The La Jolla Country Day baseball team defeated Bishop’s 6-1 at home on May 4. Sophomore pitcher Tommy Edman tossed a complete game victory for the Torreys, who improved to 18-6 on the season with the win. Edman scattered six hits over seven innings of work and struck out seven while giving up just one walk. “I was able to throw a lot of strikes today, get ahead in the counts,” Edman said. “Offspeed away and fastballs in, that’s how I got my smiles today.” Senior second baseman Austin Rooke provided the bulk of the LJCD offense, contributing two doubles and two RBI that afternoon. “My approach was to stay relaxed, nice and easy, and look what happened: two doubles,” Rooke said. The Torreys struck first in the bottom of the opening frame. Edman singled and scored on Rooke’s double for the game’s initial run. Senior shortstop Anthony Torres’ infield single drove in Rooke to make it 2-0 after one inning. The Knights cut the lead to 2-1 in the top of the second but the Torreys kept their bats hot into the bottom half of the inning. After Frankie Brown singled, Ruben Pena moved the speedy centerfield over to second base with a well executed sacrifice bunt. Ian Lutz brought Brown home with an RBI single to make it 3-1. Some defensive miscues by Bishop’s led to two more runs and suddenly LJCD had a commanding 5-1 lead after two innings. Both starting pitchers settled in after the second. The final run came in the bottom of the sixth when Rooke knocked in Edman from first base with a RBI double to right center field. “I think this is definitely one of the best teams we’ve had,” said Edman of this year’s LJCD squad. “The hope is to win CIF and I think we have a really good shot at that.” Torres, who plays catcher when Edman isn’t pitching, had an outstanding day defensively at short. Nikki Stougaard led the Knights offensively with two hits while Kyle Gantz contributed a base hit and a steal.