Baseball: Pirates stranded in OEC opener

COSTA MESA - The heart of Riverside College’s batting drove a stake

through the heart of Orange Coast in Saturday’s 15-4 Orange Empire

Conference baseball opener.

Antoine Cameron, Wayne Stone and Jason Fransz, the 3-4-5 hitters in the

Tigers’ lineup combined for 10 hits, three home runs, eight runs scored

and 12 RBIs.

The lone home run for the Pirates was a two-run shot off the bat of

sophomore Jason Reuss, his fourth of the season.

Riverside jumped out early, scoring seven runs in the first two innings

before OCC could get on the board.

Eric Wiethorn went 2 for 4 with a run and an RBI for the Pirates (5-7

overall), who left 11 men on base.

OCC continues its OEC play at home against Santa Ana Tuesday at 2 p.m.

ORANGE EMPIRE CONFERENCE

Riverside 15, Orange Coast 4

Riverside 430 302 030 - 15 17 0

Orange Coast 002 000 200 - 4 8 0

Mansfield, Sutton (7), Farmer (9) and Thorburn; Carey, Brown (3), Harris

(6), Canada (8), Greco (9) and Keller. W - Mansfield. L - Carey. 2B -

Rasmussen (R), Stone (R), Cornejo (R), Fransz (R), Havens (OCC). 3B -

Rasmussen (R), Stone (R). HR - Fransz 2 (R), Cameron (R), Reuss (OCC).