Community college baseball: Pirates edged by Riverside

RIVERSIDE - The Orange Coast College baseball team suffered a

letdown in the fourth inning that it could not overcome, which led to a

4-2 Orange Empire Conference loss to defending state champion Riverside,

at the Tigers’ field Thursday.

The Pirates (13-5, 2-3 in the OEC) committed an error in the fourth

inning and could not turn a routine double play that led to Riverside’s

first run of four in that frame.

Coast, an OEC preseason favorite which has lost two in a row, will

return to conference action today at noon at Santa Ana.

ORANGE EMPIRE CONFERENCE

Riverside 4, Orange Coast 2

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Riverside 000 400 00x - 4 7 2

Chavez and Robles; Azze, Pinney (6), Allen (7) and Hanson.

W - Chavez. L - Azze, 4-1. 2B - Hedgpeth (OCC), Ride (R), Hilt (R),

Robles (R).