Cougars strike MVC early

Monte Vista Christian School’s Bob Guerrero slides into second base past two Christopher High infielders during the fourth inning Monday afternoon at Monte Vista Christian in Watsonville. (Glenn Cravens/Register-Pajaronian)

WATSONVILLE — The Monte Vista Christian and Christopher high school baseball teams both struck in the first inning of their highly anticipated matchup on Monday.

Christopher did more with their first-inning at-bats.

The Cougars scored two in the first inning and made it stick as they defeated Monte Vista Christian 3-1 to remain in first place in the Monterey Bay League.

Bryan Ransom handcuffed Monte Vista Christian, allowing just three hits on the day. He didn’t allow a runner to get to second after the third inning. Although he had just two strikeouts, the Christopher defense did its job behind him.

Trailing by a run in the third inning, Monte Vista Christian had thoughts of tying the game, as it had runners on first and third with two outs. Ransom did the fake-to-third-throw-to-first pickoff move and it worked.



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