Laguna records 9-8 win

Mike Sciacca

In its final nonleague game of the season, the Laguna Beach High

baseball team pick up a stirring victory by rallying past Costa Mesa,

9-8, Tuesday at Skip Carrillo Field.

The visiting Mustangs had built an 8-3 lead after 4 1/2 innings,

only to see Laguna rally for five runs in the bottom of the fifth

inning to tie the score.

A Calvin Mead single and a Jeff Bolar double was followed by a

two-run double by Garrett Rauch.

Ryan Landry followed with a single, which moved Rauch to third

base, and then Noah Brewster once again made his presence felt by

hitting a game-tying, three-run home run over the fence in

left-center field.

Jason Wahler came in to pitch the sixth and put Costa Mesa down in

order.

In the bottom of the sixth, Jody Steven led off with a pinch hit

double down the right field line. Sean Pfendler came in to pinch run

and was sacrificed to third on a bunt by Sam Luna. Calvin Mead then

came up a hit a single to right-center, driving in the winning run.

Kevin Kelly came in to pitch the seventh and put Costa Mesa down

in order to pick up the save for Laguna, which improved to 4-2.

The Breakers scored there first run in the bottom of the first

inning when Ryan Landry, a transfer from Tesoro, started off his

Laguna career with a home run over the left-center field fence.

Landry had been with the team since the beginning of the season,

but wasn’t eligible to play until his transfer was reviewed by the

CIF-Southern Section office.

After dropping its Pacific Coast League opener to visiting Tesoro,

10-6, Laguna came back Monday to down league rival Calvary Chapel,

4-3, at Vanguard University.

Jason Wahler made his first start for the Breakers and pitched

three strong innings to record the victory.

Laguna lead off the game scoring with a run in the first inning,

as Jeff Bolar had a lead-off single, moved to second on a stolen base

and scored on Landry’s RBI singl.

In the third inning, Laguna struck for three more runs, each

coming on a two-out rally.

Rauch started the rally with a single, stole second and moved to

third on a single by Landry, Brewster followed with a double up the

gap to drive in both Rauch and Landry, and Wahler singled to

right-center field to score Brewster.

Mead came in the relieve Wahler in the forth, and Bolar came on in

relief in relief in the seventh.

Calvary closed to gap to 4-3 but with one out and the bases

loaded, Bolar induced an infield grounder, which Landry and Michael

Selevan teamed up for to complete a double play to en the game.

Laguna hosts defending league champion Corona del Mar today at

3:15 p.m.

In boys’ volleyball, Laguna dropped a nonleague match to host San

Clemente, 25-21, 25-22, 25-12, Tuesday.

The Breakers were coming off a 13th-place finish at the 32nd

annual Orange County Championships, which were played last weekend at

Marina and Edison highs.

In the tournament, Laguna defeated Dana Hills, 25-21, 21-25,

15-11.

Luke Morris led the Breakers with 11 kills and Clark Olson had 29

set assists.