Pacifica puts Tars away, 3-2

Newport Harbor High baseball team is anxiously awaiting the chance at

a different opponent Thursday after losing to Pacifica, 3-2, for the

third time in four days in the Costa Mesa bracket quarterfinals of

the Newport Elks Tournament Tuesday at Newport Harbor.

Two unearned runs, including the decisive tally in the sixth,

helped the Mariners advance to meet Corona del Mar in Thursday’s

semifinals.

Newport, which lost, 10-2 and 16-0, to the Mariners in a nonleague

doubleheader Saturday, had runners at first and second in the

seventh, but a two-out line drive by R.J. Muller was stabbed by a

leaping second baseman to end the threat.

Newport starter Ryan Torrey pitched five strong innings, while

junior Karo Makserjian paced the Sailors’ six hit attack by going 2

for 3, including a two-run third-inning single to drive in Dave and

Matt Erickson.

The Sailors (1-3) host Garden Grove in a fifth-place semifinal

Thursday at 3 p.m.

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Newport Elks Tournament

Quarterfinal Pacifica 3, Newport Harbor 2

Score by Innings

Pacifica 101 001 0 -- 3 7 1

Newport Harbor 002 000 0 -- 2 6 3

Estrada, Castrey (6) and Tompkins; Torrey,

Heenan (6) and Sanchez. W -- Estrada. L --

Heenan, 0-1. Sv -- Castrey. 2B -- Bernard

(P), Connor (P)

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