Pirates sweep at tournament

COSTA MESA -- Orange Coast College was a runaway winner, twice, in

Friday’s opening rounds of the Matt O’Brien Memorial Classic at

Wendell Pickens Field.

Sophomore right-hander Garrett Murdy scattered two hits and one

run over seven solid innings to lead Coast to an 8-1 win over Santa Barbara in the day’s opener.

The Pirates’ offensive attack took over in the second game as they

punched out 20 hits to throttle Mt. San Antonio College, 17-3.

OCC meets Mt. San Jacinto today at 10 a.m., then hosts DeAnza in

the 2 p.m. game to round out the tournament.

Murdy’s only jam came in the fifth when a sacrifice fly got one

run across after a one-out, bases-loaded situation.

Ben Hanna’s two-run homer in the eighth highlighted a 12-hit

attack behind Murdy.

Hanna, Kyle Stanley and Chris Bullock had three hits apiece and

combined for nine RBIs, six from Bullock, in the 17-3 laugher. Jeff

Piaskowski slugged a three-run homer in the third inning to make it

5-0.

Jimmy Treece (1-0) allowed two earned runs and three hits while

striking out three in five innings.

Matt O’Brien Memorial Classic

OCC 8, Santa Barbara 1

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000 -- 1 2 2

OCC 000 200 24x

-- 8 12 0

Thompson, Combs (7), Acevedo (8) and Walton; Murdy, J.

Crissman (8) and Grant. W -- Murdy, 1-0. L -- Thompson, 0-1. 2B --

Parker (SB), Easttom (OCC), Stanley (OCC), Mathes (OCC). HR -- Hanna

(OCC).

OCC 17, Mt. San Antonio 3

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-- 17 20 2

Mt. SAC 001 200 000

-- 3 6 3

Treece, Hart (6) and Hicks, Hazen (7); Bustos, Ehert (5)

and Hurd. W -- Treece, 1-0. L -- Bustos, 0-1. 2B -- Caira (MS), Hanna

(OCC), Jackson (OCC). HR -- Piaskowski (OCC).