Riverside Improves to 9-0 with 7-1 Home Win over Western Nevada Saturday

RIVERSIDE -- Tyler Tungate tossed seven no-hit innings and his teammates again had a big four-run inning as the Riverside City College (RCC) Tigers baseball team posted a 7-1 nonconference home win Saturday afternoon (Feb. 14) over the visiting Western Nevada  College (WNC) Wildcats at the Evans Sports Complex.

Tungate, a freshman starting RHP from Downey HS, was sailing along through six innings, having faced one batter over the minimum, thanks to a lead-off walk to open the top of the fourth. A walk to open the top of the fifth was erased on a double play.

But in the top of the seventh, Tungate yielded a walk (his third) and a hit batter put Wildcat runners at first and second. A comebacker moved the runners up. Then a throw following groundball to second was dropped at first base for an error, but the run would have scored anyway, making the score, 5-1.

Sophomore RHP David Robles (San Bernardino / Rialto HS) began the top of the eighth and quickly notched a pair of called strikeouts, but then surrendered WNC's lone hit, a two-out single to left field off the bat of No. 9 batter, sophomore 3B Austin Andrews (Lake Oswego, OR) and the no-hitter was gone. Robles then struck out the side on another called third strike.

For the record, Tungate tossed 94 pitches (57 strikes), allowed no hits, one run (earned), walked three and struck out five and improved to 3-0, He has lowered his earned run average to 1.42 through 19.0 innings.

For Western Nevada (6-3 overall), located in Carson City, freshman starting LHP Matt Young (Reno, NV) went the first five innings and allowed four hits, two runs (both earned), one walk and struck out two as his record fell to 2-1.

Sophomore 2B Austin Monte (Corona / Santa Ana - Mater Dei HS) had two hits of RCC's nine-hit attack.

Riverside (9-0 overall) and WNC conclude their weekend series on Sunday, Feb. 15, at 1 p.m.

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