MJC baseball suffers tough 1-0 loss

Modesto Junior College’s Matt Burrows pitched well enough for a Big 8 Conference victory.

The win didn’t happen, however, as Sacramento pushed across an unearned run in the ninth inning and handed the Pirates a tough 1-0 loss Thursday afternoon at the MJC diamond.

Burrows (0-1), one of the heroes in Modesto’s win last week over San Joaquin Delta, allowed only six hits and struck out three in 8  1/3 solid innings. The Pirates supported him with six hits – two apiece by Spencer Thomas and Robert Steves.

The Pirates (7-14, 1-5) managed only two runs during their three losses to Sacramento (18-3, 6-0), the Big 8 co-leaders along with Santa Rosa.

Modesto opens a three-game series against Sierra on Saturday afternoon at Rocklin.

Tennis

Warriors extend UC San Diego – Cal State Stanislaus doubles pair J’Ana Diamond and Ebone Qualls won their match and also captured singles victories, but 22nd-ranked UC San Diego hung on for a 5-4 win on the Warriors’ courts. The Tritons competed without star Kyra Scott, ranked No. 31 in the latest ITA rankings.

This story was originally published March 24, 2016 at 10:19 PM with the headline "MJC baseball suffers tough 1-0 loss."