Baseball: OCC splits in Matt O’Brien tournament

COSTA MESA - Orange Coast College’s baseball team defeated San

Diego City in its first game of the Matt O’Brien Memorial Tournament

Saturday at OCC, 6-4. The Pirates dropped a 12-11 decision to Moorpark

in the second game.

Jason Reuss and Ryan Franco led off the fifth inning with back-to-back

homers to propel Orange Coast College to the victory over San Diego City.

OCC’s Adam Anderson, who went 3 for 5 with a double and triple, drove in

Corona del Mar High product Eric Wiethorn for the go-ahead run in the

eighth inning. OCC (1-2) starter John Coleman pitched six innings and

gave up four runs, only one earned.

OCC’s Blair Havens hit a grand slam as the Pirates scored five runs in

the first inning, but Moorpark chipped away and put up three runs in the

eighth to win. Wiethorn went 2 for 3 and scored two runs for OCC.

MATT O’BRIEN MEMORIAL TOURNAMENT

First round

OCC 6, San Diego City 4

OCC 101 020 020 - 6 11 3

San Diego City 030 001 000 - 4 8 2 Coleman, Deven (7) and Murphy, Keller (9); Bullard, Dutka (5), Meshack

(9) and Slania. W - Deven, 1-0; L - Dutka, 0-1. 2B - Anderson (OCC),

Flores, Ferrer (SDC). 3B - Anderson (OCC). HR - Reuss, France (OCC).

Second round

Moorpark 12, OCC 11

Moorpark 230 400 030 - 12 18 2

OCC 500 230 001 - 11 7 1

Corona, Kirby (4), Johnson (8) and Gerber; Bostick, Lambert (4), Surdock

(4), Canada (6), Harris (8) and Keller. W - Kirby; L - Canada; SV -

Johnson. 2B - Wiethorn (OCC), Block (MP), Voorhees (MP). 3B - Fatur (MP),

Nellen (MP). HR - Havens (OCC), Kolba (MP).