'Gades beat Hartnell 7-1 to remain undefeated
By The Bakersfield Californian
VISALIA -- Tyler Painton pitched six strong innings as Bakersfield College beat Hartnell 7-1 in the College of the Sequoias baseball tournament Friday.
Painton (2-0) allowed a run on four hits, struck out six and walked three to help the Renegades improve to 4-0. BC's Darian Nunn and Austin Duran combined on three scoreless innings of relief.
Sean Deweese, Brent Peterson, Bryan Haney and Mike Spingola each had two hits for BC.
Elijah Trail hit his second home run of the season -- a solo shot -- in the third inning.
BC will host Golden West at 1 p.m. today.
Taft falls to Siskiyous
TAFT -- Forrest Smith had a home run and four RBIs, but Taft College suffered a 7-6 non-conference setback to College of the Siskiyous (2-3) at Taft.
Chase Skinner went 2-5 with a double for Taft (1-4). Taft will host Barstow today at 1 p.m.
CSUB softball opens season with 2 losses
LAS VEGAS -- CSU Bakersfield lost twice to open its softball season, 11-5 to Kent State and 6-0 to No. 5-ranked Oklahoma at the Las Vegas tournament.
The Roadrunners allowed eight runs in the first inning against Kent State, which received four walks and had a three-run homer by Lauren Grimes that inning. CSUB made it closer with two runs in the second and three in the third.
Amy Ricciardi went 3-for-4 with a run scored for CSUB. Karissa Veiga and Taylor DeSilva had two RBIs apiece. Shay Fryer had two hits and scored a run.
Oklahoma scored twice in the first and fifth innings. CSUB was limited to three hits in that game.
"We had a rough first inning against Kent State," CSUB coach Crissy Buck said. "We gave up too many walks and the pitchers just came out pretty shaky. I think it was more nerves than anything."
CSUB faces Weber State today then closes the tourney on Sunday against Minnesota and host UNLV.
NBA D-League: Jam ends 4-game skid
Seven Jam players, led by Derrick Byars with 18 points, scored in double figures on the way to a 106-86 victory over the Tulsa 66ers at the Jam Event Center.
Byars made 4 of 6 from 6-point range and added five assists as the Jam ended a four-game losing streak.
Jamie Vanderbeken and Jeremy Wise added 14 points apiece for Bakersfield, and Osiris Eldridge, Juan Pattillo and Adrian Thomas had 13 apiece. Adam Koch led the Jam with 11 rebounds and Pattillo had 10, as bakersfield outrebounded Tulsa 46-38.
The teams meet again at 7 p.m. today at the Jam Event Center.
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