Rebels
Open At The Chico Labor Day
Invitational
By
Paul Gadbois
The
Red Bluff Rebels 18-and-under fall
American Legion baseball squad
opened its season last weekend in
the Chico Nuts' Labor Day
Invitational, winning two games and
losing three.
Chico 2, Red Bluff 1
Robby Annis got the starting call in
the season opener, and two unearned
runs in the first inning was the
difference in the Rebels' 2-1 defeat
to the tourney hosts on Friday.
Annis allowed two hits in four
innings of work, walking two and
striking out six.
Red Bluff mounted a rally in the
seventh inning, loading the bases
with one out, but stranded the
winning run in scoring position.
Simon Villalvazo singled but was
picked off, and Jeremy Altman
followed with a walk. Wyatt Dodero
and Gerald Baker hit back-to-back
singles to load the bases and Storm
Lewis forced in a run with a base on
balls, but the Nuts turned a 4-6-3
double play on the next batter to
escape with the victory.
Villalvazo pitched two scoreless
innings in relief and E.J. Stanton
also worked a hitless seventh.
Chico
200 000 0 — 2 3 0
Red Bluff 000 000
1 — 1 5 3
RED BLUFF
IP H
R ER
BB SO
Annis (L, 0-1) 4
2 2
0 2
6
Villalvazo
2 1
0 0
0 3
Stanton
1 0
0 0
2 0
Top hitters:
Villalvazo 1X3; Altman 1X2, R;
Dodero 1X3; Baker 1X3; Johnson 1X3
Foothill 11, Red Bluff 10
Thirteen runs were scored in the
first two innings and Red Bluff
scored the go-ahead run in the top
of the seventh, but the Rebels lost
to Foothill, 11-10, on Friday night.
Trevor Rau was hit by a pitch with
two outs, Annis singled and Stanton
doubled home the go-ahead run in the
seventh.
Daniel Zelwick remained in the game
despite a high pitch count, however,
and was unable to finish it. He gave
up 15 hits, five earned runs with no
walks and struck out eight in the
loss. The Cougars drove home the
winning run with one out.
Annis, Stanton, Villalvazo and
Altman all collected two hits,
including doubles, and Zelwick and
Baker also singled twice for Red
Bluff.
Red Bluff
330 102 1 — 10 13
4
Foothill
340 002 2 — 11 15
1
RED BLUFF
IP H
R ER
BB SO
Zelwick (L, 0-1) 7
15 11
5 0
8
Top hitters:
Stanton 2X3, 2B, RBI, 3 R; Zelwick
2X3, RBI, 2 R; Villalvazo 2X3, 2B, 2
RBI, R; Baker 2X4, 2 RBI, R; Altman
2X4, 2B, RBI; Ramirez 1X3; Rollins
2X3, 2B, R
Red Bluff 8, Eureka 0
The Rebels returned to action
Saturday morning with an 8-0 shutout
of Eureka, propelled by the two-hit
complete game of Stanton on the
mound.
Stanton hurled five innings, walked
two and fanned three in the victory
parade.
Stanton also went 2-for-2 with a
double and a run scored out of the
leadoff spot, and Villalvazo hit a
two-run home run in the fourth
inning to enforce the tourney's
8-run rule.
Annis cracked a three-run double to
put the Rebels on the board in the
first inning, and Lance Zazueta also
doubled home two runs in the fourth.
Eureka
000 00x x — 0 2 0
Red Bluff
310 4xx x — 8 8 2
RED BLUFF
IP H
R ER
BB SO
Stanton (W, 1-0) 5
2 0
0 2
3
Top hitters:
Stanton 2X2, 2B, R; Zelwick 2X3,
RBI, 2 R; Zazueta 1X3, 2B, 2 RBI, R;
Villalvazo 1X2, HR, 2 RBI, 2 R:
Annis 1X3, 2B, 3 RBI; Altman 1X2, R
Tahoe 17, Red Bluff 4
The Rebels had trouble recording
outs in Saturday's night game,
giving up 20 hits in the 17-4 loss
to Tahoe.
Starter Andrew Lish didn't make it
out of the first inning, where Tahoe
piled up eight runs, and it
snowballed from there off Dodero and
Lewis.
Zelwick and Stanton each doubled and
scored twice to pace the Rebels'
offense, and Villalvazo also hit a
RBI double.
Tahoe
815 03x x — 17 20
0
Red Bluff 200 02x
x — 4 8
1
RED BLUFF
IP H
R ER
BB SO
Lish (L, 0-1)
0.1 7
8 8
2 0
Dodero
2 5
6 6
5 0
Lewis
2.2 8
3 3
0 0
Top hitters:
Stanton 1X2, 2B, 2 R; Zelwick 2X3,
2B, 2 R; Zazueta 1X3; Villalvazo
1X3, 2B; Ramirez 1X1; Johnson 1X2;
Rau 1X2
Red Bluff 6, Foothill 2
Lish pounded out four hits and
scored twice to lead Red Bluff to
Sunday's 6-2 victory over Foothill.
Zelwick, on one day's rest, got the
call to pitch and allowed one earned
run on six hits in 3 2/3 innings for
the win, walking one and striking
out four.
Stanton earned the save with a
strong relief effort, pitching the
last 3 1/3 innings and giving up
just one earned run on three hits,
fanning four and walking one.
Annis hit a two-run double in the
first inning, Altman drove in two
runs and Zazueta scored twice for
the Rebels.
Red Bluff
301 000 2 — 6 7 0
Foothill
001 100 0 — 2 9 0
RED BLUFF
IP H
R ER
BB SO
Zelwick (W, 1-1)
3.2 6
1 1
1 4
Stanton (Sv, 1)
3.1 3
1 1
1 4
Top hitters:
Stanton 1X1, 2 R; Zazueta 1X3, 2 R;
Annis 1X4, 2B, 2 RBI, R; Lish 4X4, 2
RBI
