HIGH SCHOOL ROUNDUP : No Fun to Watch but Mt. Carmel Now 8-1

Mt. Carmel High School baseball Coach Sam Blalock said the day was “long and boring.”

Blalock, it should be pointed out, was the winning coach.

A worse afternoon was had by Morse Coach Len Arevalo, who watched his pitchers give up 22 walks and hit three batters during a doubleheader sweep by the Sundevils.

Mt. Carmel improved to 8-1 by winning the first game, 7-0, and the second, 11-1.

John Moon led Mt. Carmel hitters, going four for seven with two RBIs in the two games.

Sophomore Mario Israel got last-inning relief help from Doug Hill to finish a three-hitter in the first game. Andy Owen delivered the game’s big hit, a two-run double.

Pitchers Scott Tebbetts, Todd Voigt and Andy Panganiban combined for a three-hitter in the second. Chris Chavez led the Sundevils with two hits, including a double, and an RBI.

In other nonleague games:

Point Loma 6-1, San Marcos 1-8--For the first time since Dean Hall took over as baseball coach at San Marcos, he went up against the team coached by his father, Bill Hall. Both came away as winners as Matt Ray hit a two-run home run for Point Loma (6-5) in the first game and Justin Woodard hit a bases-empty homer for San Marcos (5-4) in the second. San Marcos’ Eric Morton went three for five in Game 2.

Santana 16-8, West Hills 3-6--In the first game, Santana was aided by nine West Hills errors. Santana’s Chris Hastings had four RBIs on three hits and scored three runs. Chad Barry went two for three and drove in three runs.

Santana got the sweep and improved to 9-0 by overcoming a 4-1 disadvantage after three innings in the second game. Drake Welch had four RBIs, three of which came in the fifth inning off a bases-loaded double.

Rancho Buena Vista 3-0, El Capitan 2-3--Each game was completed in less than two hours. In the first, RBV’s George Hadden got the victory by striking out five and walking none. Dave Roberts homered for RBV. RBV is 4-4-1.

Helix 9-4, Torrey Pines 1-10--Jim Ballantyne had three hits and two RBIs in the opener, and teammate Jim Cartorale doubled twice and scored a run to lead Helix (7-2). Torrey Pines (5-4) benefitted from 16 walks in the second game, and Anthony Napoli pitched a three-hitter.

USDHS 15, Santa Margarita 2--USDHS (7-2) got a bases-empty home run from Sean Nugent, and David Sanchez had a three-run triple and finished with five RBIs.

Carlsbad 8, San Dieguito 7--Bryan Black went two for three with his fifth homer and two RBIs for the Lancers (7-5). Winning pitcher Bryan Burne doubled home Black in the bottom of the seventh, and Jeffrey Garrard’s single scored the winning run.