PETALUMA TOPS ANALY FOR RABINOVITZ TITLE:TROJANS GET STRONG TOURNEY PITCHING THAT INCLUDES WINS FROM 3 DIFFERENT STARTERS

Petaluma didn't have to wait until after spring break, when Sonoma County

League baseball resumes, to finally knock off the Analy Tigers.

Petaluma came from behind with four runs in the fifth inning Tuesday and

defeated the Tigers, 7-5, as the Trojans won their second Al Rabinovitz

Memorial Tournament in three years.

Petaluma (11-5) won Montgomery's annual tourney with strong pitching and

timely hitting. The Trojans won their first two tournament games Monday by one

run.

''We've had two tough losses against them (Analy),'' said Petaluma hitting

star Matt McDonald. ''This was like winning twice, winning the tournament and

some retribution.''

McDonald drove in the eventual winning run with a two-run double off the

left-field fence to cap the Trojans' four-run fifth.

Petaluma managed just six hits off Analy starter Nick Mutz, who pitched

gamely and turned in a surprising complete game.

''This year's team has shown the ability to come back,'' said coach Paul

Cochrun.

Tournaments can cause havoc with a team's pitching staff, but Petaluma got

wins from three different starters.

Dan McCarthy, named outstanding pitcher in the tourney, won on Monday.

Garrett Hagerla earned Tuesday's win and Austin Cleary and Nick McInnis

pitched well in relief.

Cleary struck out the two batters he faced in the fifth and induced a

double play in the sixth. McInnis survived a scare in the seventh, striking

out Mutz with the tying runs on second and third.

McDonald led Petaluma's offense with two doubles, and Ross Thomas went

1-for-2 with two RBIs.

Taylor Berenyi went 3-for-3 and Daniel Albert had two hits for Analy (9-6),

which defeated Petaluma 10-8 on Thursday and has won the first two of three

league games against the Trojans.

The Rabinovitz third-place game was also an all SCL affair, with Windsor

defeating Sonoma, 11-9.

Joe Van Cleave hit a three-run homer for Windsor and John Tuscher went

3-for-4.

Piner defeated Riordan, 7-1, for consolation honors and Montgomery defeated

Santa Rosa, 6-3, for seventh place.

WESTCOTT TOURNAMENT

It will be host Casa Grande playing Marin Catholic at 2:30 p.m. today for

the championship of the Adam Westcott Memorial Tournament.

Nick Wilcox threw a six-hit shutout as Casa Grande (10-5) defeated Hogan,

4-0, and Marin Catholic got a complete-game win from Jack Helfrich to knock

off Rancho Cotate (11-3), 6-4.

Casa coach Paul Maytorena picked up his 200th career win. Casa last won its

own tourney in its first year, 1998.

Rancho plays Hogan for third place at 11:30 a.m.; Maria Carrillo, a 10-8

winner against Vintage, plays Napa for fifth place at 2 p.m.