After opening the season with extra-inning wins over Laney and 13th ranked (in Northern California) Marin, the Reedley College baseball Tigers ran into a buzz saw against Sierra College.

Coach Steve Pearse's Tigers went 14 innings to defeat Laney 5-4 in the season opener on Friday before an 11-inning 4-3 win over Marin on Saturday. Sierra recorded a 15-2 win over the Tigers on Sunday.

Reedley plays its home opener on Tuesday, Jan. 28 in a 2 pm matchup with Modesto Junior College before a Thursday 2 pm game at Gavilan College in Gilroy. On Tuesday, Feb. 4, Reedley goes to Modesto for a 2 pm single game.

Alex Ortiz (Buchanan) scored the winning run against Laney in the 14th after a one-out double and a pair of balks. Tresten Bumutay (Clovis North), Jake Renteria (Buchanan) and Ortiz all had three hits in the Tigers' 13-hit attack with Bumutay recording a pair of doubles. Steven Martinez (Sanger) got credit for the win after allowing four hits in three innings.

A home run by Danny Gamez (Clovis East) proved to be the difference in the Saturday win over Marin. Marco Galaviz (Hoover) and Isaiah Haddad (Edison) finished with two hits while Josiah Heshmaty (Bullard) got the win on the mound while Cameron Gallardo (Redwood) got the save.

Reedley committed five errors in the loss to Sierra.

"We had a couple of extra-inning games that we did some good things on Friday and Saturday," said Coach Pearse. Playing 25 innings in the first two games taxes you're pitching this early in the year and it showed on Sunday. Offensively we would like to see us get on base at a higher rate and understands the strike zone better which I think will come in time with more live game at-bats. We've got some work to do at certain positions so we will try around with some different lineups."

 By: Will Goldbeck