Baseball: Lots of upsets in tournament play

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It’s the second week of the high school baseball season, and the upsets have started as teams continue to experiment to see what kind of pitching depth they have.

No. 2-ranked El Toro was beaten by Anaheim Loara, 5-1, on Tuesday in the Loara tournament. Other ranked teams to fall were Chatsworth and Simi Valley.

Michael Lorenzen, a junior outfielder at Fullerton, had four hits, including a three-run walk-off home run, to enable Fullerton to defeat La Serna, 12-9.

Gabrielino’s Calvin Chambers struck out 15 and threw a one-hitter in a 9-0 victory over Duarte.

Hueneme’s Jesus Valdez had a double, triple and home run in his team’s 13-9 victory over Palmdale.

-- Eric Sondheimer