Community college baseball: Bucs nip and coast

COSTA MESA - The Orange Coast College baseball team showed two ways

of winning Saturday, posting a close 6-5 victory over Eastern Utah and

then a big 22-0 triumph over DeAnza in the conclusion of the Matt O’Brien

Tournament at OCC.

OCC sophomore pitcher Matt Clanton struck out 13 in seven innings. The

Pirates (3-0) allowed four runs in the ninth inning, but held on for the

win to open their doubleheader.

OCC then used a 10-run fourth inning to blast DeAnza. Freshman Donnie

Murphy took charge with a sparkling performance, batting 4 for 5 with

five runs scored and seven RBIs. He hammered a grand slam in the Pirates’

six-run fifth inning and nailed a solo home run in the seventh inning.

Sophomore Ryan Marcos went 5 for 5, with 5 runs scored and 5 RBIs, and

smacked a three-run home run in OCC’s four-run first inning.

OCC sophomores Jake Garcia (3 for 4), Scott Beerer (2 for 4), Ryan

Hanson (2 for 3 with three runs scored) and Glenn Hedgpeth (2 for 3 three

runs scored) also contributed in the win. Freshman Greg Benoit also

helped out with a home run.

On the mound, Beerer gave up one hit in five innings pitched and was

pulled because of the Pirates’ large margin.

OCC returns to action Tuesday at Long Beach CC, playing at 2 p.m.

MATT O’BRIEN MEMORIAL TOURNAMENT

Orange Coast 6, Eastern Utah 5

Eastern Utah 000 001 000 4 - 5 3 3

Orange Coast 010 201 020 x - 6 6 0

Jenkas, Clayton (4), Harris (5), Tuttle (7) and Larsen; Clanton,

Williams (8) and Cotton.

W - Clanton. L - Jenkas. 2B - Stoker (EU), Larsen (EU), Murphy (OCC).

Orange Coast 22, DeAnza 0

DeAnza 000 000 000 0 - 0 2 2

Orange Coast 400 1060 011 x - 22 22 0

Lamont, Smith (4), Hank (5), Bob (7), Sam (8) and DeMarco; Beerer,

Treece (6), Lambert (8), Southerland (9) and Hansen, Purcha (6).

W - Beerer. L - Lamont. 2B - Hansen (OCC), Murphy (OCC), Marcos (OCC).

HR - Murphy (OCC) 2, Marcos (OCC), Benoit (OCC).