Baseball: CdM wins first game

COSTA MESA - Corona del Mar High’s baseball team came back from a

5-1 deficit to defeat Saddleback, 8-6, in the second round of the Newport

Elks Tournament’s consolation bracket Tuesday at Vanguard University. And

all that happened before the fourth inning.

The Roadrunners got five runs in the first two innings, but CdM (1-1)

scored six times in the second to take a 7-5 lead. Catcher Rory McKeever

was the offensive star for the Sea Kings, hitting two doubles in three

at-bats and driving in three runs. Billy Eagle hit two singles for CdM.

After a shaky start, pitcher Cavan Cuyler pitched all seven innings and

picked up the win for the Sea Kings.

“We let them get way out ahead, but our guys immediately stepped up with

the big six-run inning,” CdM Coach John Emme said. “Cavan struggled

early, but he decided to step up.”

NEWPORT ELKS TOURNAMENT

Corona del Mar 8, Saddleback 6

Score by innings

Saddleback 230 010 0 - 6 7 1

Corona del Mar 161 000 0 - 8 9 3

Nelson, Magana (3) and Gonzalez; Cuyler and McKeever. W - Cuyler, 1-0; L

- Nelson, 0-1. 2B - McKeever 2 (CdM), Hockinson (CdM), Loe (CdM),

Gonzalez (S). HR - Romeo (S).