BASEBALL: Vikes Can't Hold Early Lead Against Cap

The Score: Capuchino 10, Mills 3.

The Star: Mills High’s Joey Carney had a strong game at the plate and on the mound for the visitors. The junior went 2-for-3 with a double and two RBIs and recorded four strikeouts over the final 1 2/3 innings in the Peninsula Athletic League Ocean Division game on Tuesday.

The Turning Point: After taking a 2-0 lead in the first inning, a demoralizing top of the second had Mills on its knees. The Vikings allowed five runs on five hits while facing the entire batting order and never recovered.

The Quote: “After the first inning we left the ball out there for them to take advantage of it and that cost us.” – Mills senior catcher Daniel Standig, on what went wrong in the pitching game.

What’s Next? Mills will visit Capuchino on Friday at 7 p.m. at San Bruno Park.

The Bottom Line: Mills got four of its five hits in the first two innings and went cold from there, posting a 6-to-2 strikeout-to-walk ratio for the remainder of the game. Though both teams struggled to score in the middle innings, Capuchino kept getting runners on base -- it was only a matter of time until the Mustangs started producing runs again.

Notes: The game was initially scheduled to be played at Mills but was changed to Capuchino due to Mills’ field conditions -- it wasn’t dry enough to play there. The Vikings used three different pitchers (Yanni Sarikakis four innings, Andrew Butte 1 1/3 innings and Carney) and allowed four stolen bases. … Ace Bryan Hidalgo is expected to start on Friday against Cap.

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Capuchino 10, Mills 3

M – 200 010 0 – 3 5 1

C  – 050 203 0 – 10 12 4

WP: Cecci (2-1). LP: Sarikakis (0-5).

HR: Faubel (C). 2B: Standig, Carney (M); Gretter 2, Cordova 2, Steenvoorde (C).

3 hits: Gretter (C). 2 hits: Carney, Standig (M); Cordova, Cecci (C). 3 RBI: Gretter (C). 2 RBI: Carney (M); Faubel (C).

Records: Mills 1-8, 0-2 PAL Ocean. Capuchino 5-6-1, 2-0.