Southern Section Baseball : Simi Valley Clinches Share of Crown, 17-3

Terry Hill had the bat taken from his hands, but Kenny Hood used it to crush a grand slam as Simi Valley High struck for 10 runs in the third inning Friday to smash Channel Islands, 17-3.

The win assured the Pioneers (20-3, 9-2 in league play) of at least a tie for their fourth consecutive Marmonte League title with one game left in the regular season.

Hill, who blasted a two-run home run off starter Angel Aragon in the third, was walked intentionally by reliever Manuel Padilla after the Pioneers batted around in the inning. That loaded the bases for Hood.

Simi Valley sent 14 batters to the plate and collected seven hits in the inning. Hill’s home run was his fourth, Hood’s his third.

Starter Mike Jenkins (7-0), who pitched four innings, and Rich Langford teamed to stop Channel Islands (6-17, 2-10) on seven hits.

In another Marmonte game:

Camarillo 10, Royal 5--Steve Biggs (7-1) gave up four runs and 11 hits and struck out eight in a complete-game performance for host Camarillo (12-12, 5-6). Camarillo’s Chris Johnson was two for four with four RBIs.

Royal’s Jason Jones hit a two-run home run in the seventh inning, his seventh of the season, and was four for four with four RBIs.

DEL REY LEAGUE

Alemany 7, St. Francis 5--Joey Rosselli (4-1) pitched four innings, allowing one unearned run, as Alemany (15-12, 8-3) clinched the league title. Alemany scored five runs in the fourth inning, two on bases-loaded walks, to open a 7-4 lead. Alemany’s Ray Cano was two for four with an RBI.

FOOTHILL LEAGUE

Hart 3, San Gabriel 0--Junior Andrew Lorraine pitched a three-hitter as host Hart avenged Tuesday’s 3-2 loss to San Gabriel in league play. The Indians hold a one-game lead over San Gabriel (10-8-1, 8-5) with two games left.

After giving up a double to open the game, Lorraine (7-3) struck out the next six batters. He finished with 11 strikeouts.

Hart (18-5, 9-4) took a 2-0 lead in the second and added a run in the fifth when Jay Sanford walked, stole second and went to third on Lance Migita’s infield single. Darin Tsukashima followed with a squeeze bunt to score Sanford.

Burbank 5, Alhambra 4--Anthony Valento pitched a complete game and Steve Kelly hit his second home run in as many games for the Bulldogs. Burbank (7-10-1, 5-8) scored twice in the fifth. Jim Cafferty scored on a ground out and Steve Trainor singled to score Jeremy Sparks.

Schurr 2, Burroughs 1--The last-place Spartans tagged reliever Brian Forth (7-5) for two 10th-inning doubles to upend the third-place Indians. Burroughs (13-11, 7-6) tied the game in the seventh when Bobby Sherwood bunted to score Mitch Megas from third.

SAN FERNANDO VALLEY LEAGUE

Notre Dame 15, St. Genevieve 1--The Knights (21-5, 6-2) pounded out 20 hits to avenge an 8-2 loss last month and move back into a share of the league lead with idle Chaminade. Sophomore right-hander Cary Wichmann (9-1) pitched a three-hitter and struck out six.

Notre Dame’s Kevin Crosby was three for four; Chad Ratliff was two for four with a double, triple and two RBIs; and Chris Lohman was two for three with a third-inning solo homer. Vinnie Orlando also had three hits. He has seven hits in his past eight at-bats.

Roland De La Maza (7-4), who had pitched a three-hitter the last time the teams met, allowed 10 runs and 15 hits in five innings.

La Salle 3, Harvard 2--Leo Anaya was three for three and scored the winning run from second base on Chris Miyaki’s sixth-inning single at La Salle.

Chris Stone was two for two for Harvard (8-14, 2-6).

GOLDEN LEAGUE

Canyon 16, Burroughs (R) 0--Corey Byars belted a grand slam and a two-run home run--both in a 10-run sixth inning--as the Cowboys (12-10, 9-4) pounded 17 hits against the last-place Burros.

Steve Mann added a solo home run in the sixth. Byars, who entered the game batting .305 with one home run, finished three for four with seven RBIs.

Saugus 3, Palmdale 1--Roger Salkeld (9-0) struck out 15 and walked five to post his ninth complete game and raise his season strikeout total to 125. The win kept the first-place Centurions (17-4-2, 11-2) two games ahead of Canyon.

Scott Warr hit his fifth home run, a solo shot in the second inning, and teammate Matt Tull, who is batting a team-high .460, was two for three with an RBI and a run scored.

FRONTIER LEAGUE

Agoura 9, Santa Ynez 6--Mark Costes’ sixth-inning sacrifice fly scored Dan Freedman with the tie-breaking run and Dave Aronowitz added a two-run homer for the league-leading Chargers (12-7, 7-1) at Agoura.

Trailing, 6-4, Agoura erupted for five runs in the sixth. Bobby Kazmirski led off the inning with his first homer of the year.

Calabasas 9, Nordhoff 2--Freshman right-hander Brett Farlow pitched a seven-hitter and struck out four to lead the visiting Coyotes (10-7-1, 5-3).

TRI-VALLEY LEAGUE

Moorpark 3, Oak Park 0--Junior right-hander Robert Hernandez pitched a six-hitter for his fourth shutout of the season, and Keith Orford went two for three with an RBI and scored a run at Moorpark (13-5, 9-4). Andy Richter tripled and scored.

NONLEAGUE

Highland Hall 10, Oak Hill 4--Chris Sorensen pitched a two-hitter for his first career complete game and struck out nine as the Hawks won their seventh in a row.