Fillmore’s Baseball Team Beats Calabasas Coyotes, 3-1

Fillmore High’s Frontier League baseball record is scarred only by a tie with fourth-place Calabasas two weeks ago. Monday afternoon at Calabasas, the visiting Flashes exacted a bit of revenge, riding Juan Duran’s complete-game five-hitter to a 3-1 win over the Coyotes.

Duran (4-1) was lifted to victory when Fillmore (11-1-1, 6-0-1) scored three runs in the third inning. With the bases loaded, Steve Clinton drew a walk to tie the score at 1. Catcher Phillip Chessani followed with a two-run single to account for the final score.

Starter Paul Johnson (2-3) allowed just three hits for Calabasas (6-6-1, 2-4-1) in a hard-luck loss.

In other high school baseball games:

Birmingham 5, North Hollywood 3--Host Birmingham scored four runs in the sixth inning, aided by RBI singles from Mike Malkin and Max Saucedo, to win a Valley Pac-8 Conference game.

Adam Pomeranz (1-2) allowed just three hits in going the distance for Birmingham (8-10, 6-5).

Grant 9, Van Nuys 0--Peter Chong was four for four and scored two runs for Grant in a Valley Pac-8 Conference game at Van Nuys.

WOMEN’S SOFTBALL

Cal Lutheran 10-15, Whittier 1-0--Cal Lutheran (26-6) banged out 33 hits in a nonconference sweep at Whittier.

Alysa Mathews went six for eight with five RBIs and a home run on the day. Marjorie Sievers (12-2) allowed just three hits in winning the first game while Leslie Stevens (14-4) allowed just two hits in the second game, called after five innings by the mercy rule.

GIRLS’ SOFTBALL

San Fernando 6, Cleveland 4--Edna Salandez stroked a three-run double to support the complete-game pitching of Raquel Naranjo (3-4) in a Northwest Valley Conference game.

Bernice Samaniego went two for three with a run scored for San Fernando (6-6, 2-1 in league.)