Tuesday, March 01, 2005

Scouting Report: Vasquez High Mustangs

The Vasquez Mustangs, coming off a 23-4 record, return their three top players from the 2004 season. China McCarney was 9-1 with a 1.84 ERA and 105 strikeouts in 64.2 innings last season. He also hit eight home runs and scored 44 runs. Curtis Leavitt led the Mustangs' pitching staff in ERA (1.17) in compiling a 4-2 record. Leavitt also hit eight home runs and led the team in RBIs with 43. Jeff Granillo finished third on the team last season in batting average and RBIs. On the mound he was 4-0 with a 2.19 ERA.

In their only game against a team on Malibu's schedule last season, Vasquez lost to Oaks Christian, 3-2, on March 6 in the Daily News-Victory Invitational in a game played at Pepperdine. Vasquez also lost, 4-0, to LA Baptist in the CIF playoffs. (The Sharks played LA Baptist in the Harvard Westlake tournament in December.) Vasquez went 3-2 in the Daily News-Victory Invitational last year, defeating Eagle Rock, Taft, and Granada Hills Kennedy and losing to Oaks Christian and Thousand Oaks.

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