Grand Junction pitcher Tyler Anderegg wasn’t fazed by his top-ranked opponent.
Anderegg regularly blew through Rock Mountain’s lineup Friday en route to a 4-0 Tigers victory in a Class 5A playoff game at All-City Stadium.
“You feel good when your teammates put a four-spot on the board in the first inning,” said Anderegg, a senior. “That allows you to just go out and focus on throwing strikes and not having to be too fine.”
Too fine described Anderegg’s performance. He allowed just three hits in a game that took about 90 minutes. A breezy win, in other words.
“I think we put a statement out there today,” said Anderegg, who will play baseball at West Point for Army. “We’re in a pretty good position going into (Saturday).”
The Tigers will play Cherry Creek Saturday, as part of a double-elimination tournament. Earlier in the day, the Tigers beat Regis 4-3.
Lobos starter Scott Bachman retired the first two batters with ease in the first inning, but was charged with four unearned runs before the inning ended. The first two were scored by Shay Starr and Mark Novotny, while Anderegg drove in a run with a bases-loaded walk.
Lobos senior shortstop Chris Capps, who pitched his team to victory earlier in the day against Pomona, made two errant throws to first as part of the inning.
The Tigers also got a run on a wild pitch by Bachman.
Otherwise, Bachman was about as good as Anderegg.
“He shut us down, really,” Grand Junction coach Kyle Rush said of Bachman. “But for Tyler, that was hands down the best game of his career.
“He had good command, and the guys made plays behind him.”
GRAND JUNCTION 4, ROCKY MOUNTAIN 0
Rocky Mountain 000 000 0 – 0 3 2
Grand Junction 400 000 x – 4 3 0
Rocky Mountain – Geraty 2b 3-0-0-0, Collins 1b 3-0-1-0, Capps ss 3-0-0-0, Bell rf 3-0-1-0, Eggers c 3-0-0-0, Mall dh 2-0-0-0, A. Eggers lf 2-0-0-0, Bachman p 2-0-0-0, Pastor cf 1-0-1-0. Totals 22-0-3-0.
Grand Junction – Coleman cf 3-0-1-0, Starr 3b 3-1-1-0, Hamilton ss 2-0-0-0, Novotny rf 3-1-2-0, Bernal dh-c 2-1-0-0, Anderegg p 1-1-0-1, Murray lf 3-0-0-0, Sawyer 1b 3-0-0-0, Larkowski 2b 2-0-0-0, Higgins pr 0-0-0-0. Totals 22-4-4-1.
LOB – Rocky Mountain 3; Grand Junction 6. Errors – Capps 2. 2B – Bell. Sac – Coleman. SB – Novotny. Batteries – Bachman and Eggers; Anderegg and Bernal. W- Anderegg. L – Bachman.
GRAND JUNCTION 4, REGIS 3
Regis 001 011 0 – 3 6 2
Grand Junction 001 210 x – 4 6 2
Regis – Anthony Floro cf 3-0-0-0, Chad Lomas 1b 3-2-1-0, Jeff Albayo lf 3-0-1-1, Tito Martinez c 3-0-1-0, Andrew Scheid p 3-0-1-0, Blake Davis ss 2-0-0-0, Trevor Tedesco 3b 2-0-1-0, Sean Flynn rf 2-0-1-0, Brandon Schrupp 2b 3-0-0-0, Danny Viera cr 0-1-0-0. Totals 24-3-6-1.
Grand Junction – Darin Coleman cf 4-0-0-0, Shay Starr ss 4-1-0-0, Dane Hamilton p 3-0-0-0, Mark Novotny rf 3-0-1-1, Ryan Bernal dh 3-1-1-0, Jake Schreiner c 0-0-0-0, Tyler Anderegg 3b 0-1-0-0, Jared Murray lf 3-1-2-1, Ben Sawyer 1b 2-0-1-0, Luke Larkowski 2b 3-0-1-2. Totals 25-4-6-4. Batteries – Scheid and Ramirez; Hamilton and Schreiner. W – Hamilton (9-0). L – Scheid.
ROCKY MOUNTAIN 3, POMONA 0
Pomona 000 000 0 – 0 7 1
Rocky Mountain 012 000 x – 3 2 1
Pomona – Tommy Frikken ss 3-0-1-0, Andy Guinn 2b 3-0-0-0, Kyle Winters p/3b 3-0-0-0, Jake Heckathorn c 2-0-0-0, Nick Allaire 1b 3-0-1-0, Pat Gill cf 0-0-0-0, Dustin Loomis dh 2-0-0-0, Eric Jones rf 3-0-0-0, Tony Salazar 3b 1-0-0-0, Blake Krenke lf 1-0-0-0, Shawn McCullough rf 1-0-0-0, Danny Dumont ph 0-0-0-0. Totals 22-0-2-0.
Rocky Mountain – Jamie Geraty 2b 3-0-0-0, Matt Collins 1b 3-0-1-0, Chris Capps p 3-0-0-0, Brycen Bell ss 3-1-0-0, Brian Eggers c 1-1-0-0, Brendan Buchanan 3b 0-0-0-0, Taylor Maul dh 2-0-1-0, Andrew Eggers lf 3-1-2-2, Scott Bachman cf 3-0-3-1, Andrew Pastor rf 2-0-0-0. Totals 23-3-7-3. Batteries – Winters, McCullough (5) and Heckathorn; Rocky Mountain, Capps and Eggers. W – Capps. L – Winters.
