The Bakersfield College baseball team extended its winning streak to six games on the game-winning RBI from outfielder Andrew Letourneau.

Letourneau’s RBI lifted the Renegades over Citrus 6-5 at home on April 6.

In the second, catcher Dylan Nasiatka singled off Citrus right-hander James Janclaes to start the inning. The next batter, Art Charles, was walked to move Nasiatka into scoring position.

Second baseman David Pennington laid down a sacrifice bunt to advance both runners. Sam Westendorf flew out to right field allowing Nasiatka to tag up and score. Following the run was Greg Osteen scoring Charles to put the Renegades up 2-1.

BC scored again the fifth when shortstop Joe Ramirez had an RBI single that brought Riley Showers home.

Citrus had a big sixth inning scoring four runs in the inning off two hits and two errors, which put the first two runners in scoring position. That put Citrus ahead, 5-3 going into the home half of the sixth with the heart of the order up to bat.

Much like in the second inning, Nasiatka singled and moved over to second when Charles was walked.

Pennington brought Nasiatka home on a bunt that rolled on the grass in front of short that left the Citrus infield unable to make a play.

Westendorf singled on a 0-1 pitch bringing Charles home.

BC reliever Xavier Tavorn was brought in the seventh to make quick work of the side.

In the eighth, closer Anthony Ramirez was brought in after Tavorn walked the second and third batters in the inning. Both runners stole to reach second and third.

Ramirez got Joseph Garcia and Kyle Nutter to ground out to short to end the top of the eight.

In the bottom of the ninth, Imaad Nuriddin, walked after a full count to put the winning run on base. After fouling off the first sacrifice attempt, Joe Ramirez reached first on a fielder’s choice that put Nuriddin on second.

Letourneau, a .392 hitter this season, was told to lay down a sacrifice bunt and after fouling two attempts off to make it a 2-2 count, he drove a slider down in the zone right up the middle and brought Nuriddin home.

After the game Letourneau said, “I was mad at myself, I thought I was a pretty good bunter.”

“It was a slider down, Letourneau said about the at bat, “and I just tried to stay back and drive it up the middle.”

BC coach Tim Painton said of the win, “I feel pretty good winning this one, because we tried to give it away.”

“Fowler pitched much better than the score indicated. We didn’t play good defense and we kind of overcame ourselves.”

It was a great opportunity, all we had to do was get a guy on base to be able to manufacture a run, and obviously we got that situation and we were able to capitalize that.”

Pitcher Greg Fowler, who pitched six innings and received a no decision, felt he was relaxed on the mound but yet too eager.

“I felt real good, I felt like I hit my spots,” he said.

“But I felt like I was doing too much. I wasn’t letting the batters put the ball in play.”

Pennington spoke of the streak the Renegades are continuing,

“We’re just playing some good ball, we’re getting the hits that we need to at the right time and pitching has been phenomenal.

“It’s pretty easy to win when you’re doing everything right.”

And I have no doubt in my mind we’ll be right were we need to be,” he said.

The team is looking to sweep Citrus on Thursday, and Nuriddin is already looking to adjust his approach at the plate.

“I felt like I was struggling, seeing the ball, picking it up. I didn’t feel like I was seeing the ball that well but most of their pitching was away and soft.

“So [next game] I’m just going stay with that same approach and expect that they’re going do the same thing next game so hopefully we can just pick up where we left and get runners on base,” he said.

Nuriddin did say that the morale surrounding the team has improved over the last three weeks.

“Everybody seems like their confident and excited to play. Like they want to get on the field and they want to be out here,” he said.

“Everybody is just having fun playing baseball.”