Baseball: OCC splits two

COSTA MESA - After a heartbreaking 6-5 loss to College of the

Canyons, the Orange Coast College baseball team rebounded with a 4-3 win

over Treasure Valley in Saturday’s action of the Cy-Coast Classic.

Orange Coast rallied from a 5-1 deficit to tie the game with a four-run

seventh inning, but a solo home run by Steve Lombardi gave Canyons the

lead for good.

Nick Orlandos and Adam Anderson each had two hits and two RBIs for OCC.

In game two, Matt Canada threw seven strong innings for the win, allowing

only four hits and one earned run, while striking out seven.

Drew Parkin collected his third save of the season for the Pirates (4-6),

while Brian Wahlbrink and Jason Reuss each went 2 for 4 with an RBI.

Wahlbrink had a solo home run in both games and turned in several long

catches in center field for OCC.

The Pirates will host Mt. San Antonio College Wednesday at 2 p.m. in a

rematch of last year’s Southern California Regionals.

CY-COAST CLASSIC

Game 1

College of the Canyons 6, Orange Coast 5

Orange Coast 000 001 40 - 5 9 1

Canyons 101 201 1x - 6 10 0

Bostick, Harris (6) and Keller; Redfern, Arredondo (7), Smith (7), Wiley

(8) and Ballew. W - Smith; L - Harris, 0-1; S - Wiley. 2B - Orlandos

(OCC), Mayberry (C), Slimack (C). HR - Wahlbrink (OCC), Lombardi (C),

Ballew (C).

Game 2

Orange Coast 4, Treasure Valley 3

Treasure Valley 100 100 001 - 3 4 1

Orange Coast 200 020 00x - 4 8 3

Leith, Kobuck (7) and Hankey; Canada, Parkin (8) and Murphy. W - Canada,

1-1; L - Leith; S - Parkin (3). 2B - Wahlbrink (OCC), Anderson (OCC),

Reuss (OCC), McCanne (OCC). HR - Wahlbrink (OCC).