Golden West Holds On to Defeat Saddleback
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Reliever Adam Peters struck out Lars Birkeland in the top of the ninth inning with the tying run on third to help Golden West defeat second-place Saddleback, 6-5, in an Orange Empire Conference baseball game Tuesday at Golden West.
Jarrad Jones hit a two-run triple in the third inning and starter Cory Carr (2-5) allowed three runs in 6 1/3 innings and struck out eight for Golden West (10-14, 2-8).
Birkeland hit his fourth home run for Saddleback (19-3, 7-3), which had 12 hits but left 13 on base.
In other conference games:
Rancho Santiago 7, Fullerton 4--Rick Gonzalez’s RBI single in the bottom the eighth broke a 4-4 tie. Gonzalez also hit a three-run homer in the first for host Rancho Santiago (24-1-1, 10-0).
Riverside 16, Orange Coast 3--Jaeme Leal had three hits, three runs scored and three RBIs for visiting Riverside (20-3, 5-3).
Orange Coast is 10-14, 3-7.
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