Freeway League Baseball : La Habra’s Big Inning Takes Care of Fullerton

La Habra High School scored six runs in the sixth inning to break a 1-1 tie for a 7-1 Freeway League victory at Fullerton Wednesday.

The Highlanders (8-4, 4-0), who had only two hits off Fullerton starter Kurt Hindman (3-2) before the sixth, got their first two batters on base and chased Hindman: winning pitcher Rob Litz (3-1) with a walk and Mike Smith with a double.

Rudy Sandoval and Kevin Capps then followed with run-scoring singles against reliever Rene Arias to give La Habra a 3-1 lead.

Carlos Martinez replaced Arias after Capps’ hit and retired the first batter he faced--Tim Moore on a fly ball to center. Then Mike Morris singled to right to load the bases.

Darren Davis drove home La Habra’s third run of the inning on a sacrifice fly.

David Stevens doubled home one run and Chris Singleton singled in two more to put the game out of reach.

Litz allowed four hits and struck out six for the victory.

“We were wondering when we would get it going,” said Paul Thomas, La Habra coach. “Our bats had been on vacation for some time, and we were due for a big inning.”

Fullerton (9-5, 2-2) scored its only run in the first inning on John Bailey’s two-out bases-loaded single. La Habra took advantage of two errors in the third to tie the score on Davis’ sacrifice fly.

Sunny Hills 8, Troy 4--Jason Sugarman had three hits, including a home runs and three RBIs, for host Sunny Hills. Mike McGuire had two hits and two RBIs and Kevin Monson had two hits and an RBI for Sunny Hills. Brian Veronda (2-2) pitched an eight-hitter with five strikeouts for the victory.