Rebels Sweep Oroville

By Paul Gadbois

The Red Bluff Rebels 18-and-under fall American Legion baseball team capped its six-game home-stand on Saturday with a doubleheader sweep of Oroville Post 95.

Red Bluff 10, Oroville 2

Lance Zazueta went 3-for-3 with three runs batted in and Simon Villalvazo ripped two doubles to lead Red Bluff to a 10-2 win in the first game.
Zelwick also had three hits and three runs scored while pitching a complete-game four hitter. He gave up two earned runs, walked none and struck out eight.
Lish went 2-for-3 with a pair of RBI, Stanton was 2-for-3 with a double and two runs scored and Storm Lewis added a hit and a run scored for Red Bluff.

Oroville    000 200 0 — 2  4  0
Red Bluff    320 104 x — 10 14 0

RED BLUFF        IP    H    R    ER    BB    SO
Zelwick (W, 4-1)    7    4    2    2    0    8   

Top hitters:
Stanton 2X3, 2B, 2 R; Zelwick 3X4, 3 R; Zazueta 3X3, 3 RBI, 2 R; Villalvazo 2X3, 2 2B, 3 RBI, R; Lish 2X3, 2 RBI; Altman 1X4; Lewis 1X3, R

Red Bluff 7, Oroville 6 (9 inn.)

Villalvazo smacked an 0-2 pitch into the outfield in the bottom of the ninth, driving in Robby Annis for the game-winning run to give the Rebels a 7-6 win in the nightcap.
Stanton pitched two scoreless innings in relief for the victory, giving up just two hits, and Wyatt Dodero also threw four brilliant relief frames to keep the Rebels in the game during the middle innings after they blew an early 6-0 advantage.
Red Bluff scored three runs in the first and third innings to jump out in front. Andrew Lish and Lance Zazueta each scored two runs and Stanton and Modesto Ramirez also scored, but Post 95 erased its deficit with a six-run fourth inning.
Ramirez finished 2-for-4 with two RBI, Baker knocked in two runs and Caleb Johnson also drove in a run.
Baker started on the hill and tossed three scoreless innings before being relieved by Storm Lewis in the fourth.

Oroville        000 600 000 — 6  14  1
Red Bluff        303 000 001 — 7  10  2

RED BLUFF        IP    H    R    ER    BB    SO
Baker            3    4    0    0    2    1
Lewis            0    3    5    5    1    0
Dodero        4    5    1    1    1    0
Stanton (W, 3-1)    2    2    0    0    0    3

Top hitters:
Stanton 1X4, R; Lish 1X4, 2 R; Zazueta 1X2, 2 R; Annis 1X2, R; Villalvazo 3X5, 2B, 2 RBI; Ramirez 2X4, 2 RBI; Johnson 1X4

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