CdM rolls, 3-1

CORONA DEL MAR - Sophomore Nick Rhodes struck out six and walked

one in styming visiting Tustin in the Foothill/Costa Mesa baseball

tournament Saturday, giving the Sea Kings fifth place in the “Foothill”

side of the tourney with the 3-1 decision.

Rhodes didn’t allow an earned run, keeping his ERA at 0.00 through two

games for CdM, which improved to 2-2.

Corona del Mar got all it would need for Rhodes in the third inning

when Jason Savopolus drew a walk and advanced on Billy Eagle’s double to

center, setting the stage for a pair of run-scoring deep outs by Keith

Long and Dave Knecht, as well as Andrew John’s RBI single.

Johns and Eagle were each 3 for 3 against Tustin pitching.

The Sea Kings return to action in a nonleague game against invading

Redondo Wednesday at 3:15. They’ll finish out their “round-robin”

adventure in the tournament on March 26 at Garden Grove.

COSTA MESA-FOOTHILL TOURNAMENT

Fifth-place, round-robin

Corona del Mar 3, Tustin 1

Tustin 000 000 1 - 1 5 3

Corona del Mar 003 000 x - 3 10 2

Stuck, Conejo (5) and Ochoa; Rhodes and McKeever. W - Rhodes, 2-0. L -

Stuck, 0-1. 2B - Eagle (CdM), Johns (CdM), De La Riva (T).