Prep baseball: Mustangs defeat Saddleback

COSTA MESA - Josh Little launched his first homer of the season,

Galen Fajardo drove in three runs and Carlos Franco closed out his fifth

save to pace the Costa Mesa High baseball team to a 7-4 nonleague win

over visiting Saddleback Tuesday.

Jeremiah Haubrick also pitched two scoreless innings to post his fourth

win in five decisions as Coach Kirk Bauermeister’s Mustangs improved to

9-12-1.

Little, who had four homers en route to All-Newport-Mesa District honors

last spring, led off the fourth with a bomb over the left-field fence to

give the Mustangs a 4-3 lead.

Daniel Hunter and Antony Grubisich singled and Fajardo lifted a sacrifice

fly to produce the second run of the inning and build an insurmountable

lead.

Franco, a junior, went 3 for 4 and sophomore shortstop Mike McGuire went

2 for 2 with two walks and two RBIs.

Costa Mesa 7, Saddleback 4

Saddleback 300 010 0 - 4 8 3

Costa Mesa 012 202 x - 7 14 3

Guzman, Martinez (3), Ramos (5) and Gonzalez; Stevens, Haubrick (3),

Cabico (5), Franco (7) and Fajardo. W - Haubrick, 4-1. L - Martinez. Sv -

Franco. 2B - Guzman (S), Halverson (CM). 3B - Romeo (S). HR - Little

(CM).