Sports Briefs: King reigns in Pacifics’ win over Drakes

Shortstop Braxton King hit a three-run homer in the bottom of the ninth inning Tuesday night to lift the San Rafael Pacifics to a 4-1 home victory over the Marysville Drakes at Albert Park.

The Pacifics’ John Bicos and Mark Hernandez opened the ninth inning by reaching base on back-to-back Marysville errors. King then took a 2-1 pitch from Marysville reliever Bryan Krolikowski over the left-center field fence to give San Rafael (8-2) its third straight Pecos League victory.

Marysville (4-8) opened the scoring in the third inning when J.D. Leslie reached base on an error and later crossed home plate for an unearned run on a sacrifice fly. The Pacifics tied the game in the sixth inning when Xavier Selway led off with a double and later scored on a double steal.

Alex Valasek pitched a complete-game two-hitter for San Rafael, walking three batters and striking out nine. He had a no-hitter going until Jumpei Ohashi led off the seventh inning with a single.

San Rafael, currently in second place in the Pecos League’s Pacific Division, is scheduled to play at Vallejo on Thursday, then host Vallejo on Friday and Martinez on Saturday.

Track & Field

Ellie McCuskey-Hay of the Marin Waves Track & Field Club is expected to compete at the Under-20 United States Track & Field Championships at the University of Oregon on Wednesday, June 12, in the 100 meters. She also will be competing in the Championship 100 and long jump and Emerging Elite 200 at Nike Nationals.

Waves teammates Kennedy Foster (middle school 1 mile and 800m), Stella Hahn (middle school 800m and 200m) and Isabella Riesenfeld (middle school 1 mile)
will also be competing.