Pirates come up short, 10-9

MISSION VIEJO -- Orange Coast College saw leads of 2-1, 3-2 and 7-6

slip away, then had a ninth-inning rally fall just short in a 10-9

Orange Empire Conference-opening baseball loss Friday at Saddleback.

The Pirates (8-5-1) had big offensive days from Ryan Mathes, Jared

Carchio and Ben Hanna, but could not overcome the Gauchos, who scored

four in the seventh to take a 10-7 lead, then held on, stranding the

tying and go-ahead run on base in OCC’s two-run ninth.

Mathes, a sophomore left-fielder had five RBIs, including a

three-run homer in the fifth and an RBI single in the ninth.

Carchio, a freshman third baseman, went 3 for 5 with a double and

a two-run homer, while Hanna, a freshman second baseman, was 3 for 5

and scored three times.

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Orange Empire Conference

Saddleback 10, OCC 9

Score by Innings

OCC 021 040 002 -- 9 13 1

Sad 110 400 40x -- 10 11 2

Allen, Treece (7), Farias (7) and

Hicks; Kuccra, Pherrin (5), Sandoval

(6) and Johnson. W -- Sandoval. L --

Treece, 1-2. 2B -- Hanna (OCC), Carchio

(OCC), McConnell (S). 3B -- Struble

(S). HR -- Mathes (OCC), Carchio (OCC),

Craig (S)

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