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After nine straight losses, the depressing streak finally ended for Lancers baseball as the team cruised to a 6-3 victory over Cerro Coso College on March 27 at Jackie Robinson Memorial Field. Sophomore starting pitcher Evan Stransky was in complete control for the 7 1/3 innings he pitched, striking out five batters while only giving up one run.

“He’s really starting to come into his own as a starting pitcher,” said Assistant Coach David Walters. “He’s so focused on what he does.”

The Lancers were able to provide Stransky early run support by scoring twice in the second inning and twice in the third inning. They added another run in the fourth inning to jump out to a 5-0 lead over Cerro Coso.

“It’s always easier on a pitcher when he can pitch with some cushion and feel relaxed,” said Head Coach Evan O’Meara.

Freshman left fielder Kori Grant had the Lancers’ first two RBI’s on the day when he singled in the second inning. Grant also stole two bases as the Lancers ran wild on the bases, stealing an impressive seven bases on the day.

“We knew that their catcher was not very aggressive with being able to throw our guys out,” said O’Meara. “They weren’t able to hold down our run game.”

In addition to Grant, also providing RBI’s for PCC were sophomore right fielder Anthony Martinez, sophomore center fielder Charles Smith, sophomore first baseman David Halstead, and sophomore shortstop Josh Clark. Getting out to an early lead was important to the Lancers, who have struggled on offense this season with maintaining leads for their pitchers.

“It’s nice to get out there and feel confident,” said Clark. “Anything we can build on, we’ll take at this point.”

Also one factor that enabled them to pull out the victory was the Lancers ability to not make mistakes on defense. They did not commit any errors the whole game.

With the solid victory against Cerro Coso College, the Lancers look to string together more wins against Cerritos College. The first game of the three-game series is a home game at Jackie Robinson Memorial Field on Tuesday, April 2 at 2:30 p.m.

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