High School Baseball : Hines Keeps Kennedy in Control

All Kennedy Coach Dick Whitney had to do was take a quick glance at his score book to find the key to Tuesday’s 4-1 win over Venice in a Westside tournament game at Kennedy.

Sure, one player had a double and another had a triple, but it was the arm of Colin Hines that put the game away for Kennedy. Specifically, it was Hines’ strikeout-to-walk ratio.

“Three strikeouts and no walks,” Whitney said. “That’s the game right there. You can usually look right at that and know how everything turned out.”

Hines did not do too badly in the hits-allowed category, either. For the second time in 2 starts, the senior left-hander threw a 3-hitter. Hines (2-0) has yet to allow an earned run this season, striking out 9 and walking 4 in 14 innings.

Center fielder Craig Fleck doubled and left fielder Mike Murray tripled for the Golden Cougars.

Highland Hall 11, Verbum Dei 3--Small Schools Division school Highland Hall (1-0) upset 2-A member Verbum Dei in a nonleague game at CSUN.

Senior right-hander Aaron Rudelson, who was 11-3 last year, pitched a 4-hitter, struck out 9 and allowed no earned runs in a complete-game performance.

Chatsworth 6, Ventura 5--Joel Wolfe drove in Rich Aude with a bases-loaded ground out in the bottom of the seventh inning to give Chatsworth a come-from-behind win in the third round of the Westside tournament.

Wolfe, who was 2 for 5 with 3 RBIs, drove in 2 runs with a bases-loaded single in the bottom of the sixth to give the Chancellors (2-1) their first lead, 4-3.

Alemany 11, Serra 10--Tom Daniels’ two-out, bases-loaded single in the seventh inning capped a 5-run inning and gave visiting Alemany the win. Daniels also threw 1 innings in relief to earn the win.

Monroe 6, Hueneme 5--Ronald Robart and Tim Costic hit back-to-back home runs in the bottom of the eighth inning to rally Monroe from a 5-3 deficit.

Robart, who was the winning pitcher, hit a two-run home run to tie the score. Costic immediately followed with the game-winning solo home run.

Oxnard 3, Montclair Prep 0--Montclair Prep allowed runs on an error, a passed ball and a wild pitch at Oxnard.

Royal 6, Daniel Murphy 1--Eric Spellman pitched 5 innings, allowed only 4 hits and struck out 4 as Royal improved to 4-0.

Chaminade 6, Camarillo 5--J.D. Choy drove in Doug Marconet in the bottom of the eighth inning to give Chaminade the win. Marconet singled stole second and took third on a throwing error to set up Choy’s single, his third hit of the game.

Santa Monica 10, Notre Dame 4--Kevin Milligan was 2 for 3 and Chris Prince was 2 for 3 with a double, but Notre Dame (1-2) was outslugged in the Westside tournament.

Rio Mesa 17, Bell-Jeff 5--Demetri Young went 3 for 4 with 2 doubles, a triple and 4 RBIs to lead a 14-hit Rio Mesa attack.

Agoura 10, St. Bonaventure 5--The Chargers jumped on losing pitcher Kevin Zoll for 7 runs in the first inning of the nonleague game at St. Bonaventure.

Calabasas 11, Moorpark 5--Glenn Hansen went 3 for 3 with 2 doubles and 3 runs batted in for Calabasas in a nonleague game at Moorpark.