CdM advances

Corona del Mar advanced to the quarterfinals of the CIF Southern

Section Division IV baseball playoffs with a 6-4 victory over host

Apple Valley Tuesday.

In what Coach John Emme called, “very windy, very tough

conditions,” Josh Bradbury belted his 11th home run of season to lead

off a four-run third inning after the Sun Devils took an early 2-0

advantage in the first inning. Barrett Sprowl followed Bradbury with

a single and Wess Presson doubled, sending Sprowl to third base.

Tyler Lance plated both runners with a double to give the Sea Kings

the lead. He later scored in the inning.

Bradbury was 2 for 3 with a double, home run and RBI. Lance went 2

for 3 with three RBIs. Sprowl was 2 for 5. Ben Maggard scattered

seven hits through five innings to earn his third win of the year and

Blake Eadington pitched a solid sixth to set up Blake Contant, who

picked up his fourth save.

The Sea Kings (22-5) are on a 14-game win streak and host San

Dimas at 3:15 p.m. Friday.

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CIF Division IV

Second round Corona del Mar 6, Apple

Valley 4

Score by Innings

CdM 004 200 0 -- 6 12 2

A Valley 200 110 0 -- 4 8 0

Maggard, Eadington (6), Contant (7) and

Kelly; Rourke, Dumont (4) and Chilton. W

-- Maggard, 3-0. L -- Rourke. 2B -- Dumont

(AV), Bradbury (CdM), Presson (CdM), Lance

(CdM). HR -- Bradbury (CdM).

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UCI’s Erickson honored

* BASEBALL: Reliever Blair Erickson of UC Irvine was named Big

West Conference Freshman Pitcher of the Year, headlining a list of

four Anteaters honored this season on the Big West teams.

Erickson and junior pitcher Brett Smith were first-team choices.

UCI outfielder Jordan Szabo was voted to the second team and third

baseman Matt Anderson was an honorable mention.