HIGH SCHOOL BASEBALL ROUNDUP : Simi Valley Wins; Gordon Held Without Home Run

Joe Gordon of Simi Valley High came up short in his last shot at the Southern Section home run record Thursday when he went zero for four in the season finale, a 7-2 nonleague win over visiting L.A. Baptist.

After Simi Valley jumped to a 6-0 first-inning lead, Coach Mike Scyphers cleared the bench, replacing every starter but Gordon and pitcher Jeff Treadway.

Gordon finished the season with 15 home runs, tying Scott Sharts for the school record but leaving him one shy of the Southern Section record of 16 set by Channel Islands’ Arnold Garcia in 1981.

Treadway (4-2), a freshman right-hander, earned the win. He struck out seven and allowed three hits in five innings.

In other games:

Granada Hills 7, Cleveland 5--The Highlanders overcame a three-run deficit to earn a wild-card berth in the City Section 4-A Division playoffs.

Granada Hills’ Jon Condos was three for three with two runs batted in, and Robert Vasquez and Scott Berger each added two hits. Granada Hills (7-15-2 overall, 5-10-2 in North Valley League play) scored two runs on suicide squeeze bunts.

North Hollywood will play host to the Highlanders in a wild-card game Wednesday.

El Camino Real 6, Taft 0--Jason Cohen was three for five with a pair of doubles, and left-hander Ryan McGuire (6-1) threw a five-hitter to lead El Camino Real (18-2-1, 15-1-1) in a West Valley League game at Taft.

Jeff Marks and Pat Treend each went two for three for El Camino Real.

Chatsworth 5, Canoga Park 2--Reed McMackin and Danny Rodriguez combined to limit Canoga Park to three hits in a West Valley League game at Chatsworth.

McMackin (10-2) allowed two hits in the first four innings to earn the win, and Rodriguez picked up his first save. He pitched three shutout innings and struck out five.

Chaminade 4, La Salle 2--Ted Corcoran threw a two-hitter and struck out nine to lead host Chaminade (16-8-1, 8-2) in a San Fernando Valley League game.