BY MATT JOCKS
SAN JACINTO — Baseball scoring is measured in runs, but Hemet did a lot more jogging than sprinting on the way to Wednesday’s victory. Taking advantage of control problems by the San Jacinto pitching staff and riding an early long ball from Cody White, the Bulldogs rolled to a 14-1 Mountain Pass League victory. The Bulldogs (7-2, 2-0) have scored 34 runs in their two league games. Plenty was handed to the Bulldogs on Wednesday. San Jacinto pitchers issued nine walks and hit three batters. Nine of the 12 given free passes came around to score, including four in a six-run fifth inning that pushed the lead to 11-0. However, Hemet did some work on its own, most notably White in the second inning. After Hemet loaded the bases on two walks and a single, White jumped on a high fastball and powered it over the left-center field fence for his first grand slam at any level. “He had just walked a couple of guys, so I thought that he’s got to come after the next guy,” White said. “After I hit, my adrenaline was going and I was like a rookie in his first at-bat sprinting around the bases.” Other Bulldogs who had fun at the plate were leadoff hitter Chad Dotinga, who reached safely in his first five plate appearances, and Anthony Necochea, who returned to the lineup with two hits and three RBIs. Necochea missed more than two weeks after undergoing an appendectomy. It was more support than starter Tim Olvaney needed. Olvaney started the game by striking out the side and allowed just two hits and an un- earned run in six innings. He struck out nine. In his one rough inning, he worked out of trouble after loading the bases with one out and falling behind 3-1 on the count. “It was his first league start and that’s big,” Hemet coach Mike Arnold said. “He did a great job and he really battled when he needed to.” The lone bright spot for San Jacinto (6-2, 1-1) was shortstop Zach Barnes, who had both hits off Olvaney and drove in the only run. “He (Olvaney) was getting the call on the outside pitches and then we were chasing the ones up here,” San Jacinto coach Rick Zepek said. “You do that and you’re not going to be able to do much.”