San Diego Prep Baseball : Oceanside’s Combs Reigns Over Army-Navy With a Five-Inning No-Hitter

Keith Combs got an assist from the rain Thursday afternoon as he pitched a five-inning no-hitter to lead Oceanside High School to a 13-0 win over Army-Navy in the Goodman-Pirate Baseball Tournament at Oceanside.

Combs, a 6-foot, 165-pound junior right-hander, apparently lost his no-hitter when he allowed a single in the top of the sixth inning. But it started raining heavily moments later and the umpires eventually called the game. When an official game (four innings in high school) is rained out, the final score and statistics revert back to the last complete inning; Combs’ no-hitter was saved.

Combs struck out 12 and walked one. Oceanside was the victim of a no-hitter Wednesday when the Pirates (1-1) lost to Laguna Hills, 7-0.

Henry Jimenez led Oceanside Thursday with three hits and five RBIs. Kevin McClure and Chris Prieto each had three hits and three RBIs.

In other tournament games:

Fallbrook 3, Carlsbad 0--Bill Dunkle and Tom McVey combined for a one-hitter at MiraCosta College. Ty Barksdale had three hits, including two doubles and two RBIs for the Warriors (2-0).

Paul Faulkner got the only hit Carlsbad (0-1), a leadoff triple in the second.

Orange Glen 11, San Pasqual 6--The Patriots scored eight runs an the second inning and were never headed in winning the season opener for both teams at Orange Glen.

HILLTOP-MOOSE TOURNAMENT

Chula Vista 1, Helix 0--Anthony Garcia and Phil Schmidt combined to pitch a one-hitter and lead the Spartans to a win at Chula Vista.

Garcia, a sophomore left-hander, pitched the first four innings in his varsity debut, and allowed Helix’s only hit, a single in the third. Schmidt, a senior right-hander, held the Highlanders hitless over the last three innings to earn a save.

Chula Vista (1-0) scored in the bottom of the third on a sacrifice fly by Bobby Bleisch.

El Capitan 7, Mission Bay 2--Jim Tixier had two hits, two RBIs and scored three runs to lead the Vaqueros (1-0) to a win at home over the Bucs (0-1). Jerry Arnold had two doubles and scored twice for the winners.

Three other tournament games were rained out and rescheduled for today: San Marcos at Poway; St. Augustine at Mt. Carmel and University at Grossmont.

Granite Hills 14, Hilltop 1--Having scored three runs on three sacrifice flies through five innings, the visiting Eagles (2-0) sent 12 batters to the plate and scored 10 runs in the sixth inning. Two more runs would have scored, but a runner was called out for missing a base with two outs.

Granite Hills did not have an extra-base hit in the inning. The Eagles had seven singles in the sixth; 14 of their 16 hits were singles. Todd Parker was 3 for 3 and walked twice. Donnie Carroll, George Bishop, Eric Peterson and Shawn O’Coyne each had two hits.

Starter Aaron Petrich (1-0) allowed three hits in five innings to gain the win.

GMC TOURNAMENT

Sweetwater 6, Mt. Miguel 5--Home runs by Juan Price and Steve Contreras powered the Red Devils to a victory in their season opener at home.

Price, a sophomore, hit a three-run homer in the first to give Sweetwater a 4-2 lead and Contreras hit a two-run homer in the third to clinch it. Mt. Miguel’s Brian McClendon hit a two-run homer in the the first to give the Matadors a short-lived lead.

The game was called after six innings because of darkness.

WARHAWK TOURNAMENT

Point Loma 5, San Dieguito 1--Jeff Gattis hit a three-run homer to cap the five-run second for the Pointers (3-0).

Point Loma’s Chris Reading (2-0) went the distance, scattering four hits, striking out 10 and walking three.

CRAWFORD TOURNAMENT Crawford 9, Morse 8 (8 innings)--Jeff LaRosa singled in Tom Fejarang with the winning run as the Colts (2-0) won at home. LaRosa and Manny Gagliano each had three hits and two RBIs.

Derwin Proby had four hits for Morse (0-2).