Brett Weinstock knocked in two runs in the bottom of the seventh with a double off the fence in left field to cap the Sharks' dramatic comeback against Oaks Christian at Malibu High on Friday. With Oaks Christian leading 8-7, Geoff Roth drew a one-out walk off Lions closer Joe Dembesky. After Stephen Williams struck out, Daniel Williams singled to center to move Roth to third. Weinstock was down to his last strike when he lined a fastball over the left fielder's head to drive in Roth and Williams.
The game see-sawed back and forth all afternoon. The Lions took a 1-0 lead in the top of the first on a Chris Potter single and a run-scoring double by Tim Johnston squeezed between three strikeouts. Malibu answered in the bottom of the first. Daniel Williams led off with a double down the right field line and scored on Brett Weinstock's single through the middle of the infield. The Sharks subsequently loaded the bases with no outs on an error and a walk, but failed to score again when Jason Puklus popped out to short center field and Jamie Van Soelen lined into an unassisted double play by the Oaks third baseman.
Malibu picked up a single run in the second as Jared Weinstock led off with a double, advanced to third one out later when Stephen Williams reached on an infield error, and scored on Daniel Williams' single to right. Oaks followed with three runs to take a 4-2 lead in the top of the third. Sharks starter Phil Johnson gave up two hits and four walks in the inning but managed to strike out pinch hitter Casey Lee with the bases loaded to minimize the damage.
The Sharks climbed back on top in the bottom of the fourth. After Geoff Roth grounded out, Stephen Williams drove the first pitch from Tim Johnston over the fence in left center for his first homerun of the year. Daniel Williams followed with a double to right center. One out later, Phil Johnson doubled deep to right to drive in Williams. Brooks Fitch followed with his second homerun of the year, a line drive that wrapped around the foul pole in left and put the Sharks on top, 6-4.
Daniel Williams doubles in the Sharks' four-run fourth inning.
In the top of the sixth inning, Oaks took the lead again. Joey Navarro and Chris Potter started the inning with base hits. Jason Puklus came on at that point to relieve Johnson. After Potter stole second, Puklus struck out Johnston. Oaks DH Chris Auten was intentionally walked to load the bases before Joe Dembesky followed with a base-clearing double. He scored the fourth run of the inning on Jimmy Dunn's infield hit.
The Sharks, down 8-6, got one run back in the bottom of the sixth as Stephen Williams and Brett Weinstock both reached on errors. Johnson's single up the middle scored Williams, but Malibu was unable to get any more runs in the inning.
Geoff Roth waits for the sign in the top of the seventh.
In the top of the seventh, Geoff Roth kept the Lions close to set up the dramatic conclusion. Chris Potter tripled with two outs in the inning, but Roth, who was the winning pitcher, got Johnston to ground out to end the inning.
Malibu pounded out twelve hits on the day, including homeruns by Brooks Fitch and Stephen Williams and doubles by Daniel Williams (2), Brett Weinstock, Phil Johnson, and Jared Weinstock.
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