The varsity baseball Jaguars emerged from a two week layoff with a flurry of games this week, opening the North Bay League schedule with one win in three outings.
The Jags (4-3, 1-2) opened league play with road losses to Ukiah (6-1) and Maria Carrillo (15-2), but broke into the win column on Friday with an 8-5 win over visiting Santa Rosa.
At press time Windsor was preparing to compete in the annual A.L. Rabinovitz Memorial Tournament hosted by Montgomery on April 3-4, starting with an April 3 clash with Piner.
The Jaguars will resume league action next Monday, April 9 when they entertain Rancho Cotate, followed by road and home dates against Cardinal Newman (April 11) and Montgomery (April 13). All league games start at 4 p.m.
Jags take one of three
Windsor sent hurler Tyler Hellums to the hill in the March 26 NBL opener at Ukiah, and the junior right-hander responded with five innings of two-hit ball while fanning eight. Leading 2-1 in the sixth, the Wildcats capitalized on three Windsor errors with two outs, scoring four runs in propelling them to a 6-1 victory.
Hellums took his first loss of the season, while Kevin Winter (.2 IP, 3 hits, 0 ERs) and Cy Soltanizadeh (.1 IP, 2 hits, 0 ERs) also logged mound duty for the Jags. Top hitters included Patrick Tappin (1 for 2, RBI), Hellums (1 for 3, 2B) and Carson Ramocinski (1 for 4, run).
Windsor paid Maria Carrillo a visit on March 28, drawing first blood in the opening frame when Sotanizadeh doubled home Tappin for a brief 1-0 lead. It was the highlight of the game for the Jags, as the Pumas exploded for eight first-inning runs en route to a 15-2 rout.
Starter Eric Begley took the loss, as the Jags used six different pitchers in the game. Hitting safely for Windsor were Soltanizadeh (1 for 4, 2B, RBI), Tappin (1 for 4, run), Tanner Tobon (1 for 2, RBI) and Ian McGee (1 for 2).
The Jags were back in the friendly confines on Friday against Santa Rosa, scoring two runs in the third and fourth innings for a 4-2 advantage. The Panthers rallied for three in the fifth to retake the lead and the game went to the sixth inning knotted at 5-5. The Jaguars mounted the winning rally in a three-run sixth and Hellums closed it out in the seventh in an 8-5 Windsor victory.
Windsor pitchers included Cameron Hayman (5 IP, 5 hits, 3 ERs, K), Begley (1 IP, 0 hits, 0 runs, 3 Ks, WP) and Hellums (1 IP, 0 hits, 0 runs, 3 Ks, SV). Pacing the hit squad were Tappin (3 for 4, run, 3 RBIs, SB), Will Matthews (2 for 4, run), Hellums (1 for 3, run) and Soltanizadeh (1 for 4, 2 RBIs).
