Benicia Baseballers Blast Bethel

The varsity baseball team put op 10 runs in the first inning of their league match-up against Jesse Bethel High of Vallejo on Friday, April 29 and they never looked back.

With the first three batters safely on base, catcher came to the plate and hit a solid single to right center scoring lead-off hitter and

The Panthers went on to score nine more runs in the first inning but Mauch's single was all they needed as Bethel was only able to put up one run the entire game.

Prior to the game Mauch admitted he was in a bit of a slump.  Head Coach Jim Bowles never considered putting Mauch lower in the line-up. After Mauch's first inning single, the coach explained his reasoning.

"He's a team leader," said Bowles.  "Every hitter goes through slumps.  The leaders work themselves out of the slump.  Hayden has been coming through for us for a long time."