Pirates trampled by Santa Ana, 14-1

The Orange Coast College baseball team trailed, 10-1, after two

innings, and went on to lose, 14-1, to Orange Empire Conference host

Santa Ana Thursday.

Santa Ana (19-8, 8-4 in the OEC) scored six runs in the second

inning, which featured a grand slam by Kenny Lane, whose home run

blast traveled 385 feet over the left field wall. That gave the Dons

the 10-1 lead.

OCC (12-12-1, 4-8) went scoreless through the final eight innings

and finished with six hits. The Pirates also committed five errors.

OCC starter Kyle Allen struggled through 1 1/3 innings of work. He

gave up five hits and walked four. Tyler Schaffer led the Pirates’

offense with a 2-for-2 performance.

Santa Ana has now scored nine or more runs in the 16 of its 26

games this season.

The two teams will play again on Saturday at noon at OCC. The Dons

have won the first two games between the teams by a combined score of

28-7.

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Orange Empire Conference

Santa Ana 14, Orange Coast 1

Score by Innings

OCC 100 000 000 -- 1 6 5

Santa Ana 461 010 20x -- 14 11 0

Allen, Farias (2), Jackson (8) and

Grant; Tundis, Arnold (9) and Zerega,

Capon (7). W -- Tudins, 4-3. L --

Allen, 3-3. 2B -- Benoit (OCC), Easttom

(OCC), Padilla (SA). 3B -- Flowers

(SA). HR -- Lane (SA), Restrepo (SA)

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