AMERICAN LEGION ROUNDUP : Woodland Hills East Maintains Lead With Win in Final At-Bat

For the second consecutive game, Woodland Hills East, leader of American Legion District 20’s Western Division, won in its final at-bat. The latest example was Wednesday’s 3-2 win over Valley Encino-Tarzana at Taft High.

Catcher Glen Nahmias provided the key blow, a two-run home run in the bottom of the seventh, to make a winner of pitcher Chris Brown (7-3) and preserve East’s half-game lead over Woodland Hills West.

Nahmias’ home run proved especially pleasing for East (17-4) after it was held scoreless despite loading the bases with none out in the sixth inning.

Nahmias drove in all three of East’s runs with three hits. Jason Mansfield took the loss for Valley ET (9-11).

In other District 20 games:

Woodland Hills West 7, Eagle Rock 4--Bobby Kim struck a two-run double to highlight a four-run seventh inning as West (16-4) came from behind to win at Occidental College and remain a half-game behind East.

Pat Treend pitched the seventh inning to earn his second save and preserve the win for starter Sean Boldt (5-1).

Kim, Del Marine and Jeff Marks had two hits each for West, which has won 13 in a row and 15 of its last 16. Eagle Rock fell to 9-11.

Quartz Hill 8, North Hollywood 4--Kendial Armstrong went two for four with a triple and a single to lead Quartz Hill (16-5) to victory at North Hollywood High.

Armstrong drove in two runs and scored twice to support the pitching of Dan Bennett (2-0), who threw the final two innings to earn the decision. Jason Haner also scored two runs.

For North Hollywood (1-21), Mike Salas had three hits, while Duane Braxton and Sammy Ciaramilaro had two hits apiece.

Encino-Crespi 7, Verdugo Hills 3--Jeff Suppan allowed just two earned runs and scattered seven hits in a game at Valley College.

Suppan (3-4) walked two and struck out six for Encino-Crespi (5-14). Mark Hollenbeck went two for three and drove in a run while Casey Snow had two hits and scored twice for the winners.

Agoura-Oak Park 7, Newhall-Saugus 5--Jason Kane’s two-run double in the first inning sparked a four-run rally to support the winning pitching of Jeff Gibbons (6-2) in a game at Saugus High.

Gibbons (6-2), scattered eight hits for Agoura-Oak Park (10-10). Joey Medaglia had three hits for the winners. Dave Bildner had three hits for Newhall-Saugus (13-9).

Sun Valley 9, Chatsworth 8--Sun Valley, the leader in the Eastern Division, took a 6-1 lead in the third inning, then held on in a game at Poly High.

Raul Torres relieved in the sixth inning and pitched shutout ball for his first save, preserving starter Robert Flores’ win.

Sun Valley (18-2) was helped by multiple-hit days from Wil Molina (two hits, two runs, two RBIs); Marlon McKinney (two hits, two runs, one RBI); Roy Lozano (two hits, one run, two RBIs) and Torres (two hits).

Chatsworth fell to 9-11.

Las Virgenes 7, Studio City 6--Las Virgenes (11-10) rallied from a 5-2 deficit after two innings at Calabasas High.

Right-hander Harold Turk (3-1) allowed two earned runs through 5 1/3 innings, striking out one and walking three. Paul Johnson pitched the final 1 1/3 innings to earn his second save.

Trailing, 5-2, Las Virgenes scored three runs in the fifth to take the lead for good.

Brett Resnick walked with one out and Geordie Wimmer reached base on an error. Paul Shaffer drove home Resnick with a sacrifice fly and Sam Voita doubled in Wimmer.

Voita then scored when Tom Hoover reached base on a throwing error.

Alex Alvarenga was two for three and Tony Gonzales was three for four for Studio City. Hoover was two for three for Las Virgenes.

Studio City fell to 5-16.