Community college baseball: Pirates come up big

Glen Hedgpeth hit a grand slam in the fourth inning to highlight

Orange Coast College’s 20-3 win over host Fullerton in an Orange Empire

Conference baseball game Thursday.

Jeremy Lahmann sparked the offense with a three-run homer in the

second inning and Chris Sinner went 2 for 5 with two RBIs for OCC (17-6,

5-5). Pirates’ starter Matt Clanton struck out seven in six innings.

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ORANGE EMPIRE CONFERENCE

Orange Coast 20, Fullerton 3

Orange Coast 470 420 003 - 20 19 1

Fullerton 100 002 000 - 3 7 2

Clanton, Sutherland (7), Murdy (9) and Hanson, Cotton (7), Purcha (9);

Burleson, Schmidt (2), Ouni (3), Gonzalez (4), Sewell (4), Bigsby (4),

Sarmiento (7) and Morales. W - Clanton (5-2). L - Burleson. 2B - Sinner

(OCC), Stiltz (OCC), Marcos (OCC), Hendrikson (F). HR - Lahmann (OCC),

Hedgpeth (OCC).