Baseball: Irvine tops Newport, 8-3

NEWPORT BEACH - Chris Lewis and Dan Beuchat hit home runs and

senior right-hander Aaron Rippo won on the mound as visiting Irvine High

defeated Newport Harbor, 8-3, in a Sea View League baseball game Monday.

The Vaqueros (16-6, 9-4 in league), who host Aliso Niguel in a

showdown for the league title Wednesday, scored three runs in the first

inning and three more in the third as the Sailors (7-14-1, 2-11) trailed the whole way.

Garrett Brant and Cameron Pemstein had extra-base hits for the Tars,

while right-hander Chris Ward pitched six innings and yielding only two

walks.

Harbor outhit Irvine, 11-10, but the Vaqueros enjoyed the timely hits,

highlighted by Beuchat’s two-run single in the third. Beuchat hit a solo

homer in the first. Lewis was 3 for 4 with three runs scored and a solo

home run.

Rippo, 3-1, struck out three and walked one in five innings, giving up

seven hits.

Newport Harbor plays at Laguna Hills Wednesday.

SEA VIEW LEAGUE

Irvine 8, Newport Harbor 3

Irvine 303 011 0 - 8 10 1

Newport Harbor 110 001 0 - 3 11 1

Rippo, Egan (6) and de Vries; Ward, Forsythe (7) and Brant. W - Rippo,

3-1. L - Ward. 2B - Lewis (I), Brant (NH), Pemstein (NH). HR - Lewis (I),

Beuchat (I).