Pirates salvage road-trip split with 11-5 win over Ventura
| Final | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |
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Orange Coast | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 11 | 3 |
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Ventura | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 2 |
VENTURA -- After a tough start to a four-day road trip, the Orange Coast College baseball team snapped a frustrating two-game skid with a pair of nonconference wins over Santa Barbara (8-6) and Ventura (11-5) last weekend.
OCC (27-7), ranked No. 2 in the state, started the four-game road trip on Wednesday with an 8-7 loss at Oxnard College and followed that up with a 1-0 loss at Santa Barbara on Thursday.
On Friday, Coast again played the Vaqueros and used a pair of runs in the top of the ninth inning to pull out an 8-6 win.
Coast led 6-2 before the Vaqueros (20-14) evened things at six, heading into the final two innings.
In the ninth, the Pirates loaded the bases with nobody out and Luke Hussung drew a run-scoring walk to make it 7-6 and two batters later, Chris Ceballos singled in a run to make it 8-6.
Blair Lewis came in and tossed a scoreless ninth for his third save of the season.
Jacob White went 2-for-5 with three RBI, while Domenic Donato added two hits and two runs.
On Saturday, Coast played at Ventura College and topped the hosts, 11-5. Nolan Powers went 2-for-2 with a home run, one run and three RBI, while Hussung added a double, two runs and two RBI. Coast slugged six doubles in the game and the OCC offense provided plenty of offense for the Pirate pitching staff.
McKinley LeFore improved to 8-0 with the win, allowing four runs (three earned) on seven hits over seven innings.
Coast returns to Orange Empire Conference action on Tuesday at home against Golden West, beginning at 2 p.m.
