![]() The 30 runs scored remains as a 49er school record. The 49ers ended the regular scheduled season by winning 10 of their next 12 games including a 30-6 whipping of Lassen College. Rottman lasted two innings surrendering a grand slam, his only home run allowed at the college level, as Yuba fell 7-3, ending the first half of the season with a 12-6 record, 4-0 in league play. After complete-game victories against Napa College on Saturday and College of the Siskiyous on Monday, he took the mound again on Tuesday against College of the Redwoods. In an attempt to win the Golden Valley Conference tournament for a second straight year, Yuba started pitcher Dave Rottman for the third time in four days. After losing a doubleheader against Ohlone College, Yuba went on another 5-game win streak including a 5-0 shutout over the Napa Valley Chiefs and 7-1 and 5-3 wins over arch-rival Sierra College. Dave Rottman pitched in all four games as he stopped Santa Rosa (eventual winners of the Camino Norte League) 5-3 in the opening round, picked up a save with three innings of relief work in a 7-4 victory versus College of Marin, lost 2-0 to San Mateo in the semifinals, and then picked up another save in Yuba's 3-2 win in the finals against the same Bulldogs, ranked #5 in the state at that time. ![]() Yuba gained a bit of revenge when Cartwright gained an 11-4 victory in the 2nd game of the double-header.ฤก970 49ERS- Yuba began the season with five straight wins including an 8-0 shutout over the Renegades of Ohlone College and captured the championship of the Santa Rosa Baseball tournament which fielded some the top Junior College teams in Northern California. ![]() The streak finally ended when Chiono suffered a tough 3-1 loss to the California Berkeley Bears JV team. Hard-throwing freshmen right-handers Mark Cartwright and Dave Chiono handled most of the pitching while sophomore catcher Jim Stassi led the hitting barrage at the plate. Most of the other victories during the hot streak were double-header lopsided blowout victories against league opponents Lassen, Siskiyous, Mendocino, American River-Placerville, and Sierra College. Dave Chiono picked up the 4-3 win against the American River-Placerville Eagles (not to be confused with the Division l American River Beavers) in the final while Mark Cartwright garnered the save with four innings of relief work. Included in the streak was John Onken's 1-0 shutout over the Sonoma State JV's and the team's three, one-run victories while capturing the Napa Invitational Tournament. The victory started a 21-game winning streak which stands today as an all-time Yuba record for most wins in a row. After beginning the season with a 3-2 non-league exhibition record which included a 9-3 loss to Sacramento City, later rated as the #2 team in the state, the Forty Niners began Golden Valley Conference league play with John Hoelter tossing a complete game 3-hit shutout besting Lassen College 2-0. A New York Yankee scout in attendance clocked Cartwright's fastball at 91 mph. Mark Cartwright picked up the victory in game two of the doubleheader while Lon Kuykendall hit a grand slam. ![]() ![]() The 49ers opened the season with a 13-1 trouncing of Napa Valley College on the strength of Dave Chiono's nine strikeouts in five innings and a Jim Pappas home run. ![]()
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