Cassius Hamm tossed two-run ball for five innings on Tuesday and Zack Ferreira hit a solo homer, leading No. 10 El Camino to a 4-3 win over SBCC in a nonconference baseball game in Torrance.
The Vaqueros fell to 10-11 while the Warriors improved to 14-6.
Michael Montpas and Chris Smutny both went 2-4 for Santa Barbara and Connor Clark was 2-5 with an RBI groundout in the ninth. Noah Barba's RBI groundout in the fourth gave the Warriors a 4-2 lead.
Davis Messer (1-5) took the loss, giving up four runs on seven hits in 3 2/3 innings.
Jake Gagain had an RBI single in the first for the Vaqueros and Smutny drove in a run with a one-out single in the second that scored Wesley Ghan-Gibson.
SBCC travels to Riverside, ranked No. 11 in Southern Cal, on Wednesday for a 2:30 p.m. contest.
No. 10 El Camino edges Vaqueros 4-3
Santa Barbara
3
El Camino
4
Final | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Santa Barbara (10-11) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 0 |
El Camino (14-6) | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | X | 4 | 8 | 2 |
Posted: Mar 22, 2016