Mitchell Baker's RBI squeeze bunt paces Fallbrook Warriors to win.

By David A. Willauer-Contributing Writer-Fallbrook High School-Fallbrook, CA-Thursday, April 21, 2022-The Fallbrook Warriors baseball team found a miracle after a 5-4 defeat on Mission Vista's ballfield, the Warriors of Fallbrook found a way to comeback from a 2-0 deficit tied the game at 2-2 and scored the go ahead run in the bottom of the 8th as they defeated the Timberwolves of Mission Vista by a 3-2 score.

The Timberwolves led the game most of the way on an early 1-0 lead in the top of the 2nd as Ruben Avalos scored on a wild pitch off Warriors starter Tanyon Smith and followed with their second run in the top of the 7th as Brennan Waldrop reached on a fielders choice rbi scoring Ruben Avalos with his second run of the game.

In the late innings the bats of the Warriors started swinging in the home 7th as lead off batter Jaxon Dent singled to leftfield to score Anthony Thomas and Austen Baker.

The Warriors came back in the home 8th as Tanyon Smith doubled to left centerfield moved to third base on a balk by Mission Vista's Hayden Burnside. Cleanup batter Mitchell Baker went 2 for 2 in the game laid down a squeeze bunt in the middle of the diamond scoring Tanyon Smith with the winning for Fallbrook as they won 3-2

Fallbrook Cleanup batter Mitchell Baker: "In the championship game vs. Morse we came back after trailing and scored 3 runs in the 7th for the win." "I know what our squad has done as we have the best bench in San Diego County and found a way to comeback ." "We trailed 2-0 Coach Walker told us to calm down and to do what we had to do in the late innings but found a way to win. "

"Tanyon Smith, Mitchell Baker and Peyton Van Eck have thrown well for us they gave up 2 runs but you can't ask for better pitchers." "When I knew the bunt was going to come my 3b coach told me to get it down between 3rd and the left side of the pitchers mound as our team won." "Our squad has improved from 6 wins that we had from last season our chemistry is going up through the roof were starting to work on the mistakes from last year." said Mitchell Baker

"We didn't have any trouble on the mound my starting pitcher Tanyon Smith allowed 1 run as I made a pitching change we allowed 1 more, as we trailed 2-0 our ballclub have confidence in themselves, in the final 2 innings we found a way to win the game which boosted a lot of confidence for our squad." said Pat Walker Head Baseball Coach at Fallbrook.

"This contest was energetic with a belief that were going to win that is a part of MH's shortstop who is also their relief pitcher and he throws hard but we can hit fastballs." Both Tanyon Smith and Mitchell Baker did a great job on the mound." "Mitchell Bakers bunt single we played little ball until the very end and have won a few games with our late inning miracles. " The last time we played Mission Vista was a strange game as we came in kind of flat but they got ahead early by scoring 5 runs in the 2nd inning which is difficult, we found a way to battle back in the 5-4 game which didn't seem like one at all." We have the rubber match which can go either way MV is a good ballclub but I am confident in us as we start to work on our fundamentals that is how we win games."

With the win Fallbrook improves to 12-10 while Mission Vista goes to 11-8 and these two schools will meet again on Saturday, April 23rd at Mission Vista.