Community college baseball: Pirates humbled at home

COSTA MESA - The Orange Coast College baseball team lost just its

second game this season after a 12-7 nonconference setback to visiting

Palomar Wednesday.

The Pirates (10-2), ranked No. 6 in the state’s preseason poll, were

done in by Palomar’s nine-run fifth inning. OCC sophomore Scott Beerer

went 3 for 5, including two doubles, with three RBIs.

Coast Coach John Altobelli said the Pirates’ relief pitching “didn’t

get the job done,” and that was the difference.

The loss ended nonconference play for the Pirates. They will open the

Orange Empire Conference season Saturday at noon, playing at Mt. San

Antonio.

NONCONFERENCE

Palomar 12, Orange Coast 7

Palomar 000 190 020 - 12 10 1

Orange Coast 002 010 300 - 7 11 1

Engle, Ponky (7), Tubby (7) and Moore; Beerer, Murdy (4), Williams

(4), Clanton (8) and Hanson, Cotton (9).

W - Engle. L - Beerer, 2-1.

2B - Schmidt (P) 2, Salquet (P), Moore (P), Beerer (OCC) 2, Benoit

(OCC).