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Lima Drives in Seven Runs to Lead Condors

Freshman first baseman Niko Lima went 3 for 4, with a grand slam, double, and 2-run single. Lima drove in seven runs on the day (photo courtesy of Denny Dubsky)
Freshman first baseman Niko Lima went 3 for 4, with a grand slam, double, and 2-run single. Lima drove in seven runs on the day (photo courtesy of Denny Dubsky)

Pitching

Win: Jason Gomez (1-2)
Loss: Jack Aldrich (1-3)

Batting

Santa Barbara
2B: Boston Hubbard; Patrick Caulfield
3B: none
HR: none
Oxnard
2B: Niko Lima
3B: none
HR: Niko Lima
full stats
Posted: Mar 21, 2019

The Condors needed a win in the WSC.  They got a boost from their first baseman, and pitching staff to prevail 7-4 over the Santa Barbara Vaqueros.

Oxnard is now 8-14-1 and 1-7 in WSC play, after ending an eight-game slide against SBCC on Thursday afternoon.  "We really needed this one," said first-year head coach, Steve Hernandez.  "Our guys work hard on every pitch, have a great approach, and we've just had a really tough stretch of ball games."

Niko Lima stole the show going 3-4 with a mammoth grand slam in the eighth inning to give OC the four run lead.  Lima tied the game in the fourth (1-1) with a double to drive in Ramon Gomez.  The ball hit the protective coping in center field against the prevailing Oxnard wind.

In the sixth inning, Lima tied the game again, 3-3, driving in Gomez again and Daniel Cabral.

The pivotal moment came in the eighth inning when SBCC walked Austin Maciel to get to Lima with the bases loaded.  Lima turned on a fastball and put it into the soccer field over the left field fence to put the game out of reach.

Jason Gomez struck out five Vaqueros to earn the victory and provide Oxnard with some hope for Saturday.

They will host Cuesta College at 1:00 in the Nest.