Pirates bounce back with solid win over Vikings
| Final | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |
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Orange Coast | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 12 | 16 | 2 |
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Long Beach | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 0 |
LONG BEACH -- The Orange Coast College baseball team quickly shook off a minor hitting slump in a big way, topping host Long Beach, 12-5, on Thursday, in a nonconference matchup.
The win for the Pirates (11-2) caps off a three-game, away-home-away sweep over the Vikings (5-5), outscoring LBCC 30-7 along the way.
The biggest producer for Coast against Long Beach has been sophomore Travis Moniot, who continued his onslaught on the Vikings' pitchers by going 2-for-6 with a triple and three RBI. The University of Arizona-bound shortstop went a combined 7-for-13 with three doubles, a triple, two home runs, five runs and eight RBI against LBCC this season.
Daniel Hawkins went 2-for-3, including a home run and three RBI, Nolan Powers added a double, two singles, two runs and an RBI and Chris Ceballos slugged a home run and went 2-for-4 with a run and two RBI.
The 16-hit attack included seven extra-base hits for the Pirates, which paved the way for Kyle Robeniol to collect his third win of the season without a loss. The sophomore lefty allowed four runs (two earned) on five hits with four strikeouts over five innings. Doug Magee pitched a stellar three shutout innings of relief, allowing two hits, no walks and two strikeouts.
Coast flexed its muscles early on as a solo home run by Hawkins and a two-run shot by Ceballos put the Pirates in front, 3-0, in the top of the second.
Long Beach made it 3-2 before Moniot's three-run triple to right-center extended Coast's lead to 6-2.
It stayed a four-run lead for Coast (8-4) until the ninth, when the Pirates broke it open with four more runs, highlighted by an RBI-double by Walker Keller and an RBI-double by Domenic Donato.
The Pirates will return to Wendell Pickens Field on Saturday as they host College of the Canyons, beginning at 12 p.m.
