Southern Section Baseball : Hart Beaten by Louisiaga Again, 5-4

Pitcher German Louisiaga of Alhambra High was not able to pick his spots Tuesday with the same accuracy he displayed against Hart a month ago. But most of the spots Hart batters were picking to smack Louisiaga’s curve were already occupied by Alhambra fielders.

The Indians were limited to eight hits in a 5-4 loss at Alhambra.

“He didn’t have his stuff,” Hart Coach Bud Murray said of Louisiaga, who also beat Hart a month ago. Louisiaga struck out four and walked four Tuesday.

“They made some diving stops,” Murray said of the Alhambra defense. “There’s no fence (at Alhambra) so the outfielders play way back in Ventura County.”

Hart (13-3, 4-2 in league play), ranked No. 2 in the nation by USA Today and No. 3 in The Times Valley poll, loaded the bases with one out in the seventh inning but was able to produce only one run.

Alhambra (8-5, 3-3) scored all five runs in a fourth-inning barrage. After Louisiaga was hit by a pitch, the Moors had five consecutive hits.

Andrew Lorraine (5-1) was charged with the loss.

In another Foothill League game:

Burroughs 7, San Gabriel 5--Kevin Guild squeezed in two runs and Rob Arroyo scored on a passed ball as Burroughs (9-7, 3-2) erased a one-run deficit in the sixth inning at Burroughs.

GOLDEN LEAGUE

Saugus 19, Burroughs (R) 5--The league-leading Centurions (12-1-2, 6-0) scored nine times in the fourth inning to erase a 4-1 deficit and turn the game into a rout.

Saugus added two runs in the fifth and Scott Warr belted a grand slam to highlight a five-run sixth. Warr (3-0), who was three for four with five RBIs, also pitched 2 2/3 innings in relief of starter Glenn Terry to earn the win.

George Lopata was three for four with three RBIs. Tom Burges was three for five and scored four runs.

Antelope Valley 9, Canyon 8--Canyon blew an 8-1 seventh-inning lead and lost the game in the 10th to fall two games behind Saugus.

Canyon (7-8, 4-2) committed seven errors, one of which allowed the winning run to score. Antelope Valley (2-4 in league play) capitalized on three Canyon errors in a seven-run seventh.

PACIFIC LEAGUE

Crescenta Valley 10, Hoover 3--Shane Cowsill drove in three runs on two hits and Victor Ramirez scored four runs to lift the Falcons at Hoover.

Scott Gleason allowed seven hits, struck out three and walked one en route to his first win. Crescenta Valley improved to 6-9, 2-4; Hoover dropped to 9-4, 4-3.

TRI-VALLEY LEAGUE

St. Bonaventure 7, Moorpark 1--Kevin Zoll hurled a three-hitter with 10 strikeouts to hand visiting Moorpark its first league loss.

St. Bonaventure (4-2 in league play) scored a run in the third, added two in the fifth and four in the sixth off starter Keith Orford (4-2), who struck out eight.

Moorpark (9-2, 5-1) scored a run in the seventh when Jason Butterworth doubled, advanced to second on a single by Andy Richter and scored on a fielder’s choice.

FRONTIER LEAGUE

Calabasas 10, Santa Paula 1--Dan Glassman had a pair of home runs and drove in five runs as the Coyotes (6-4-1) won their league opener.