City Section Baseball

In other baseball games:

Monroe 6, Reseda 6 (forfeit)--Reseda forfeited the game when pitcher Tony Valdez faked an injury in the bottom of the eighth inning of the Mid-Valley League contest at Monroe.

According to Monroe Coach Kevin Campbell, Reseda Coach Steve Stone did not want Valdez to pitch in the eighth inning, but Valdez had taken his warm-up pitches and was therefore required to pitch to at least one batter.

Upon throwing his first pitch to Ernie Echeveste, Valdez fell to the ground holding his ankle. At that point, the umpire called the game.

“The umpire saw what happened, said Reseda forfeited the game and was gone,” Campbell said.

Monroe’s Henry Valdez had tripled in two runs with two out in the bottom of the seventh to tie the score.

Taft 7, Canoga Park 3--The Toreadors exploded for four runs in the fourth inning to break open a close contest in the West Valley League game at Lanark Park.

Jason Shapiro led off the game with a single, extending his hitting streak to eight games. Taft (6-2, 3-0) won its third game in a row.

Kennedy 19, Granada Hills 7--Mike Murray hit a three-run home run and walked five times for Kennedy in the North Valley League game at Granada Hills. Four Granada Hills pitchers gave up 15 walks and 15 hits.

Garrett Anderson paced the Golden Cougars with four hits and four runs batted in. Travis Bourne and Pat DeBoer each had two hits and three RBIs for Kennedy (6-2, 2-1), which scored in every inning except the first.

Van Nuys 7, Birmingham 1--Lorenzo Morales had a double and a triple and scored three runs, and Mike Engler added a three-run home run for Van Nuys in the Mid-Valley League game at Birmingham.

Matt Mowry doubled for the Braves’ only extra-base hit. Van Nuys won its third consecutive league game without a loss.

Grant 11, Sylmar 0--Javier Delahoya, who struck out seven and limited Sylmar to four hits, hit a three-run home run in the fifth in the Valley Pac-8 League game.

Neil Simon contributed to the six-run fifth by hitting a bases-loaded double. Jeff Boardo hit a double and single.

Poly 17, North Hollywood 2--Adulfo Hernandez hit a triple and a three-run home run and had five RBIs to pace the Parrots in an East Valley League game at North Hollywood.

Eddie Chavez had five RBIs and Harold Whiteside hit a three-run home run. David Giatti (2-0) struck out eight.