Baseball: Pirates must now wait

COSTA MESA - The Orange Coast College baseball team must hope for

an at-large playoff bid following Friday’s 10-2 Orange Empire Conference

win over visiting Irvine Valley.

The Pirates (24-16, 12-12 in conference) finished fifth in the OEC,

but only the top four teams get an automatic bid. A playoff seeding

meeting will take place Monday to determine the Bucs’ fate.

Newport Harbor High product Scott Beerer pitched seven strong innings

to earn the win and improve to 5-2. He struck out 10 and walked only one.

Offensively, Chris Sinner went 1 for 3, including a three-run double

to lead the Pirates. Beerer and Jake Garcia had two hits each.

ORANGE EMPIRE CONFERENCE

Orange Coast 10, Irvine Valley 2

Irvine Valley 000 100 100 - 2 6 3

Orange Coast 100 512 01x - 10 10 1

Hemerick, Sanchez (4), Cadieux (5), Zernick (6), Rider (9) and

Whitson, McSparran (8); Beerer, Hedgpeth (8) and Murphy, Cotton (9). W -

Beerer, 5-2. L - Sanchez, 0-2. 2B - Derham (IVC), Sinner (OCC), Beerer

(OCC), Garcia (OCC).