COSTA MESA - The Orange Coast College baseball picked a wrong time
to develop its longest losing streak of the season.
The Pirates dropped their fifth straight with a 9-4 Orange Empire
Conference loss to Riverside on Saturday.
OCC (22-13, 10-9 in conference) jumped out to a 3-0 lead in the second
inning. Brian Murphy scored on an RBI hit by Glenn Hedgpeth, who later
scored with Greg Trimble on a two-out throwing error by the Tigers (32-6,
14-5).
Riverside tied the game in the fourth, led by a two-run home run by
Jason Fransz, his 13th of the season.
Hedgpeth went 2 for 3 with a run scored and one RBI to lead the
Pirates, who play at Golden West on Tuesday, beginning at 2 p.m.
ORANGE EMPIRE CONFERENCE
Riverside 9, Orange Coast 4
Riverside 000 300 312 - 9 12 3
Orange Coast 030 010 000 - 4 5 2
Zick and Robles; Clanton, Williams (4), Foxman (7) and Murphy. W -
Zick, 6-0. L - Williams, 2-2. 2B - Young (R), Stewart (R). HR - Fransz
(R).
