WALNUT - In its final tuneup before the Orange Empire Conference
season opens Tuesday, the Orange Coast College baseball team hammered
host Mt. San Antonio, 16-1, in a nonconference game Saturday afternoon.
The Pirates (11-2), who play Saddleback on the road Tuesday at 2 p.m.
to launch the 2002 OEC campaign, were led offensively by Kyle Stanley and
Ryan Marcos. Stanley was 5 for 6 with three runs and two RBIs, while
Marcos was 4 for 5 with three RBIs and two runs.
OCC starter Justin Azze, a 6-foot-3 left-hander from Fountain Valley
with a fastball in the 87-88 mph range, worked five innings to improve to
4-0. Azze struck out five, walked two and gave up four hits.
NONCONFERENCE
Orange Coast 16, Mt. San Antonio 1
Score by Innings
Orange Coast 310 530 031 - 16 17 0
Mt. SAC 000 000 100 - 1 6 1
Azze, Treece (6), Pinney (8), Hedgpeth (9) and Hanson, Cotton (8);
Carr, Hiro (4), Smith (4), Mooneyham (6), House (9) and Smith, DiMonico
(8). W - Azze, 4-0. L - Carr. 2B - Murphy (OCC), Beerer (OCC), Hanson
(OCC), McElvin (MSAC). 3B - Murphy (OCC), Stanley (OCC).
