Sharks 16, Reseda 1

Aaron Westine pitched a complete-game one-hitter and the Sharks pounded out seventeen hits en route to a 16-1 victory over the Reseda Regents in the final game of the Daily News-Victory Invitational for both teams. Jason Puklus and Brett Weinstock led the offensive onslaught for the Sharks. Puklus was 3-for-3 with five RBIs, including a towering home run in the second inning that broke the game open. Weinstock was 4-for-5 with four RBIs.

Although Westine, who walked six and hit three batters, struggled with his control throughout the game, after the first inning he always managed to come up with a big pitch to keep the Regents from scoring. In the second, third, and fourth innings, Westine closed out the inning with a strikeout with two runners on base. His best inning was the fifth and final inning of the game when he retired Reseda in order on just ten pitches.

Malibu started quickly and kept the hitting going until the end, scoring at least two runs in every inning. Daniel Williams led off the first with a double down the left field line. After Brett Weinstock was retired for the only time in the game, Phil Johnson picked up the first of his two hits of the day driving in Williams. Puklus followed with a double to the right-center field gap, scoring Johnson. Two batters later, Jared Weinstock got his first varsity hit, a single to right, to knock in Puklus with the third run in the opening frame.

In the second inning, Stephen Williams led off with a single through the left side of the infield. Colbie Bell then reached on a bunt. After Daniel Williams fouled out, Brett Weinstock plated Stephen Williams with a bunt single. Johnson followed with a double that drove in Bell. Then, on a 2-2 pitch, Puklus homered over the football stands beyond the right field fence.

Stephen Williams led off the third with a double. Bell then walked. With one out, Brett Weinstock drove in Williams for the second time on the second of his four hits. After Johnson flied to center, Puklus drove in Bell with a single to left.

In the fourth, Jared Weinstock led off with a single to left. Alex Beck walked. One out later, George Azzi knocked in Weinstock with a single to right. Jamie Van Soelen singled to load the bases. Brett Weinstock singled in Beck and Azzi scored when Johnson grounded to second. Van Soelen scored the fourth run of the inning on a wild pitch.

The fifteenth and sixteenth runs for Malibu came in the fifth inning when Brett Weinstock knocked in Jared Weinstock, who reached on his third hit of the day, and George Azzi, who reached on a fielder’s choice after Michael Gwyn had walked, with a double to the fence in left.

Defensively, the Sharks played error-free ball for the first time this season and turned a double play to help Westine erase a leadoff walk in the second inning.