ORANGE COUNTY PREP BASEBALL : Roundup : Estancia’s Norville Perfect Against Saddleback

This has been anything but a perfect season for the Estancia High School baseball team, which is 2-9. But Friday, the Eagles’ Pat Norville pitched a perfect game.

Norville, a senior left-hander, made his first no-hitter more memorable by retiring all 21 Saddleback batters he faced in Estancia’s 1-0, Sea View League victory at Estancia.

Mixing a fastball, slider, curve and occasional changeup, Norville struck out five, retired nine on ground balls and seven on fly balls. The Eagles also backed Norville with four outstanding defensive plays.

Norville raced to right field as Tony Mendoza made a running catch of Sean Therien’s fly ball for the game’s final out.

“I was already in right field by the time he made the catch,” Norville said. “It was incredible. I looked around and everyone was coming at me. There were tears everywhere. It was a great feeling.”

The Eagles scored the game’s only run in the sixth inning when Saddleback pitcher Victor Rossano, who allowed three hits, walked four straight batters.

The Estancia defense kept the Eagles in the game and the Roadrunners off the bases. In the first inning, third baseman Russ Wilson made a diving stop of Therien’s grounder and threw him out, and center fielder Danny Dougherty made a running catch of Danny Ontiveros’ line drive.

Jason White threw Ontiveros out after fielding a grounder at deep shortstop in the fourth, and second baseman Mark Hartley made a leaping catch of a line drive.

Corona del Mar 2, Newport Harbor 1--Kevin Maas scored on a fielder’s choice to break a 1-1 tie in the sixth for the Sea Kings at Newport Harbor.

Andy MacMillan (3-1) got the victory. Chad Thompson had an RBI single in the first for Corona del Mar (2-3, 5-5).

In the South Coast League:

El Toro 3, Mission Viejo 2 (8 innings)--Adam Brass scored on a sacrifice fly in the eighth at Mission Viejo and Mike Hoelker (4-2) pitched a scoreless eighth to get the victory.

El Toro’s leadoff hitter in the eighth, Adam Brass, scored on a sacrifice fly. Rick Vonner hit a solo homer in the fourth and John Shoffeitt tied the score in the seventh with a home run for El Toro (2-3, 8-4).

Mission Viejo is 7-3, 2-3.

Capistrano Valley 7, Irvine 6 (8 innings)--Winning pitcher Brian Walker drew a bases-loaded walk, forcing in the winning run at Capistrano Valley. A single by Bill Bardens and a double by Marcel Durand helped load the bases for the Cougars (5-0, 10-1).

Dana Hills 4, San Clemente 1--Ron Openshaw hit a solo homer in the fifth inning for the Dolphins (3-2, 5-7).

In the Pacific Coast League:

Trabuco Hills 7, Woodbridge 4--The Mustangs (5-0, 7-1-1) used a pair of three-run home runs to win at home.

Woodbridge opened a 4-0 lead in the top of the second, but Bob Perez hit a three-run home run in the bottom of the inning to cut the lead to 4-3.

Pinch-hitter Eric Larson hit the second three-run home run in the third inning to break a 4-4 tie.

Bret Miller (4-0) got the victory for Trabuco Hills.

Orange 3, Costa Mesa 2--Skip Tanner had seven strikeouts as he went the distance at Costa Mesa. The Panthers (4-1, 8-3) scored all their runs in the third.

Jose Mendoza, Tanner and Jim Volck singled to load the bases and Mike Halloway singled to score Mendoza. The second run came in as a double play was being recorded and Volck made it 3-0 when he scored on a wild pitch.

Laguna Hills 17, Laguna Beach 2--Mike Smeades hit a grand slam and had six RBIs and Jeff Hendrickson, Jay Christensen, Rob Milo and Pat Buckley hit two-run home runs for the Hawks (2-3, 6-5). Jon Willard (1-2) had 12 strikeouts and pitched a complete game.

In the Century League:

Villa Park 6, Canyon 2--The Spartans scored five runs in the first inning at Villa Park for winning pitcher Tom Kelly (3-4). Trent Eye doubled in the first two runs and scored on John Geonva’s home run to make it 4-0.

Santa Ana Valley 8, Santa Ana 7--The Falcons scored in the seventh to win at Santa Ana.

Daryl Lievanos (2-1) got the victory and Frank Barrios, who relieved Bobby Reimers in the sixth, took the loss.

In the Orange League:

Western 12, Magnolia 2--The Pioneers (3-2, 8-4) had 13 hits, including six in a 10-run third inning at Western. Magnolia is 1-3-1, 3-7-1.

Valencia 12, Savanna 1--Dennis Burbank (6-1) lowered his league earned-run average to 0.38 as he allowed only an unearned run at Savanna. The Tigers (4-1, 7-4) scored six runs in the first inning.

Brea 9, Anaheim 1--David Atkinson hit a two-run homer in the second for the Wildcats (4-1, 5-6). Jim Murray (3-1) got the victory.

In the Garden Grove League:

Bolsa Grande 9, Los Amigos 1--Mike Robertson and Rick Hollis tripled as the Matadors (3-2, 6-3) scored six runs in the fifth at Bolsa Grande. Tony Beall got the victory. Ken Luckham took the loss for the Lobos (1-3-1, 1-9-1).

Santiago 3, Garden Grove 0--Carlos Leon (2-1) pitched a complete-game three-hitter, striking out 5 and walking 3, to lead the Cavaliers (2-3, 4-4) at home. Loser Marc Lung struck out 10, allowing 7 hits over 6 innings for Garden Grove (1-4 in league).

In the Olympic League:

Valley Christian 10, Orange Lutheran 5--The Lancers committed five errors that led to five unearned runs at Orange. John Malmquist was 2 for 4 with an RBI for Orange Lutheran (2-2, 8-6).