CdM pitchers maintain roll

Corona del Mar High junior Ben Maggard personified mound efficiency

Saturday, throwing just 63 pitches in a complete-game shutout to key

a 5-0 victory in a consolation game of the Newport Elks tournament

Saturday at CdM.

Maggard threw 47 strikes and started 21of 30 hitters off with a

strike in a game Sea Kings Coach John Emme said lasted only 80

minutes.

Maggard’s mastery helped extend the team’s shutout streak to 14

innings and Corona del Mar hurlers have allowed just one run in 24

innings, heading into Tuesday’s nonleague Battle of the Bay showdown

with visiting Newport Harbor.

Jake Lemmerman singled in a run to open the scoring and Andy

Frenkiel drove in two more with a single to stake Maggard to a 3-0

lead in the third.

R.J. Duernberger and Tyler Ray had RBI singles in the fourth for

the Sea Kings (3-2).

Lemmerman, Duernberger and Mitch Folks all went 2 for 3 for the

winners.

Newport Elks tournament

Consolation

Corona del Mar 5,

Sunny Hills 0

Score by Innings

*--*

SH 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 6 0

CdM 0 0 3 2 0 0 x - 5 9 2

*--*

Allec, Bergen (5) and Pearson; Maggard and Williamson. W- Maggard,

1-1. L -- Allec. 2B -- Rosen (CdM), Folks (CdM).

Sage blanks Vikings

* The Sage Hill School baseball team defeated St. Bernard, 2-0,

Saturday in a consolation game of the Newport Elks tournament at Sage

Hill.

The Lightning, who improve to 2-3, scored both runs in the first

inning. Junior Zach Milder scored from third when a Sage player got

caught in a rundown between first and second base.

Senior Matt Loper put Sage Hill up, 2-0, when he singled, stole

second, stole third and came home when the throw to third went into

the outfield.

Senior pitcher David Packard allowed one hit in five innings for

the win and sophomore Danny Hurst pitched two scoreless innings for

the save.

The Lightning play at Oxford Friday at 3:15 p.m. in the Academy

League opener.

Newport Elks tournament

Consolation

Sage Hill 2,

St. Bernard 0

Score by Innings

*--*

SB 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 1 4

Sage 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 2 3 1

*--*

Bailey, Mendoza (4), Zirbol (6) and Walker; Packard, Hurst (6) and

Kornswiet. W -- Packard, 1-1. L -- Bailey. Sv -- Hurst (1).

OCC win Clear-cut

* Sophomore right-hander Ryan Clear threw six strong innings to

improve to 5-0 and help Orange Coast College earn an 8-5 victory over

Orange Empire Conference host Irvine Valley Saturday.

It was the fourth win in a row, all against conference competition

for Coach John Altobelli’s Pirates, who improved to 10-7, 4-1 in

conference.

After the visitors scored once in the first, freshman Stephen

Schneider staked Clear to a bigger lead by belting a grand slam to

left field in the third.

The rally began with two out, before Robbie Blauer and Josh Banda

singled and Luke Beck was hit by a pitch to set the stage for

Schneider.

Schneider was walked intentionally to load the bases in the

seventh and Ricky Stokes followed with a two-run single to spark a

three-run rally.

Orange Empire Conference

Orange Coast 8,

Irvine Valley 5

Score by Innings

*--*

OCC 1 0 4 0 0 0 3 0 0 - 8 14 0

IVC 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 2 0 - 5 12 0

*--*

Clear, Haderlein (7), Johns (9) and Banda; Sarrof, Garcia (7) and

Mier. W -- Clear, 5-0. L-- Sarrof. Sv -- Johns (1). 2B -- Gutierriz

(IVC), Latino (IVC), Banda (OCC). HR -- Schneider (OCC).

Anteaters blow lead

*UC Irvine gave up nine runs in the bottom of the sixth, losing to

No. 21-ranked Texas Tech, 14-10, Saturday in the second game of the

the Public Storage/USC Baseball Classic.

UCI, which falls to 10-8, held a six-run lead through five

innings, but then committed three errors and gave up nine hits,

including four doubles, as 15 batters came to the plate for the Red

Raiders (15-4).

With one out in the inning, Texas Tech’s Cooper Fouts reached on

an error and then advanced to second on an error. Cameron Blair’s

single scored one run and a fielding error plated another.

The Red Raiders then followed with six consecutive hits and used

four doubles to take a 12-9 lead.

Senior pitcher Michael Koehler was hit with the loss, falling to

1-3 on the season after giving up four runs (one earned) in

two-thirds of an inning. UCI starter Justin Cassel gave the team a

strong performance, holding Texas Tech to just three runs in five

innings while striking out seven.

Offensively, UCI was led by third baseman Matt Anderson, who was 2

for 4 with two doubles and three RBIs, while outfielder Danny

Miramontes wad 3 for 6 with an RBI and three runs scored. Designated

hitter Danny McCarthy also had three hits for UCI.

Public Storage Classic

Texas Tech 14,

UC Irvine 10

Score by Innings

*--*

UCI 2 2 1 0 4 0 0 1 0 - 10 13 4

Texas T. 0 1 0 0 2 9 0 2 x - 14 22 4

*--*

Cassel, Robertson (6), Koehler (6), Rhymes (6), Nakashima and

Wagner; Gattis, Hargrove (2), Butler (5), Fry (7), McElroy (9). W --

Butler, 3-0. L -- Koehler, 1-3. Anderson (UCI) 2, Avants (TT), Capps

(TT), Williams (TT), Callender (TT). 3B -- Stewart (UCI). HR --

Williams (TT).

Azusa sweeps Lions

* The Vanguard University baseball team s dropped both games of a

doubleheader at Azusa Pacific Saturday in Golden State Athletic

Conference action.

The Lions lost the first game, 5-1, and fell, 2-0, in the second

contest.

Vanguard, which falls to 9-12, 5-7 in conference, was limited to

seven combined hits Saturday.

The Cougars (12-7, 7-2) had 18 hits in the two games.

Coba Canales went 4 for 7 Saturday with one RBI and one run scored

for Azusa Pacific (12-7, 7-2).

Vanguard plays host to the Illinois Institute of Technology Monday

at 1 p.m.

Golden State

Athletic Conference

Game 1

Azusa Pacific 5,

Vanguard 1

Score by Innings

*--*

VU 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 1 5 3

APU 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 2 x - 5 11 2

*--*

Merz, Franco (8) and Grant; Pettikas, Stricklan (8) and Vogt. W --

Pettikas, 3-3. L -- Merz, 1-3. Sv -- Strickland (1). 2B -- Candelaria

(V), Morrison (AP), Sisk (APU)

.

Game 2

Azusa Pacific 2,

Vanguard 0

Score by Innings

*--*

VU 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 2 0

APU 1 0 1 0 0 0 x - 2 7 1

*--*

Guernsey and Westerfeld; Sisk and Vogt. W -- Sisk, 2-0. L --

Guernsey, 2-3