GAMES 42-45
Comets were hardly all smiles after
State Championship Game loss. Photo by Hugh
Gerhardt
Palomar
2nd in State
Palomar
College became the first San Diego County
baseball team to reach the State Community
College championship game in 31 years by winning
its first two games in the State Final Four May
28-29 in Fresno.
But
the Comets (34-11) came up just short in their
State title bid when Santa Rosa (32-15) swept two
games from the Comets 5-1 and 13-4 on Monday, May
30, at Fresno City College's John Euless Ballpark
to capture its first State title since 1952.
"There
are 88 community college baseball teams in
California and we were one of the final two left
standing," rwetiring coach Bob Vetter said.
"We've can't let what happened today detract
from what this group of players accomplished.
They had a great season."
Palomar
10, Santa Rosa 5 — The Comets
opened play in the Final Four by beating the Bear
Cubs on Friday 10-5. Erich
Kemp went 3-for-5 with a first-inning
home run and a double. Tristan
Gale went 2-for-2 with two doubles and
two RBIs, and Konoli
Fonseca was 2-for-3 with three RBIs and two
stolen bases. Cameron
Penney also had
two hits. Brandon
Adams pitched the first eight innings to
record his 10th victory in 14 decisions, and
Takane Suzuki came on in the ninth inning and
retired all three batters he faced.
Palomar
12, Fresno City College 9 — Dylan
Parzyk slugged a three-run home run and
drove in another run with a sacrifice fly,
helping lead the way as the Comets knocked off
the host Rams before an overflow crowd in the
winners' bracket finals on Sunday. Parzyk also
gunned down a runner trying to steal after a
Suzuki strikeout in the seventh inning. Gale went
4-for-5 with an RBI for the Comets. Brendan
McNamara pitched the first 5 1/3 innings to
record the win.
Santa
Rosa 5, Palomar 1 — The Comets had
a chance to lock up the State title in Monday
morning's game, but the Bear Cubs from North of
San Francisco forced an extra game behind the
one-hit pitching of Eric Keithley. Penney
singled in the ninth inning for the lone
Palomar hit. The Comets wasted 1 1/3 hitless,
scoreless relief innings from Kevin Wilson, who struck out 2 and
walked 0.
Santa
Rosa 13, Palomar 4 — Kemp and Jose
Hernandez each went 2-for-4 but Santa Rosa
jumped in front early and won its first State
championship since Harry Truman was President of
the United States.
GAMES
40-41
Comets celebrate 6-2 victory over
Southwestern in Super Regional finals that
catapuled them into their first State Final Four
— the first Final Four appearance by a San
Diego County team in 31 years. Photo by Rick
Rowell
GAMES
40-41: Sunday, May 22
... PALOMAR 5, Southwestern 4 (10 inn.); PALOMAR
6, Southwestern 2 — The Comets tallied
back-to-back victories over Southwestern to win
the Palomar Super Regional and advance to the
State Final Four over Memorial Day weekend at
Fresno City College's John Euless Ballpark. It
will be Palomar's first appearance in the State
Final Four and the first trip to the Final Four
by a San Diego County team in 31 years.
The
Comets (32-9), the No. 1 remaining seed from
Southern California, will play Santa Rosa, the
No. 2 remaining team from Northern California, at
noon Saturday, May 28. Host Fresno City College,
the No. 1 seed from Northern California, plays
Orange Coast, the No. 2 remaining seed from
Southern Calfornia, at 6 p.m., with the
double-elimination tournament running through
Monday, May 30.
Winning
pitcher Adam
Duncan (2-0) threw 8 innings of 7-hit ball
for the Comets in the 6-2 championship game. Erich
Kemp went 2-for-4 with 2 doubles and 2
RBIs and Terry
Moritz hit his seventh home run of the
season.
Palomar
forced the extra game by beating the Jaguars in
the Sunday morning game as pinch-hitter Trevor
Boucher doubled in Kemp, aboard on a single,
with the winning run in the topof the 10-th.
Moritz went 2-for-3 for the Comets. Bryan
Duffy (2-0) won the game in relief of
starter Brandon
Adams, who pitched 8 1/3 innings. Second
baseman Joey
Burke made an over-the-shoulder catch of
a fly ball between second and center field with
the bases loaded and two outs in the bottom of
the 10th for the last out of the game to preserve
the win.
Derek
Simper had a 2-run single in the ninth
inning as Palomar, trailing 3-1, rallied to take
a 4-3 lead. Southwestern tied the game in the
bottom of the inning, setting the stage for
Boucher's 10th-inning heroics. Left fielder Kenoli
Fonseca made a diving catch to keep a run
from scoring in the eighth.
Palomar
becomes the first San Diego County team to
advance to the State Final Four since 1974, when
Cerritos defeated San Diego City College in the
state championship game.
GAMES
38-39
Theron Cueva
GAMES
38-39: Saturday, May 21
... PALOMAR 7, Cuesta 6 (10 inn.); PALOMAR 5, Rio
Hondo 0 — The Comets (30-9) eliminated Cuesta
and Rio Hondo in.the Palomar Super Regional on
Saturday, May 21, and can become the first San
Diego County team since 1974 to reach the State
Final Four by winning twice from Southwestern as
the tournament concludes today.
The
Comets trailed Cuesta 6-0 in the bottom of the
ninth inning in Saturday morning's elimination
game at San Diego Mesa but rallied to score 6
runs and same the contest to extra innings.
Palomar then won the game in the 10th on Joey
Burke's bases-loaded single, sending the
Cougars home to San Luis Obispo.
Dylan
Parzyk (2-for-4) got the nnth inning going
with a single, and Erich Kemp's 2-run single tied
the game. Winning pitcher Jose
Hernandez (2-for-5), who worked the final 2
innings, singled and scored the winning run on
Burke's drive into right-center field. Burke and Gordon
Stevens both went 3-for-5.
Palomar
returned home to Myers Field in the afternoon and
eliminated Rio Hondo 5-0 as winning pitcher Theron
Cueva threw 4-hit, shutout ball over 8
innings and Takane
Suzuki. threw a scoreless ninth. Cueva
struck out 8. Parzyk went 2-for-3, Hernandez
2-for-4 and Stevens 2-for-5. Terry
Mortiz hit his sixth home run.
The
Comets and Southwestern will play today at 11
a.m. with a second game, if necessary,to follow.
GAME
37
GAME 37: Friday,
May 20 ... Southwestern 9,
PALOMAR 1 — Palomar College beat
second-place Southwestern by five games in
winning the Pacific Coast Conference
championship, but the Jaguars gained some revenge
against the Comets Friday. Southwestern, the No.
16 seed enering the playoffs, got a three-hitter
from sophomore left-hander Mike McLaughlin and
upset the second-seeded Comets in the opening
round of the Palomar Super Regional.
The Comets (28-9)
will face Cuesta, an 8-3 loser to Rio Hondo, in
an elimination game at San Diego Mesa College
Saturday, May 21, at 10 a.m. The Jaguars (23-16)
play Rio Hondo at 11 a.m. at Palomar. The winner
of the 10 a.m. game will play the loser of the 11
a.m. game at Palomar at 3 p.m.
Trevor
Boucher drove in Palomar's run with
a ninth-inning single that scored Kenoli
Fonseca, who was aboard on a single. Joey
Burke and Cameron
Penney had the Comets' other hits off
McLaughlin (7-4), both singles.
Oklahoma
State-bound right-hander Brandon
Adams, who had recorded eight straight
victories and hadn't lost since March 12, started
for Palomar but never got into his rhythm. Adams
(9-4), who had surrendered only two earned runs
in his last 39 innings, left the game after three
innings with the Comets trailing 7-0.
GAME
36
Jose Hernandez after 3-run HR in
11th inning
GAME 36:
Sunday, May 15 ... Palomar 7, Santa Barbara City
College 4 (11 inn.) — Jose
Hernandez slugged a two-run home run in the
top of the 11th inning and recorded the save in
the bottom of the inning as the Comets beat the
Vaqueros at Myers Field to sweep the teams'
Southern California Regional round 1 playoff
series two games to none. The Comets (28-8), the
visiting team on their own field, put together Dylan
Parzyk's third single of the game, Terry Moritz' sacrifice bunt, Hernandez
homer, Kenoli
Fonseca's single and Derek's Simper's RBI
single to score three runs in the 11th. Fonseca
went 4-for-6 with a double to pace a 19-hit
attack for Palomar. Parzyk was 3-for-5, Joey
Burke 3-for6 with an RBI andSimper 2-for-4 with
an RBI. Also, Erich Kemp went 2-for-6 with a double
and two RBIs and Gordon
Stevens went 2-for-6 with a double.
The Comets (28-8),
the visiting team on their own field, put
together Dylan
Parzyk's third single of the game, Terry Moritz' sacrifice bunt, Hernandez
homer, Kenoli
Fonseca's single and Derek's Simper's RBI
single to score three runs in the 11th.
Fonseca went
4-for-6 with a double to pace a 19-hit attack for
Palomar. Parzyk was 3-for-5, Joey Burke 3-for6
with an RBI andSimper 2-for-4 with an RBI. Also, Erich Kemp went 2-for-6 with a double
and two RBIs and Gordon
Stevens went 2-for-6 with a double.
Parzyk threw out
two runners trying to steal. Mortiz gunned down a
runner at the plate from right field.
Bryan
Duffy pitched 3 1/3 innings of two-hit,
shutout ball inrelief to record the win.
Palomar will host
a four-team Regional Friday through Sunday with
the winner advanding to the State Final Four
Memorial Day weekend in Fresno.
GAME
35
Brandon Adams
GAME 35: Saturday,
May 14 ... Palomar 6, Santa Barbara
City College 0 — Sophomore
right-hander Brandon
Adams (9-3) threw a six-hit shutout and Terry
Moritz slugged a 3-run home run Saturday,
May 14, lifting the Comets past the visiting
Vaqueros in the first game of a best-of-3
first-round Southern California playoff series.
Adams has surrendered 2 earned runs in his last
37 innings, while Palomar's pitchers have given
up 7 earned runs in their last 73 innings. Kenoli
Fonseca went 2-for-3 and stole two bases
for Palomar. The Comets (27-8) and Santa Barbara
(24-14) will play game 2 of the series at 11 a.m.
Sunday. A third game, if necessary, would folow.
GAME
34
Brendan McNamara
GAME
34: Thursday,
May 5 ... PALOMAR 1, Imperial Valley 0 —
Brendan
McNamara threw a
4-hit shutout in Bob Vetter's final
regular-season game as the Comets
coach. McNamara struck out 8 and walked 1. He got
out of a bases-loaded jam in the ninth inning by
striking out Robert Bolden for the final out of
the game. Lyndon
Poole drove in the only run of
the game with a fifth-inning sacrifice fly.
GAME
33
Tristan Gale
GAME
33: Wednesday, May 4
... PALOMAR 6, Grossmont 3 — Brandon
Adams pitched 6 innings,
surrendering only a pair of unearned runs, to
advance to 8-3 on the season, 7-1 in the Pacific
Coast Conference. Tristan
Gale went 2-for-3 for Palomar
with a triple and an RBI. Joey
Burke was 2-4 with 2 RBIs.
Palomar, ranked No. 2 in southern California,
advances to 25-8, 20-4 in the conference. Bryan
Duffy struck out 3 batters in
the seventh inning and Takane
Suzuki struck out 4 batters in
the last 2 innings to pick up his second save.
The Comets close the retiring Bob Vetter's final
regular season as head coach when the PCC
champions host Imperial Valley on Thursday, May
5, at 2 p.m.
GAME
32
Cameron Penney
GAME
32: Tuesday,
May 3 ... PALOMAR 19, Imperial Valley 4 —
Cameron
Penney, the Pacific Coast
Conference's leading hitter, went 4-for-5 with a
double and 4 RBIs as the PCC champion Comets
(24-8, 19-4, ranked No. 2 in Southern California)
pounded out 19 hits on the road. Penney also
reached base twice as a hit batter, stole 2 bases
and made the defensive play of the day, laying
out to catch a line drive which robbed IVC's Ray
Magana of a hit in the eighth inning. Erich
Kemp went 3-for-4 with a double
and RBI. Trevor
Boucher was 2-for-5 with 2 RBIs
and 2 walks. Keith
Noe, the second of 4 Palomar
pitchers, threw 3 shutout innings in relief to
record the victory.
GAME
31
Brendan McNamara
GAME
31: Saturday,
April 30 ... Grossmont 3, PALOMAR 2 —
Brendan
McNamara pitched a 7-hitter with 2
earned runs, 9 strikeouts and 1 walk for the
Pacific Coast Conference champion Comets (23-8,
18-4) in an upset loss on the road. Kenoli
Fonseca went
2-for-4 with an RBI for Palomar. Cameron
Penney was 2-for-3 and reached
base twice as a hit batter.
GAME
30
Brandon Adams
GAME
30: Tuesday,
April 26 ... PALOMAR 11, San Diego Mesa 1 — Brandon
Adams (7-3) stayed hot for the
Comets as he surrendered 1 run on 5 hits in 6
innings, striking out 6 and walking 0. Adams has
given up only 2 earned runs in his last 23
innings and has won 6 straight decisions.
Palomar's staff has surrendered 2 earned runs in
its last 36 innings. Derek
Simper paced a 12-hit attack for
the Pacific Coast Conference champions, going
3-for-5 and driving in a run. Kenoli
Fonseca (2-for-4, double, 2 RBIs),
Dylan
Parzyk (2-for-4, double) and Joey
Burke (2-for-3) also had
multiple-hit games. Cameron Penney drove in 3
runs. the Comets aer 23-7, 18-3 in conference
play.
GAME
29
Dylan Parzyk
GAME 29: Thursday,
April 21 ... Dylan
Parzyk's walk-off ninth-inning home run over
the rightfield fence gave Palomar College its
fifth Pacific Coast Conference baseball
championship in eight years on Saturday as the
Comets downed visiting San Diego Mesa 2-1.
"(Mesa pitcher Kyle Owsley) got a fastball
out over the outside half of the plate and I got
the bat out there," said Parzyk, a sophomore
from Rancho Buena Vista High who signed early
with the University of Kansas. "I didn't get
a great swing. I didn't know if it was going to
get out." Parzyk also made three big
defensive plays at catcher. Parzyk left his feet
to catch a foul pop-up between home and third by
Mesa's Sean Callison in the second inning. He
gunned down the Olympians' Kyle Martin attempting
to steal third in the eighth. And he tagged out
Steven Sanchez trying to score the lead run on a
single later in the eighth, catching right
fielder Terry
Moritz' throw and coming across his body to
get to the diving Sanchez. Derek
Simper drove in Palomar's first run with a
second-inning single through the left side of the
infield. Adam
Duncan, the third of three Palomar
pitchers, came on in the eighth inning and picked
up the win. Eric
Meyerholtz came into the game in the third and
threw five innings of scoreless, two-hit ball.
Palomar's pitching staff gave up two runs, one of
them unearned, in 27 innings during the week as
the Comets (22-7, 17-3) went 3-0. Palomar leads
Mesa (15-16, 12-9) and Southwestern, which lost
8-7 to San Diego City College, by six games with
five to play.
GAME
28
Brendan McNamara
GAME
28: Thursday,
April 21 ... PALOMAR 2, San Diego City College 0
— Brendan
McNamara pitched 8 innings of
5-hit, shutout baseball to run his record to 3-1
on the season (3-0 in the Pacific Coast
Conference). Tekane
Suzuki recorded the save. McNamara
has given up 2 runs in his last 16 1/3 innings.
Palomar (21-7, 16-3), which leads the confernece
by 4 games with 6 to play, scored both its runs
in the bottom of the sixth on Erich
Kemp's single, Dylan
Parzyk's sacrifice bunt, an error, Chris
Poirier's sacrifice
fly and Kenoli
Fopnseca's single.
GAME
27
Brandon Adams
GAME
27: Tuesday, April
19... PALOMAR 2, San Diego City College 1 — Brandon
Adams (6-3) pitched an 83-pitch
1-hitter, striking out 6 and walking 0. The game
at Morley Field in San Diego lasted 1 hour, 57
minutes. City College's run was unearned. Palomar
(20-7, 15-3 Pacific Coast Conference) got RBI
singles from Cameron
Penney and Dylan
Parzyk to score both their runs
in the top of the sixth inning. The first-place
Comets, ranked No. 3 in Southern Calfornia, lead
second-place Southwestern, a 5-4 winner over
Grossmont, by 4 games with 7 to play.
GAME
26
GAME
26: Thursday,
April 14 ... Southwestern 5, PALOMAR 4 — The
Pacific Coast Conference-leading Comets, ranked
No. 3 in Southern California, saw their win
streak snapped at 7 games when the second-place
Jaguars scored the winning run on a throwing
error in the bottom of the ninth inning. Cameron
Penney went 3-for-5 with a double
and 2 RBIs for Palomar (19-7, 14-3). Starting
pitcher Brendan
McNamara began the game with 6
shutout innings and came out in the seventh
inning with a 3-2 lead. The Comets still lead the
conference by 4 games with 8 to play.
GAME
25
Brandon Adams
GAME
25: Tuesday, April 12
... PALOMAR 16, Southwestern 1 — The
first-place Comets stretched their lead over the
second-place Jaguars to 5 games with 9 to play.
Winning pitcher Brandon
Adams surrendered 1 run on 6
hits in 7 innings. Erich
Kemp went 3-for-3 with 2
doubles and 3 RBIs. Dylan
Parzyk went 2-for-4 with a
sacrifice fly and 4 RBIs. Derek
Simper went 2-for-4 with a double
and 2 RBIs. Joey
Burke was 2-for-4 and made a
series of outstanding defensive plays at second
base. Palomar has won 7 straight games and 16 of
18 and is now 19-6, 14-2 in the Pacific Coast
Conference.
GAME
24
Gordon Stevens
GAME
24: Saturday,
April 9 ... PALOMAR 13, Imperial Valley 3 — The
first-place Comets (18-6, 13-2) made it 6 wins in
a row and 15 victories in their last 17 games. Gordon
Stevens paced a 15-hit attack,
going 4-for-4 with a double, 2 RBIs and a stolen
base. He's 7-for-9 for his last two games with a
home run, 2 doubles and 8 RBIs.Terry
Moritz went 2-for-5. Kevin
Wilson, the second of 5 Palomar
pitchers, threw 2 scoreless innings in relief to
advance to 3-0 on the season.
GAME
23
Scott Clement
GAME
23: Thursday, April 7
... PALOMAR 30, Imperial Valley 4 — Scott
Clement went 5-for-7 with 2 home
runs, a double, 4 RBIs, 5 runs scored and a walk
as the Pacific Coast Conference leaders banged
out 27 hits and 7 homers on the road. Cameron
Penney (4-for-7, triple, double,
4 RBIs), Trevor
Boucher (4-for-4, HR, 4 RBIs) and Gordon
Stevens (3-for-5, HR, double, 6
RBIs) also had at least 3 hits. Dylan
Parzyk (2-for-3, double, 3 RBIs),
Terry
Moritz (2-for-5, 2 HRs) and Chris
Poirier (2--for-3, RBI) added
multiple-hit performances. Erich
Kemp had the other HR. Brendan
McNamara (5 innings, 2 hits, 1 run,
5 strikeouts, 1 walk) got the pitching win.
Palomar (17-6, 12-2) won for the fifth straight
game and the 14th time in 16 games.
GAME
22
Terry Moritz
GAME
22 Tuesday, April 5
... PALOMAR
11, Grossmont 4 — Terry
Moritz went 4-for-5 with a double
and an RBI as the Comets won for the 13th time in
their last 15 games. Dylan
Parzyk went 2-for-5 with a double
and an RBI. Joey
Burke was 2-for-4 with 2 RBIs. Brandon
Adams pitched the first seven
innings to record the win. Palomar leads the
Pacific Coast Conference by three games over
second-place Southwestern after Imperial Valley
upset the Jaguars Tuesday 8-7. The Comets moved
to 16-6 on the season, 11-2 in conference play.
GAME
21
Theron Cueva
GAME
21: Saturday, April
2... PALOMAR 10, Grossmont 8 — The
Comets won for the 12th time in 14 games as Cameron
Penney went 3-for-4 with 2 RBIs, Kenoli
Fonseca went 2-for-4, Kevin
Wilson ran his win-loss record to
2-0 in relief and Theron
Cueva notched his fourth save.
Right fielder Terry
Moritz doubled a Grossmont runner
off at second base. The Pacific Coast Conference
leaders advanced to 15-6 on the season, 10-2 in
conference.
GAME
20
Dylan Parzyk
GAME
20: Thursday, March
31 ... PALOMAR 10, San Diego Mesa 2 — Dylan
Parzyk and Tristan
Gale homered in the second
inning to give the Comets a 2-0 lead and the
Pacific Coast Conference leaders never looked
back at Mesa. Joey
Burke also homered for Palomar
(14-6, 9-2), which won for the 11th time in its
last 13 games. Parzyk (2-for-4, HR, RBI, walk), Kenoli
Fonseca (2-4, 2 doubles), Erich
Kemp (2-5, RBI) and Scott
Clement (2-5, RBI) paced a 13-hit
attack for the Comets. Fonseca, playing left
field, gunned down a runner at the plate for the
third time 4 games. First baseman Cameron
Penney made a diving catch of a
line drive.
GAME
19
Jose Hernandez
GAME
19: Tuesday, March 29
... PALOMAR 5 San Diego Mesa 3 — The
Pacific Coast Conference leaders made it 10 wins
in their last 12 games as Jose
Hernandez went
2-for-2 with 2 home runs and 3 RBIs. Takane
Suzuki pitched 2 innings of 1-hit
shutout relief, striking out 3, to advance to 2-0
on the season. Theron
Cueva notched save No. 3 by
shutting out the Olympians without a hit in the
ninth.
GAMES
17, 18
Brandon Adams
GAMES
17, 18: Thursday, March
24 ... PALOMAR 11, Mt. SAC 5 — The
Pacific Coast Conference leaders, ranked No. 4 in
Southern California, won the first game of a
day-night doubleheader at Mt. SAC over the South
Coast Conference leaders, who are ranked No. 5.
Winner Brandon
Adams pitched 7 innings of 1-hit
ball, giving up only a single unearned run,
striking out 11 and walking 1. Derek
Simper went 3-for-5 at the plate
with a home run and 2 RBIs. Jose
Hernandez went
2-for-4.
Mt. SAC 8, PALOMAR 7 — The
Mounties (13-7) rallied from a 7-0 deficit to
beat the Comets (12-6) in 10 innings. Chris
Poirier went 3-for-3 for Palomar
with 2 doubles and 3 RBIs. Cameron
Penney went 2-for-5. Palomar
starter Brendan
McNamara left the game with a 7-1
lead after pitching 5 innings of 2-hit,1-run
ball.
GAME
16
Trevor Boucher
GAME
16: Monday, March 21
... PALOMAR 7, Orange Coast 5 — The
Comets (11-5) notched their eighth victory in
their last nine games in a battle of the
first-place teams in the Pacific Coast Conference
and the Orange Empire Conference in the Palomar
Easter Series. Trevor
Boucher (4-for-5, double, RBI) and
Dylan
Parzyk (3-for-5, 2 doubles, 3
RBIs) paced a 13-hit attack for Palomar. Erich
Kemp and Terry
Moritz both homered. Kevin
Wilson pitched 3 2/3 innings in
relief to record his first win and Keith
Noe picked up his first save.
Palomar got 2 spectacular defensive plays from
left fielder Kenoli
Fonseca, who gunned down a runner
at the plate and also made a diving catch against
the fence in left. Jose
Hernandez also made
2 spectacular grabs of linedrives at first base.
GAME
15
Brandon Adams
GAME
15: Thursday, March
17... PALOMAR 7, San Diego City College 2 — The
Comets enter spring break alone atop the Pacific
Coast Conference after a strong outing by starter
Brandon
Adams (7 innings, 4 hits, 2
runs, 8 strikeouts). Terry
Moritz went 2-for-3 with an RBI,
a walk, a sacrifice and a steal and Trevor
Boucher was 2-for-4.Palomar has
won 7 of its last games and is 10-5 overall, 7-2
in conference.
GAME
14
Dylan Parzyk
GAME
14: Tuesday, March 15
... PALOMAR 14, San Diego City 8 — Dylan
Parzyk (2-for-4, 2 doubles, 4
RBIs) and Terry
Moritz (2-for-4, home run, 3
RBIs, 2 steals) paced the Comets' 18-hit attack
on the road. Joey
Burke, Erich
Kemp, Scott
Clement and Trevor
Boucher also had 2 hits each for
the Palomar (9-5, 6-2 Pacific Coast Conference). Nick
Vincent pitched 6 innings of 4-hit
ball to advance to 5-1 on the season.
GAME
13
Cameron Penney
GAME
13: Saturday, March
11 ... Southwestern 9, PALOMAR 4 — The
defending champion Jaguars moved back into a tie
for first place with the Comets in the Pacific
Coast Conference race. Cameron
Penney went 2-for-4 for Palomar
and is 5-for-9 since stepping in for injured
third baseman and returning All-State selectioin Erich
Kemp. Kevin
Wilson and Bryan
Duffy each threw an inning of
hitless, scoreless relief for Palomar (8-5, 5-2).
Left fielder Kenoli
Fonseca made the defensive play of
the game when he gunned down the Jaguars' Manny
Hernandez trying to score from third in the
eighth inning.
GAME
12
Nick Vincent
GAME
12: Thursday, March 9
... PALOMAR 10, Southwestern 1 — The
first-place Comets (8-4, 5-1) recorded their
fifth straight win, knocking the host Jaguars out
of a tie for the Pacific Coast Conference lead as
Nick
Vincent pitched 6 innings of
2-hit, shutout ball. The freshman right-hander
struck out 9 as he ran his win-loss record to 4-1
and lowered his ERA to 0.99 for 27 2/3 innings. Cameron
Penney (3-for-4, RBI), Dylan
Parzyk (2-for-4, 3-run double)
and Terry
Moritz (2-for-3, double, RBI)
paced a 12-hit attack for Palomar. The Comets
took over undisputed first place as San Diego
Mesa knocked off the other co-leader, Grossmont
11-9.
GAME
11
Tristan Gale
GAME
11: Wednesday, March
9 ... PALOMAR 8, Grossmont 7 — The
Comets (7-4, 4-1) scored 2 runs in the bottom of
the ninth inning as they ran their win streak to
4 games and moved into a tie for first place in
the Pacific Coast Conference with the Griffins
and Southwestern. Tristan
Gale (2-for-3, double, 2 RBIs,
walk) paced a 12-hit attack for Palomar. Terry
Moritz and Erich
Kemp also had 2 hits each. Theron
Cueva (2-0) pitched a hitless
ninth inning to record the win.
GAME
10
Brandon Adams
GAME
10: Tuesdy, March 8
... PALOMAR 22, Imperial Valley 4 — The
Comets notched their best offensive day of the
season to date in support of starter and winner Brandon
Adams (5 innings, 4 hits, 0
runs). Kenole
Fonseca went 3-for-3 with an RBI. Dylan
Parzyk (2-for-4, triple, 2 RBIs),
Scott
Clement (2-for-4, RBI) and Lyndon
Poole (2-for-4) also had
multiple-hit days. Joey
Burke was 2-for-2 with his
second home run in 2 games and 4 RBIs. He also
was hit by a pitch and had a sacrifice bunt. The
Comets host Grossmont (4-0 conference), a 6-4
winner over San Diego City College on Tuesday, in
a rain make-up Wednesday, March 9, at 2 p.m.
GAME
9
Nick Vincent
GAME
9: Thusday, March 3
... PALOMAR 4, San Diego Mesa 1 — Winning
pitcher Nick
Vincent (3-1) threw 8 shoutout
innings, surrendering 2 scratch hits, striking
out 8 and walking 2. Joey
Burke went 2-for-4 with a home
run for the Comets (5-4, 2-1 Pacific Coast
Conference) . Erich
Kemp was 2-gor-5 with an RBI. Derek
Simper contributed a 2-run
double.
GAME
8
Joey Burke
GAME
8: Tuesday, March 1
... PALOMAR 5, San Diego City College 4 — Joey
Burke tied the game with a 2-run
single through the right side in the bottom of
the ninth and Tristan Gale scored the winning run
on a wild pitch as the host Comets rallied for a
Pacific Coast Conference win. Theron
Cueva, the sixth
Palomar pitcher, recorded the victory by shutting
out the Knights (6-3, 1-1) in the eighth and
ninth innings. Cueva struck out 4 and walked
none.
GAME
7: Saturday,
February 26 ... Southwestern 4, PALOMAR 3 — The
visiting Comets sat on a 3-0 first inning lead
against the defending Pacific Coast Conference
champions in the teams' conference opener and it
proved fatal. Dylan
Parzyk, Jose
Hernandez and Terry
Moritz all had RBI singles in the
inning. Starter Brandon
Adams took a shutout into the
sixth inning. Palomar, playing for the first time
since Feb. 15 due to recent rains, falls to 3-4
overall.
GAME
6: Tuesday, February
15 ... PALOMAR 6, Mt. San Jacinto 2 — Gordon
Stevens went 2-for-5 with 2 steals
and an RBI for the Comets (3-3). Terry
Moritz' 2-run single in the first
inning put Palomar aheadto stay. Starter and
winner Nick
Vincent (2-0) pitched the first 5
innings, striking out 6. 2003 Yankes draft choice
Jose
Hernandez, making
his first appearance since his senior season of
high school after recovering from an injury that
sidelined him in 2004, retired the Eagles 1-2-3
in the eighth inning, striking out 2.
GAME
5: Monday, February
14 ... Cypress 9, PALOMAR 0 — Scott
Clement went
2-for-2 for the Comets. Catcher Dylan
Parzyk threw out 2 more runners
trying to steal and is 7-for-7 throwing out
runners for the season.
GAME
4: Tuesday, Feb. 8
... Golden West 12, PALOMAR 4 — Scott
Clement and Trevor
Boucher had 2 hits each for
Palomar (2-2).
GAME
3
Nick Vincent
GAME 3:
Saturday, February 5 ... PALOMAR 9, Cerritos 2
— Freshman
right-hander Nick
Vincent pitched 6
innings of 2-hit ball, surrendering 1 run while
striking out 7 and walking 0, as the Comets
advanced to 2-1 on the season. Vincent, Kevin
Wilson, Brian
Duffy and Keith
Noe combined to throw a
5-hitter, striking out 9 and walking 1. Dylan
Parzyk paced a 13-hit attack for
the Comets, going 3-for-4 with an HR and 2 RBIs. Terry
Moritz drove in 4 runs. Scott
Clement doubled
twice, Tristan
Gale doubled and singled, and Derek
Simper and Erich
Kemp each singled twice.
GAME 2:
Friday, February 4 ... Santa Ana 7, PALOMAR 2
— The Comets
got a 3-for-3 performance from Kenoli
Fonseca and a homer from Scott
Clement but fell in the Palomar
Invitational to slip to 1-1 on the season. Tristan
Gale went 2-for-4. Eric
Meyerholtz pitched 2
innings of shutout relief. Shortstop Derek
Simper made the defensive play of
the game imn the fourth inning when he alertly
threw to second baseman Joey
Burke after a ground ball to
catch a surprised Corey Skaggs of Santa Ana off
the bag.
GAME 1:
Thursday, February 3 ... PALOMAR 5, Ventura 3
— The Comets
opened the season with a victory in the Palomar
Invitational as Jose
Hernandez went
2-for-4 with 2 doubles and 2 RBIs and Erich
Kemp was 2-for-4
with a double and 2 RBIs. Clint
Preinsendorfer pitched 3
innings of shutout relief, Takane
Suziki notched the win in relief
and Theron
Cueva set down the side in the
ninth inning to record the save. Hernandez
doubled to the opposite field, went to third on Dylan
Parzyk's grounder to the right side
and scored what turned out to be the winning run
in the sixth on a single by Scott
Clement. Parzyk, the
Comets' catcher, took the Pirates out of their
running game early by throwing out runners trying
to steal in the first and second innings. Terry
Moritz made a spectacular diving
catch in right in the third.
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