Prep baseball: Mustangs bomb Saddleback

COSTA MESA - Costa Mesa High senior Josh Feldman, who sustained a

season-ending knee injury days before the 2000 opener, started making up

for lost time Friday.

The center fielder and leadoff man belted a pair of home runs and

collected five RBIs to pace the host Mustangs’ 11-0 conquest of Saddleback in the first round of the Foothill-Costa Mesa Tournament.

The win advances Mesa into Tuesday’s championship quarterfinal, when

they will host the winner of Friday’s Santiago-Rancho Alamitos game.

Feldman, who finished 3 for 3 in his varsity debut, was not the only

offensive star for the winners.

Senior Steven Shores, who hit two homers in a standout junior

campaign, nearly matched that total against the Roadrunners. He went 2

for 3 with one homer, a double and two RBIs, but his double was a line

drive off the top of the fence, according to Mesa Coach Kirk

Bauermeister.

Senior Antony Grubisich went 2 for 2 with an RBI to help back a

combined shutout by starter Jeremiah Haubrick and Nick Cabico.

Haubrick, a senior, fanned four, allowed two hits, and did not walk a

batter in three innings to earn the victory.

Cabico struck out two, yielded just one hit, and issued no walks to

finish out the game, which ended after five innings due to the 10-run

mercy rule.

Senior catcher Daniel Hunter doubled, but left the game after being

hit in the face with his own foul tip. Bauermeister said the blow opened

a cut near Hunter’s eye, which began swelling immediately. Bauermeister

said Hunter may need stitches to close the wound.

Foothill-Costa Mesa Tournament

First round

Costa Mesa 11, Saddleback 0 Saddleback 000 00 - 0 3 4

Costa Mesa 072 2x - 11 11 1

Ramos, Valenzuela (4) and Gonzalez; Haubrick, Cabico (4) and Hunter,

Carrasco (4). W - Haubrick, 1-0. L - Ramos, 0-1. 2B - Hunter (CM), Shores

(CM). HR - Feldman (CM) 2, Shores (CM).