Community College Baseball : El Camino Walks by Golden West

Three Golden West College pitchers combined for eight walks and hit two batters to help El Camino to a 9-8 victory over the Rustlers Tuesday in a South Coast Conference baseball game at Golden West.

Four of the walks and one of the hit batters resulted in runs for El Camino (22-10, 8-2).

Golden West led, 5-3, going into the seventh inning when Toby Foreman replaced Golden West starter Tom Thobe. Foreman hit the first batter he faced. After getting a flyout, he walked the next three hitters to force in a run. Foreman went, 1-0, on Colin Franker and was replaced by Ken Hokuf. Franker singled to drive in two to give El Camino a 6-5 lead.

Adrian Rodriguez had a two-run double as El Camino scored three runs in the ninth to lead, 9-5.

James Buccheri singled and stole second to open the ninth inning for Golden West (18-10, 6-4). It was the 36th steal of the season for Buccheri to set the Golden West single-season record. He passed John Moses who stole 35 in the 1978.

Craig Paquette singled home Buccheri and Tom Smythe followed with a home run to cut the lead to 9-8. But Tom Rogers replaced starter and winner Lucio Chaidez (6-3) to get the final two outs.