UC Riverside OF Mark Contreras chops an RBI single up the middle. He was 2-for-3 with 3 RBIs. (Shotgun Spratling)

West Coast Wrap: Week 6

Best of the West: UC Riverside

UC Riverside starter Keaton Leach’s final line: 9 IP, 7 H, 2 ER, BB, 6 K on 112 pitches. (Shotgun Spratling)

First-year head coach Troy Percival tried to tell everyone that would listen before the season that the Highlanders would likely take their lumps early in the season, but that they’d be better off for it. He already knew that he was going to play a core group of young players and that they needed experience more than UC Riverside needed maybe[…]