The Diamond Valley Sabers offense exploded immediately against the Los Angeles Thrashers at the teams' Friday afternoon match up at Pierce College.
At the top of the first inning, the Sabers (8-6, 6-3) hit around the lineup and scored four runs in a game they'd end up winning 12-5.
The Thrashers (4-4, 1-3) answered with one run in the third when Jack Heidelman knocked in his UCSD teammate Jonah Northrop. Heidelman finished 2-for-4 with an RBI and a run, while Northrop went 4-for-5 with an RBI and a run.
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The Sabers immediately responded. They widened the gap even further in the fifth when the team batted around through the lineup for the second time in the game. The Sabers led 9-1 heading to the sixth.
In the sixth, it seemed like the momentum was finally shifting toward the Thrasher dugout. The hitters showed discipline at the plate, drawing four walks in the inning. Heidelman, Kevin Rowley, Stephon Brown and J.C. Rasic all scored to cut the eight run deficit in half to 9-5. Spencer Reed belted two RBI, while Rasic and Northrop added one apiece.
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Cleanup hitter Heidelman came up for the second time of the inning, this time with bases loaded. After facing a 9-1 deficit, the tying run stood at the plate, but it wasn’t meant to be. Heidelman was retired.
The Sabers went right back to work scoring two more runs in the seventh and one in the ninth to put the game out of reach.
The Thrashers next home game is a doubleheader starting at 1 p.m. Thursday against the Palm Springs Power.