Pre- Season Panther Baseball Makes a Debut

On October 15, 2016 the Hartnell College Baseball team made its debut at home against De Anza College as part of their pre-season scrimmage games. Despite the efforts of the Panthers, they fell to De Anza with a score of 4-1. Pitcher Royce Hirayama had an impressive game; he kept runners off the base-paths in his appearance. De Anza managed just one hit off Hirayama, who allowed no earned runs, walked none and struck out two during his two innings of work. De Anza stayed in the lead throughout the game. However, the Panthers managed to score one run in the fourth inning on an RBI double by Keaukalike Kalua. De Anza got one-run rallies in the sixth inning and the eighth. In the sixth, De Anza scored on an error, scoring one. page 11 1.12.2015 That same day, the Panthers faced CCB (traveling team) and earned a win of 1-0. Colby Hirano collected three hits, sparking the Panthers. CCB had no answer for Evan Dean, who kept runners off the base-paths in his appearance. Dean held CCB hitless over 2 2/3 innings, allowed no earned runs, walked none and struck out two. The Panthers lone run of the ballgame came in the fifth inning on an RBI single by Jake Hilliker.