College Roundup : Cal Lutheran Shocks Pepperdine

Devon Schutzler hit a home run with one out in the top of the ninth inning to give Cal Lutheran a 2-1 victory over Pepperdine in a nonconference baseball game Wednesday at Pepperdine.

Schutzler’s solo home run--his first of the season--came on a 2-1 pitch and gave Cal Lutheran, an NAIA school, its first victory against Pepperdine, a perennial Division I power.

Chris Matkin (2-0) pitched two innings of no-hit relief to pick up the win for the Kingsmen. Matkin relieved starter Mike Clark, who gave up one run on five hits in seven innings.

Cal Lutheran (3-3) took a 1-0 lead in the first inning when Darnell Mitchell scored on Dave Leonhardt’s single. Mitchell, who was two for three, walked to open the game and advanced to second when Dan Weis walked.

After retiring the first eight batters he faced, Clark allowed consecutive singles to Mike Truschke, Richard Barnwell and Rich Hirtensteiner in the third inning, but Pepperdine failed to score when Truschke was thrown out at home by second baseman Henry Campos on a relay from outfielder Mitchell.

“That gave us a big lift,” Cal Lutheran Coach Rich Hill said.

Pepperdine tied the score in the seventh when Chris Martin doubled, advanced to third on Bill Blanchett’s groundout and scored on a sacrifice fly by Truschke.

In another baseball game:

Valley 2, Orange Coast 2--Valley wasted a strong effort from left-hander Joey Kane, who struck out 11 in nine innings in a nonleague game at Orange Coast that was called because of darkness after 11 innings. E. J. Pape accounted for Valley’s offense with a two-run, inside-the-park home run in the third inning. Left fielder V. P. Pajcin was two for four.

SOFTBALL

Moorpark 5, San Bernardino 3--De Dow pitched a five-hitter and struck out eight in a nonconference opener at San Bernardino.

Moorpark scored three runs in the fifth inning to snap a 2-2 tie.

MEN’S BASKETBALL

Oxnard 63, Moorpark 62--Guard Mike Price scored 17 points as Oxnard rallied in a Western State Conference game at Moorpark.

The victory was Oxnard’s second in three games against Moorpark this season under first-year Coach Remy McCarthy, a former player and assistant under Moorpark Coach Al Nordquist.

Moorpark (16-13, 6-7 in WSC play) had two chances to win in the final 15 seconds. The first opportunity ended on a turnover, then, with two seconds left, a 12-foot jump shot by Steve Murphy bounced off the front of the rim.

--PAUL OLSON

Bakersfield 101, Canyons 97--Arthur Paul of Bakersfield scored 40 points for the second consecutive time against the Cougars.

Aaron Clark scored 34 points to lead Canyons (13-17, 4-9).

WOMEN’S BASKETBALL

Valley 92, Glendale 33--The Lady Monarchs clinched the Western State Conference Southern Division title and extended their win streak to nine. Sandrine Rocher and center Ruth Aguilar each had 17 points and eight rebounds to lead Valley (26-3, 11-1).

Moorpark 66, Oxnard 50--Sophomore point guard Kristie Sterbens scored a game-high 20 points for Moorpark in the WSC game.

Remera Jones added 14 points for Moorpark (21-7, 9-3).

Bakersfield 76, Canyons 65--Canyons played with only five women and finished with four after Kristi Thornton fouled out with nine minutes left and the Cougars ahead, 53-51. Tressie Millender led Canyons with 29 points.