Hand Mountain View 7-4 Loss
South Pas High Baseball Team Improves to 4-1 on Season

By Christian McGrail
The South Pasadena High School baseball team improved its record to 4-1 last Saturday in the final game of the Arcadia Elks Tournament with a 7-4 win over host Mountain View.
Starting pitcher Tony Veiller gave first-year coach Anthony Chevrier five solid innings on the mound, giving up only two runs, both of which were unearned. Veiller was also the one leading the offensive charge for the Tigers, belting two home runs and knocking in four RBI on the day.
The win marks the team's final contest before their Rio Hondo League opener on Friday at Monrovia, who has also recorded an impressive 4-1 record to open the season. Chevrier knows that a win against the Wildcats won't come easy, but he has been pushing his team to be the best ball players they can be. "Our goal is to show up and get better every day, and to stay as focused as possible. If we're not ready now, we're never going to be," he said.
Chevrier has been focusing mainly on the team's execution of fundamentals. The team's 1-0 loss to Pasadena last Thursday

made his point abundantly clear. "When we get into games that are closely played with low scores, the difference can be one error or a player not covering the base on a steal," he pointed out. "We have to execute, move runners over, and score cheap runs." South Pas has already proven that when they execute, they win.
Chevrier is confident his team can pull out a victory over last season's Rio Hondo League champions. "We have to go out there and leave it all on the field. If we can set the tempo for the game we will be okay," he noted.
The Tigers will play Monrovia again on Monday at home before hosting Blair on Tuesday.
Thursday, March 11
Pasadena 1
South Pasadena 0
The Tigers' first loss of the season came in a pitchers' duel to visiting Pasadena High. Anthony D’Oro started for South Pas and pitched a complete seven-inning game, giving up only one unearned run on five hits. Pasadena's pitching likewise kept the Tigers at bay, holding them to four hits 		on the day. The difference in the game came from errors; South Pas had four to Pasadena's none.
South Pasadena did have scoring opportunities, but failed to capitalize on them. "We didn't execute offensively," Chevrier said, refering to the 1-2-3 double play the Tigers hit into with bases loaded and one out in the bottom of the fifth inning. They also missed an opportunity when they had runners on first and second with no outs. With the sacrifice bunt on, the runner on second was picked off before a bunt could be laid down.
Tuesday, March 9
South Pasadena 9
Sierra Vista 1
Justin Cornford was nearly flawless on the mound for the Tigers in his first start of the season. In five innings of work, he allowed no runs and only one hit, which proved to be the difference in the game. South Pas had 13 hits on the day compared to Sierra Vista's two. Zane MacPhee and Derek Eisen led the offensive charge with three hits each.