College Roundup : Titans Offer Chapman Little Refuge, 13-2

Cal State Fullerton scored 13 runs in the first six innings and cruised to a 13-2 victory over Chapman Wednesday in a nonconference baseball game scheduled to be played at Chapman but instead played at Fullerton because the Panthers’ field was too wet.

Fullerton’s Mark Baca went 3 for 4 with four RBIs and Andy Mota went 3 for 5 with a triple and one RBI to lead the Titans (7-7).

All 14 of Fullerton’s hits came in the first six innings, during which Chapman committed three errors, threw five wild pitches and allowed one passed ball.

Longo Garcia allowed three hits--one a two-run homer by Darren Nelson--over five innings for the victory.

In golf:

The UC Irvine men’s golf team finished fourth Wednesday in the 16-team Ventana Canyon Cup tournament at Tucson, Ariz.

UCI’s top player was Gary Nichols, who shot a 288 over the 54-hole course to finished ninth.

The tournament was won by Texas El Paso, which shot a 1,128. Arizona (1,145) was second, Washington (1,148) third and Cal State Northridge (1,166) fifth. Cal State Long Beach (1,202) was 12th and Cal State Fullerton (1,210) 14th. UCI shot a 1,166 but was awarded fourth place on the basis of its sixth man’s score.

The individual winner was Kevin Gai of UTEP, who shot a 219 to beat O.D. Vincent (219) of Washington in a playoff. Doug Wherry (221) of UTEP was third.