Streak snapped at 9

COSTA MESA - Orange Coast ran off an 11-1 rout of College of the

Canyons Saturday in community college baseball, but a 4-3 loss to

Treasure Valley in the second of two Cy-Coast Tournament games was the

eye-opener, snapping a nine-game winning streak for the Pirates.

Coach John Altobelli’s munch-machine chewed up College of the Canyons,

in a time-shortened eight-inning game that was highlighted by 16 base

hits from the Pirates, with every starter getting at least one hit.

Catcher Brian Murphy was 3 for 4 with two doubles and four RBIs,

upping his average to .600. Ryan Marcos had a double and three walks,

driving in four to improve his RBI total to 22.

Starter Scott Beerer went three innings without giving up a hit,

striking out two, and kept his ERA at 0.00.

Eric Foxman took over the next three innings, gave up one run and

struck out five to earn the win, his first of the year.

The Chukars (1-2) of Treasure Valley, however, turned the day inside

out, striking for a run in the first inning and adding three more in the

second, then held on for the victory.

Treasure Valley scored in the first by way of three walks and a

hit-batter.

Two of three runs in the second inning were unearned, but Eric

Flagel’s 71/3 iunnings of scoreless relief, allowing just two hits,

striking out 10 and walking none, went for naught.

Coast scored a run in the fourth inning on Scott Beerer’s two-out,

two-run double.

The Pirates cut it to 4-3 in the seventh, and had two on with none out

in the ninth, but the next three batters went down swinging against

reliever Billy Gortrell. Aaron Mackenzie went 72/3 innings and earned the

victory.

Coast is back in action today at 11 a.m., taking on College of the

Sequoias in the final game of the tournament.

Game 1

Orange Coast 11, College of the Canyons 1

Orange Coast 122 050 10 - 11 16 0 College of Canyons 000 100 00 - 1 3 1

Beerer, Foxman (4), Estrada (7) and Murphy; Daily, Babin (5), Dixon

(8) and Peterson. W - Foxman, 1-0. L - Daily, 0-2. 2B - Marcos (OCC),

Trimble (OCC), Murphy (OCC) 2.

Game 2

Treasure Valley 4, Orange Coast 3

Treasure Valley 130 000 000 - 4 4 1

Orange Coast 000 100 020 - 3 6 3

Mackenzie, Gorrell (8) and Swanson; Tucker, Flagel (2) and Cotton. W -

Mackenzie, 1-0. L - Tucker, 0-1. S - Gorrell (1). 2B - Sogabe (TV), Skeen

(TV), Beerer (OCC), Marcos (OCC). 3B - Beerer (OCC).