Sailors bow out

Roger Carlson

NEWPORT BEACH - Newport Harbor High’s Sailors rapped out 10 base

hits, including home runs by Justin Jacobs and Garrett Brant, but it

wasn’t even close as visiting Aliso Niguel pounded out a 17-10 Sea View

League baseball victory Thursday.

The loss ends a disappointing season for the Sailors, who exit with a

record of 5-18 overall and in the league’s cellar with a 1-14 mark.

Aliso Niguel (11-14, 8-8), bound for the CIF Playoffs with a third-place

finish in the Sea View, pounded out 16 hits and made an opening statement

that was never quite answered.

The Wolverines scored six runs in the first inning, and although Harbor

bounced back with five runs of its own in the bottom of the first, the

Sailors would never catch up.

Aliso’s Darren Pitchford slugged a two-run homer and Kyle Mowery

delivered a three-run shot in the final inning. Eight other Aliso hits

were doubles, including three by Adam Tanos.

Brant finished with a 3 for 4 effort at the plate, scoring twice and

driving in three runs.

Jacobs and Donovan Wong were each 2 for 3, scoring twice, Wong with a

double.

Other Sailors with base hits were Nick Langsdorf, Sean Rorden and Alan

Lane.

SEA VIEW LEAGUE

Aliso Niguel 602 402 3 - 17 16 1

Newport Harbor 502 110 1 - 10 10 1

Fielder, Potter (3), Pitchford (7) and Serocke; Ward, Forsythe (1),

McCarthy (4), Sandoval (7) and Brant. W - Potter. L - Ward. 2B -

Pitchford (AN), Wyly (AN), Hebeler (AN) 2, Tanos (AN) 3, Koch (AN), Wong

(NH). HR - Pitchford (AN), Mowerey (AN), Jacobs (NH), Brant (NH).