Foothill ran into three outs on the bases and committed six errors.
“Let’s just hope we got all of the errors out of the way,” Dickerson said. “We just got the game taken to us. Burbank just played solid.”
Starting pitchers Jack Porras of Foothill and Joey Kuhn of Burbank matched each other well at the onset, as the game was scoreless after an inning.
But a lead-off double by Omar Perez in the second was for naught when Perez was tagged out trying to score to end the inning. In Burbank’s half of the inning, Chris Peres, who had one of his team’s four walks on the day, scored on an error to make it 1-0.
An Anthony Connell double and a Conner Rodriguez single in the third once again led to nothing on the scoreboard, as shaky baserunning led to an unconventional 6-3-5 double play.
Burbank, meanwhile, began to take control, scoring twice in the third thanks to two more hits and two more errors. In the third, the score ballooned to 8-0, with Burbank needing just two singles to score four runs thanks to a walk, a hit batter, two errors and three wild pitches.
Justin French led off the Foothill fifth with a single — the fourth time a Foothill All-Star led off an inning with a hit — but the threat was once again expunged, as Kuhn finished a brilliant day, going the distance and allowing only five hits.
Burbank had but one more on the afternoon. Its last was a single to center field by Aidan Anding that plated two runs and ended the game.
Rodriguez, who went two for two, was the only Foothill player with multiple hits.
Foothill must now regroup with one last shot at bringing home the title and advancing to the Section 2 All-Star Tournament.
“This is a nightmare game,” Dickerson said. “You have a nightmare, you wake up and go on with the day. That’s what we’re gonna do.”
“Hopefully we’re gonna take it to Burbank.”
GRANT GORDON is the sports editor. He can be reached at (818) 637-3225 or grant.gordon@latimes.com.
