NORTHEAST GLENDALE — Set against the backdrop of Glendale Community College's baseball team vying for its greatest win of the season, Sean Spear fittingly turned in the greatest performance of his sophomore campaign.
Playing against first-place L.A. Pierce, his former team, the Oaks Christian product hit for the cycle with a second triple added on, drove in seven runs and scored four more to propel GCC to an 18-9 win on Thursday afternoon at Stengel Field and into a first-place tie atop the Western State Conference South Division.
"It's the biggest one of the season," said GCC Coach Chris Cicuto of the victory, the 20th of the year for the Vaqueros (20-11, 11-7 in conference), which put them into a first-place stalemate with Pierce (18-12, 11-7) that will be settled on Saturday when the Brahmas host a 1 p.m. contest between the two. "And how 'bout Sean Spear."