Gavilan Roundup: Jan. 30

The Gavilan baseball picked up its first win of the season, beating Lassen College 9-6 Thursday behind the bat of Sean Allen. 
Allen went 4 for 5 with four RBIs and a double for the Rams in their first of three games against the Cougars.
Gavilan didn’t allow Lassen a run until the top of the seventh. The Rams led 9-1 at that point. The Cougars added five runs in the top of the ninth, but their rally fell short. 
The Rams put up a three-spot in the first inning to take a 3-0 lead. John Forestieri tripled to bring home Tony Amaral and scored on the next play off an Erik Barron double. Allen picked up his first RBI of the day when he singled to score Barron. 
Gavilan added another run in the bottom of the third when DJ Santellano reached on a fielder’s choice and Allen scored. It widened it’s lead to 7-0 in the bottom of the fourth when Allen doubled, scoring Matt Oxner, Barron and Forestieri.
Lassen gave the Rams two more runs in the bottom of the fifth when it allowed Amaral to score on a wild pitch. Foresteri, who singled and advanced to third on two more wild pitches, came home when Oxner was walked, giving the Rams a 9-0 lead.
Foresteri was a perfect 3 for 3 with three runs, an RBI, a triple and a walk in the game. Barron was 2 for 4 with two runs and an RBI. Amaral went 2 for 5 with two runs. 
Oxner is 1-0 on the season, pitching six innings where he allowed seven hits, but struck out seven. John Angel pitched two and a third innings and allowed three runs on four hits and struck out one. Connor Starke went two thirds of an inning and allowed three runs on three hits, though only one was earned. 
Lassen’s Jarrell Cunningham was handed the loss, giving up four runs on 10 hits while striking out three through three innings. 
The 1-1 Rams will host Lassen at 2 p.m. today and will wrap-up the series at 11 a.m. Saturday at home. 
WOMEN’S BASKETBALL
MPC tops Gavilan
The Gavilan women dropped their third straight game, falling 74-56 at Monterey Peninsula College Wednesday. 
Felicia Lee-Cardenas and Katrina Diaz both scored in double digits, talking 15 and 14 points, respectively. Lee-Cardenas added four steals and two assists. Diaz had three assists and hit three 3-pointers. 
Greer Watson scored nine points, grabbed five rebounds and assisted on two baskets. Natalia Armstrong was a force defensively, pulling down eight boards in addition to two points and two steals. 
The Rams trailed 38-28 at halftime. 
Gavilan (9-12 overall, 1-4 in conference) will be back on the court at 5 p.m. tonight at Mission College.
MEN’S BASKETBALL
Rams fall to Lobos
Gavilan’s losing streak was extended to a fourth straight game following its 87-62 loss to Monterey Peninsula College Wednesday in Monterey. 
Gavilan trailed 42-26 at the half, but rebounded in the second half. The Rams were outscored by just nine points after the break. 
Stats from this game were not yet available. 
The Rams (2-16 overall, 1-5 in conference) will be back in action at 7 p.m. tonight at West Valley College.
Find out when and where your favorite Rams teams are playing this weekend:
1.30 — Baseball vs. Lassen, 2 p.m.; Women’s basketball at Mission, 5 p.m.; Men’s basketball at West Valley, 7 p.m.
1.31 — Baseball vs. Lassen, 11 a.m.