Baseball: Pirates lose to East LA

SAN DIEGO - Eric Wiethorn had a double, a home run, two runs scored

and three RBIs for the Orange Coast College baseball team, but missed

opportunities proved too costly for the Pirates in Saturday’s 7-5 Apache

Classic loss to East Los Angeles.

Wiethorn (Corona del Mar High) put the Pirates in front in the top of the

fourth inning with a three-run home run, but East LA answered with four

runs in the bottom of the inning.

Trailing, 6-4, in the top of the fifth inning, the Pirates (2-3) had the

bases loaded with nobody out and the heart of the lineup coming to bat,

but could not score.

East LA pitchers combined to strike out 11 Pirate players.

OCC concludes the Apache Classic today at 10 a.m. against Grossmont.

APACHE CLASSIC

Day two

East Los Angeles 7, Orange Coast 5

Orange Coast 000 400 010 5 7 2

East LA 110 401 00x 7 9 0

Bostick, Greco (4), Harris (6), Deven (8) and Keller. Chavez, Alvarez (4)

and Duranzo.

W - Chavez; L - Bostick (0-2).

2B - Wiethorn (OCC), Murphy (OCC), Keller (OCC), Hoyos (ELA). 3B -

Anderson (OCC), Duranzo (ELA). HR - Valenzuela (ELA), Wiethorn (OCC).