Rancho smacked four home runs on Saturday
to beat two-time defending state champion Basic, 16-4. The Rams took advantage of five errors to score seven unearned runs. Layton Walls hit a solo homer to kick off Rancho’s eight-run second inning. Jimmy Gamboa went the distance, allowing 3 ER to pick up the victory.
He threw first-pitch strikes to 21 of 22 batters. Rancho now is 8-1 in the Sunrise League, a game ahead of second-place Basic.
Rancho baseball picked up a 9-1, extra-inning win at Coronado on Thursday. Down a run in the seventh, Rancho did just enough to send it to extras. Rancho exploded for eight runs in the ninth inning, started by Chayse Baker’s two-RBI double. Jimmy Gamboa threw the first six innings, striking out six and allowing one run on six hits. Tanner Ray finished the job with three shutout innings with one hit and three strikeouts. Rancho improved to 11-2, 6-1 in Sunrise League play.
