Baseball: Pirates’ woes continue

SANTA ANA - The Orange Coast College baseball team had a golden

opportunity to jump right back into the Orange Empire Conference playoff

picture when last-place Irvine Valley stunned fourth-place Cypress, 7-2,

Tuesday.

But the fifth-place Bucs could not take advantage of the gift and fell

to host Santa Ana, 6-0.

OCC managed only two hits against the conference-leading Dons (32-9,

19-4 in conference). A win would have moved the Pirates to within a game

of the Chargers with one conference game remaining.

OCC (23-16, 11-12) will host Irvine Valley Thursday at 2.

ORANGE EMPIRE CONFERENCE

Santa Ana 6, Orange Coast 0

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Santa Ana 021 020 10x - 6 9 0

Williams, Erickson (3), Clanton (5) and Murphy; Wagoner and Gerlach. W

- Wagoner, 6-1. L - Williams, 2-3. 2B - Fischer (SA). HR - Fischer (SA),

Breen (SA).