Roundup : Mayne Extends Streak; Titans Lose in 10 to Las Vegas, 3-2

Brent Mayne received an unexpected chance to extend his hitting streak to 23 games and did so Saturday night when he came to the plate in the 10th inning.

Mayne’s single drove in a run, but it wasn’t enough as Cal State Fullerton’s rally fell short and the Titans lost to Nevada Las Vegas, 3-2, in a Pacific Coast Athletic Assn. baseball game in front of 500 fans Saturday night at Fullerton.

Mayne’s 23-game streak broke the PCAA record set by Fullerton’s Shane Turner in 1985. Mayne’s mark tied the Fullerton record of 23 held by Tom Thomas (1983) and Mike Vanderburg (1982). In those seasons, the Titans played in the Southern California Baseball Assn.

Mayne, a sophomore from Orange Coast College, was 0 for 4 after he grounded to second for the second out of the eighth inning, and his streak appeared to be over.

Fullerton (30-11 overall, 8-3 in PCAA play) held a 1-0 lead going into the ninth. Starter Longo Garcia was an out away from the shutout when pinch-hitter Dave Sturdivant hit a home run to left-center field off a 2-0 pitch. Garcia (7-3) pitched 10 innings but took the loss.

Mike Ross, who had hit a solo home run in the fourth to give Fullerton a 1-0 lead, singled to open the ninth. But Keith Kaub grounded into a double play and Rex Peters flied to right for the final out.

James Martin had a one-out double in the 10th for the Rebels and scored on a bloop single by Gary Forrester. Jim Barbeau later grounded out to score Forrester as Las Vegas (30-12, 9-2) took a 3-1 lead.

Bobby Jones had a two-out single and Greg Mannion walked in the 10th for Fullerton to get Mayne to the plate for a fifth time. His line-drive single up the middle cut the lead to 3-2, but Ross flied out to end the game. Donovan Osborne (6-4) pitched 9 innings for the victory, and Marty Lequerica got the final out for his fifth save.

The teams conclude the three-game series today at 1 at Fullerton.

In a CCAA baseball doubleheader:

Chapman 16-4, CS Los Angeles 4-9--In the first game at Cal State Los Angeles, winning pitcher Jeff Mooney gave up 10 hits in six innings for Chapman (22-19-1, 11-8). Catcher Steve Guidice hit a two-run home run in the third inning. Guidice, Jeff Kidwiler and Chris Cutliff each had three RBIs for Chapman.

In the second game, Los Angeles (19-25, 10-10) scored seven runs--six earned--in the first inning off losing pitcher Jim Bennett. Cutliff hit two solo home runs.

In a GSAC baseball doubleheader:

Cal Lutheran 3-4, Southern California College 2-6--In the first game of the doubleheader at Southern California Christian, Cal Lutheran’s Mike Vanole got the win, pitching a complete game, giving up six hits and striking out six. In the second game, SCC’s Kendall Kasper had the game-winning RBI, with a two-run double in the fourth and Carlos Salazar was 3 for 4 with 3 RBIs for SCC (15-23-1, 9-8).

In a PCAA softball doubleheader:

Fresno State 2-3, Cal State Fullerton 0-0 (first game 13 innings, second game 8 innings)--In the first game at Fullerton, second-ranked Fresno State (40-11, 21-3) won in the 13th inning when--with two outs--Gena Strang singled home former Edison High star Martha Noffsinger and Karen Richter scored on an error.

In the second game, Titan pitcher Janis Okerlund--who had a one-hitter through seven innings--gave up three hits and three runs--two earned--in the eighth. Seventh-ranked Fullerton falls to 41-13 and 15-7.

In men’s nonconference tennis:

Northeast Louisiana 5, UC Irvine 4--Irvine’s top three singles players all lost their matches against Northeast Louisiana in a round-robin tournament at the University of Miami. In the deciding doubles match, Northeast Louisiana’s Ville Jansson and Piero LaGioia defeated Irvine’s Mark Kaplan and Richard Lubner, 7-6, 3-6, 6-3.

In CCAA men’s tennis:

Cal Poly San Luis Obispo 6, Chapman 3--Chapman’s Miles Walker, the top-ranked Division II singles player, defeated Mike Giusto, 6-3, 7-6, at Chapman.