Community college baseball: Pirates hammer East L.A., 21-4

EL CAJON - The Orange Coast College baseball team were tied, 1-1,

with East Los Angeles after three innings, but OCC outscored the Huskies,

20-3, the rest of the way for a 21-4 win in the Apache Classic at

Southwestern College Saturday.

The game was called after eight innings because of time limit

restrictions, but the Pirates (5-1) completed enough damage in the fourth

inning with nine runs.

OCC sophomore Scott Beerer went 3 for 4 with a walk, a sacrifice fly

and three RBIs, while sophomore Jeremy Lahmann belted a two-run home run

in the fourth inning and another two-run shot in the sixth.

Pirates sophomore righthander Matt Clanton recorded eight strikeouts

in six innings of work.

OCC wraps up Apache Classic action today with a doubleheader, facing

San Diego Mesa at 10 a.m. and Southwestern at 2 p.m.

APACHE CLASSIC

Orange Coast 21, East Los Angeles 4

Orange Coast 001 934 04x - 21 23 1

East L.A. 100 200 10x - 4 2 7

Clanton, Southerland (7), Treece (8) and Cotton, Purcha (7); Sims,

Lopez (3), Sergio (6) and Sarina.

W - Clanton, 2-0. L - Sims. 2B - Beerer (OCC) 2, Murphy (OCC), Stanley

(OCC), Marcos (OCC), Villasenor (ELA). 3B- Garcia (OCC) 2, Murphy (OCC).

HR - Lahmann (OCC) 2, Hedgpeth, Figueroa (ELA).