College Spring Sports : 7th-Inning Rally Propels Canyons to Record Win

The College of the Canyons baseball team won its school-record 18th consecutive game with a 5-1 Western State Conference victory Thursday over visiting Glendale.

The previous mark of 17 was set last year, but Canyons Coach Len Mohney said, “Those records don’t mean anything. I’d trade both those records for a state championship.”

The score was tied, 1-1, after six innings, but Canyons’ Ernie Perez led off the bottom of the seventh with a double and, two outs later, Billy Picketts walked and Ray Palagyi had an infield hit to set the stage for Chris Joy’s two-out, two-run single. Mike Bible singled home two more runs in the inning.

Joy was 2 for 4 with two runs batted in for the Cougars (21-3, 13-0 in conference play), and freshman pitcher Travis Regnolds went the distance, allowing only four hits.

In other baseball games:

Cal Lutheran 6, Biola 5--Pinch-hitter Tim Lewis singled home Gene McGary to score the winning run in the 10th inning of the NAIA District III game at Cal Lutheran.

Valley 6, East L.A. 1--The Monarchs broke a five-game winless streak in the Southern California Conference game at Valley.

Tim DeGrasse had nine strikeouts and walked only two in eight innings.

Chris Gonzales was 3 for 4 for Valley (9-12-1, 6-4-1).

The Master’s 11, UC San Diego 1--Senior Jeff Holen hit his ninth home run to tie a Master’s season record in the nonconference game at Master’s.

Holen tied the record set by Tim Kane in 1985.

Master’s improved to 19-18.

MEN’S TENNIS

Pierce 9, Glendale 0--The host Brahmas won their 13th consecutive Western State Conference match at Pierce.