Former Drake High baseball standout Joe Ryan put together a stellar Olympics debut for Team USA on Friday.
The two-time MCAL Pitcher of the Year picked up the win in Team USA’s 8-1 victory over Israel as he struck out five and allowed five hits and one run with no walks in six innings of work. Ryan is currently a top minor league prospect in the Minnesota Twins organization.
Team USA will look to move to 2-0 in group play on Saturday when it faces South Korea at 3 a.m. PDT. The game will be live streamed online at NBCOlympics.com.
- Dylan Woodhead and the Men’s U.S. Water Polo team battled but fell short to Hungary, 11-8, in its penultimate game of group play. Woodhead did not score. Despite the back-to-back losses, Team USA (2-2) will finish in the top four teams in its group and advance to the quarterfinals, which start on Wednesday. Team USA will finish group play against Greece on Sunday at 7:30 p.m. PDT.
Baseball
Marin Catholic standout Kody Perry announced on Friday that he committed to Trinity College, a Division III NCAA program in Connecticut.
Perry, who is entering his senior year, was a threat on both sides of the ball for the 12-8 Wildcats last season. He batted .359 with one home run and had team-highs in hits (23), RBIs (17) and doubles (6). He also allowed only five hits in 18 innings pitched with 17 strikeouts and a 1.56 earned-run average.
Perry threw a no-hitter with seven strikeouts and one walk against Novato in the spring.
- The San Rafael Pacifics picked up another on Thursday, beating the Monterey Amberjacks 6-4 to improve to 19-17. Starter Jarrod Dumont pitched eight strong innings with five strikeouts and two earned runs and hit a pair of doubles with two RBIs at the plate.
Michael Theisen also drove in two runs with a double and a home run while Jeff Disla also went yard with a pair of RBIs. - Former Novato High standout Jake Tirk pitched well, scattering six hits in five shutout innings, but it wasn’t enough as the Novato Knicks fell to the Yuba Gold Sox 8-3 on Thursday. Des Gates went 4 for 5 with a run and former Tam standout Jake Ferguson went 1 for 3 with a walk.
