up in the fifth inning with a solo blast to center field. 

Both sides scored two runs a piece in the seventh inning.  Juan Carlos Camarena led the inning off with a double and Edwards worked a walk. Both pitchers got into scoring position after a wild pitch. Brendan McAndrews brought in a run on a sac fly. Julio Camarena singled in a run to make it a 3-1 game.  

The Vikings loaded the bases with one out in the bottom half.  They scored one run on a sac fly and another run on an infield single.

Both sides got a runner into scoring position in the tenth inning but neither side could bring the runner in.  In the top of the eleventh inning, Daniel Murillo had a leadoff walk and advanced to second on an Elijah Tolsma ground out.  Juan Carlos Camera singled to left field to score Murillo and give the Warriors the 4-3 lead.

In the bottom of the eleventh, Kingston allowed a one out single but he induced a 6-4-3 double play to close out the game and hand the Warriors the road win over the Vikings.

The Warriors will go for the series win when they take on the Vikings at home on Thursday.  First pitch is set for 2:30 p.m.