Orange County Prep Baseball : Dana Hills Edges Capistrano Valley in Ninth

Jay Hollis’ single to right field with two outs in the ninth inning Thursday scored Todd Rochford from second base to give Dana Hills High School a 1-0 victory over Capistrano Valley in a South Coast League game at Dana Hills.

Rochford singled to right field with one out and advanced to second on Craig Lombardi’s sacrifice bunt. Greg Erickson was intentionally walked, and Hollis then hit a 3-2 pitch to right fielder Tommy Adams, who fielded the single and threw to catcher Mike Haywood. Rochford, however, slid in just before the tag.

It was the first league loss for the Cougars (6-1, 11-2 overall), ranked second in this week’s Orange County Sportswriters Assn. poll. Dana Hills is 4-3 and 8-6.

Senior right-hander Bryan Hatch, who had gone 49 innings without issuing a walk this season before walking Bill Bardens in the fifth inning, went the distance on a six-hitter to improve to 4-2. Capistrano Valley’s Brett Snyder also pitched a complete-game six-hitter and struck out nine.

El Toro 6, San Clemente 3--Senior left-hander Mike Hoelker pitched a complete-game four-hitter and struck out seven as the Chargers (4-3, 10-4) defeated the Tritons (0-7, 1-11) at El Toro. Bobby Gaskins went 2 for 4 with two RBIs, and Adam Brass had a double and triple and scored two runs for the Chargers.

Mission Viejo 11, Irvine 6--Pat Quigley hit a three-run homer in the third inning, and Matt Balsz had a two-run homer in the sixth to help the Diablos (3-4, 8-4) defeat the Vaqueros (4-3, 6-7) at Mission Viejo. The Diablos scored eight runs in the third to take a 9-1 lead. Jeff Walters went 4 for 4 and hit a three-run homer for Irvine.

In the Empire League:

Esperanza 16, Katella 5--The Aztecs (6-0, 12-1) scored 10 runs in the top of the seventh to break open a 6-5 game. Bart Goldman went 4 for 5 with two RBIs, three runs scored and four stolen bases, Tom Redington went 2 for 3 with four RBIs, and Jason Moler went 2 for 4 with three runs and two RBIs for Esperanza.

In the Pacific Coast League:

Trabuco Hills 5, Costa Mesa 3--Jim McGrew’s two-run double with two outs in the top of the seventh broke a 3-3 tie and lifted first-place Trabuco Hills (7-0, 9-1-1) over Costa Mesa (0-7). Greg Ertel had three hits, and Clark Chapman had two hits and an RBI for Costa Mesa.

Orange 3, Laguna Hills 2--John Miscovich had a two-run home run and an RBI double to lead the Panthers (5-2, 9-4) at Laguna Hills. Miscovich hit his first home run of the season in the third and doubled home Paul Vinci in the sixth to break a 2-2 tie. Dave Bjorkland (4-1) pitched a complete game.

Woodbridge 8, Laguna Beach 5--The Warriors trailed, 2-0, in the top of the fifth but scored four runs, two on Doug Pryor’s single, en route to the victory. Paul Rodriguez added two hits, and George Allen had two RBIs for Woodbridge (5-2, 6-5).

In the Sea View League:

Newport Harbor 7, Tustin 6--Ed Milum went 3 for 3, scored three runs and had two RBIs as the Sailors (1-5-1, 4-8-1) earned their first league victory. Tustin is 6-1, 8-5. Tony Wren went 3 for 4 with four RBIs, and Ken Shelton went 3 for 5 and scored three runs for Newport Harbor.

Estancia 6, University 1--Pat Norville, a senior left-hander who pitched a perfect game against Saddleback last Thursday, took a no-hitter into the sixth inning before giving up two singles in the Eagles’ victory at Estancia. Mark Hartley had two hits and two RBIs for Estancia (4-3, 4-9). University is 2-4-1, 5-8-1.

Saddleback 4, Corona del Mar 1--Senior right-hander Victor Rossano went the distance on a four-hitter and struck out 10 to lead the Roadrunners at Saddleback. Brian Hoialmen went 2 for 2 with two RBIs, and Frank Larriva went 2 for 3 with an RBI for the Roadrunners (5-2, 8-5). Corona del Mar is 2-5, 5-7.