Orange County College Roundup : Spates’ Double Lifts Anteaters to a 2-1 Upset Victory over USC

Frank Spates doubled in two runs, and pitchers Craig Brink and Mitch Parrott shut down USC’s hitters as UC Irvine upset the Trojans, 2-1, Friday in a men’s nonconference baseball game at Irvine.

Jeff Oberdank walked to open the fifth inning for the Anteaters (6-7), and one out later, Mike Fay walked against losing pitcher Darrin Berr. Spates followed with a double off the left-field fence.

Brink, who pitched eight innings, gave up a leadoff triple to Terri Brown of USC (8-4) in the ninth and was replaced by Parrott. Parrott got Jim Campanis to ground to third baseman Mike Sugar, who threw Brown out at the plate. Parrott got the final two outs and recorded his second save of season.

In other nonconference play:

California 9, Cal State Fullerton 5--Jeff Kent, a freshman from Edison High School, went 4 for 5 with two RBIs for the Golden Bears (11-2) at Berkeley.

California led by 4-1 after three innings and added four runs in the fourth off losing pitcher Longo Garcia (1-10), who was replaced by Gary Buckles.

The Titans (4-7) had a two-run home run from Tony Trevino in the eighth and bases-empty home runs from Greg Mannion in the first and Mike Ross in the sixth.

Mike Mathews (1-0) pitched seven innings for the victory.

USD 6, Chapman 5--Robbie Rogers drove in the tying and winning runs with a single in the ninth to lift the University of San Diego (7-2) to the victory at home.