Prep baseball: Newport falls, 11-4

Newport Harbor High Coach Joel Desguin said his team’s failure to

pick up ground balls became the Sailors’ demise in an 11-4 loss to Santa

Ana in a quarterfinal of the Newport Elks Tournament Saturday at Newport.

“We had two physical errors in one inning,” Desguin said of the

Sailors’ first loss of the season. “Both of the errors could have been

double plays. When you give a team six or eight outs an inning that’s

what’s going to happen.”

Tars sophomore Mike McLean, who played second base and shortstop, went

2 for 3 and scored three runs.

Newport (1-1) will face the loser of Pacifica-Orange Lutheran game,

Tuesday at 3:15 p.m.

NEWPORT ELKS TOURNAMENT

Quarterfinal (Costa Mesa bracket)

Santa Ana 11, Newport Harbor 4

Santa Ana 209 000 000 - 11 12 4

Newport Harbor 300 000 100 - 4 6 3

Buenrostro, Taffolla (7) and Gomez; Rowe, Pemstein (3), Forsythe (6)

and Pemstein, Moore (3), Pemstein (6).

W - Buenrostro. L - Rowe, 0-1. 2B - Pedroza (SA) 2.