COLLEGE ROUNDUP : Cal Lutheran Notches 30th Victory

The Cal Lutheran baseball team was held to only one extra-base hit and two earned runs in a nonconference game at The Master’s on Tuesday, but the Kingsmen took advantage of four errors to come away with a 6-4 victory.

Cal Lutheran (30-2) has posted at least 30 victories four years in a row under Coach Rich Hill, who has compiled a record of 149-65 in five seasons.

The Kingsmen scored two runs in the seventh to break a 4-4 tie.

Eric Johnson singled to start the inning and went to second on Darrell McMillin’s single. Johnson was thrown out at third on Pete Martin’s bunt, but McMillin scored on Jim Fifer’s double down the left-field line, Martin taking third. Martin scored when Joe Cascione hit a hard groundout to shortstop.

Trailing, 1-0, Cal Lutheran scored four unearned runs in the third.

Jason Wilcox singled to start the inning, but Jay Lucas followed with an apparent double-play ball to second baseman E.J. Pape, who mishandled it. Johnson singled home Wilcox, and McMillin singled home Lucas. The runners went to second and third when left fielder Tony MacCaughtry overran the ball hit by McMillin.

Bob Farber followed with a grounder to third baseman Darin Brebes, but Brebes threw the ball away at first, allowing Johnson to score and McMillin to take third. Fifer followed with a sacrifice fly to center field.

McMillin was five for five, scored two runs, and drove in another for Cal Lutheran.

Brebes was three for four with two doubles for The Master’s (14-23).

In other baseball games:

Mission 7, L.A. City 3--Jose Gallego’s three-run double in the fifth gave Mission (14-15-1, 7-7) a 3-2 lead in a Southern California Conference game at Valley College. Gallego added a run-scoring single in the seventh to pad Mission’s lead and Roy Lozano had a two-run single in the eighth.

Freshman right-hander James Encinas (3-5) pitched 7 1/3 innings, allowed one earned run on three hits. He struck out three and walked three.

Long Beach City 18, Valley 2--Host Long Beach City pounded out 14 hits and took advantage of four errors to win a nonleague game.

Valley scored in the fourth to cut the lead to 2-1. With two out, Tim Weir tripled and scored on Arnold Settles’ single. But Long Beach City scored three in the fifth and 13 in the sixth.

SOFTBALL

Moorpark 3, Antelope Valley 2--Gina Skinner was two for three for Moorpark (26-10) in a nonconference game at Antelope Valley.

With Moorpark trailing, 2-1, in the seventh, Tausha Pico’s two-out, run-scoring single gave Moorpark the lead for good. Right-hander Kathi Morales (9-3) allowed one earned run, struck out five and walked one.

MEN’S TENNIS

Pierce 8, Santa Monica 1--The visiting Brahmas (18-1, 15-1) swept the singles in their final Western State Conference match.

Kasper Nielsen and Vanja Nadali won the Nos. 1 and 2 singles matches for Pierce. It was Nadali’s 18th consecutive victory.

Glendale 8, Ventura 2--Sophomore Ashot Symbatean (15-0) and freshman Brian Wildason (16-0) finished the regular season undefeated as Glendale (12-4) wrapped up third place in the WSC.