Mike GuardabascioComments Off on PHOTOS: Long Beach Poly vs La Mirada Baseball
We’ve got some great shots from the game taken by photographer Jim McCormack.
4/21/18: La Mirada pitcher Ryan Hernandez didn’t allow a hit until there were two out in the fifth, eventually working 6 2/3 innings, allowing three hits and one earned run as host La Mirada defeated Poly, 12-2, in a Downey Tournament game Saturday. Photo jim.mccormack@mac.com
4/21/18: La Mirada outfielder Jared Jones signals for time out after doubling Saturday in the Matadors’ 12-2 Downey Tournament win over visiting Poly. Photo jim.mccormack@mac.com
4/21/18: La Mirada’s Michael DeHass beats a high throw to the plate to score a run in La Mirada’s 12-2 Downey Tournament win over Poly Saturday. Photo jim.mccormack@mac.com
4/18/21: Poly infielder Troy Criss forces La Mirada’s Joseph McNealey at second during the teams’ Downey Tournament game Saturday. The throw to first was too late to complete the double play. Photo jim.mccormack@mac.com
4/21/18: Edgar Rosales sprints to first base after singling to center with two out if the fifth inning Saturday. Rosales’ hit was the first of the game for Poly High, which lost to host La Mirada, 12-2, in a Downey Tournament game. Photo jim.mccormack@mac.com
4/21/18: Poly High’s Edgar Rosales advances to third on a teammate’s base hit Saturday. When the throw from center field skipped past La Mirada third baseman Caleb Jung and went out of play, Rosales was awarded home, scoring Poly’s first run in a 12-2 loss in a Downey Tournament game. Photo jim.mccormack@mac.com
4/21/21: The La Mirada dugout, which at this point included several starters, react to a long double to left field by reserve Nicholas Rice. The Matadors defeated Poly High, 12-2, in a Downey Tournament game. Photo jim.mccormack@mac.com
4/21/18: Nicholas Rice, who entered the game as a pinch-hitter (doubling and scoring a run) corrals a routine fly ball in La Mirada’s Downey Tournament win over visiting Poly Saturday. Photo jim.mccormack@mac.com
4/21/18: Poly High catcher Daniel Mariscal throws to first to complete a 4-2-3 (third to home to first) double play during the Rabbits’ Downey Tournament game with host La Mirada. Photo jim.mccormack@mac.com
An LBC native, Mike Guardabascio has been covering Long Beach sports professionally for 13 years, with his work published in dozens of Southern California magazines and newspapers. He's won numerous awards for his writing as well as the CIF Southern Section’s Champion For Character Award, and is the author of three books about Long Beach history.
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