AMERICAN LEGION BASEBALL ROUNDUP : Morrow Again Sharp for West in 10-0 Win
Woodland Hills West Coach Don Hornback expected pitching to be a strength of his American Legion baseball team, but the performance of right-hander Terry Morrow has been a surprise.
Morrow pitched a three-hitter Saturday as defending state champion West defeated Lancaster, 10-0, in a District 20 game at El Camino Real High that was called after seven innings because of the 10-run rule.
Morrow (3-0), expected to be the team’s No. 3 starter, has allowed two earned runs in 21 innings. He allowed one Lancaster baserunner to reach third base.
Sean Boldt had three hits and three runs batted in and Greg Lederman added two hits and two RBIs for West (4-2).
In other District 20 games:
Encino-Crespi 9, Palmdale 3--Right-hander Jeff Suppan pitched five perfect innings of relief for Encino Crespi at Valley College.
Suppan (2-0) struck out nine. Jim Horacek and Vic Seper each had three hits and Joe Ruggiero added two for Encino-Crespi (5-1).
Sepulveda 6, Quartz Hill 5 (11 innings)--Russell Ortiz’s solo home run in the bottom of the 11th won the game at Birmingham.
Ortiz struck out 12 in 5 1/3 innings but allowed five earned runs. Shad Knighton had three hits and Justin Paperny and Brent Polacheck each added two for Sepulveda (4-0). Carl Grissom stole six bases for Quartz Hill (3-3).
Panorama City 8, San Fernando 4--Pitchers Jorge Dorado and Danny Gatica combined to limit host San Fernando (1-3) to six hits.
Dorado (2-0), a sophomore from Monroe High, struck out six in seven innings to earn the victory and Gatica picked up the save.
Josh Smith was two for three with two walks, two runs and an RBI for Panorama City (5-0), and Kirk Fellows had a two-run double.
Chatsworth 13, Glendale 8--Billy Blair, Tommy Lee, Doug Dean and Mitch Root each had three hits to lead a 15-hit attack for Chatsworth (5-0).
Granada Hills West 15, Woodland Hills East 5--Granada Hills West (5-1) had 20 hits in the eight-inning game at Granada Hills High.
Mike Petruzates (3-0) was three for three with four RBIs and also pitched a complete game. Heath McElwee and Dave Cipolla each had three hits to pace Granada Hills West.
Sun Valley 14, Burbank North 2--Sun Valley’s Francisco Flores allowed no hits for 5 2/3 innings and Sun Valley needed only seven innings to win by the 10-run rule at Poly High.
Raul Torres had three hits, and Jesus Perez and Frank Medina each added two hits for Sun Valley (4-1).
Van Nuys-Notre Dame 3, Reseda 2--In the eighth inning, Edgar Maldonado scored on a passed ball with what proved to be the winning run at Notre Dame.
Maldonado (1-1) pitched three scoreless innings of relief to earn the win. Vinnie Orlando had three hits and Lou Tapia added two for Van Nuys (5-2).
Granada Hills East 5, Verdugo Hills 4--Jason Makohon, David Bourne and John Toven each had two hits, and Toven drove in the winning run for host Granada Hills East (3-4) at Kennedy High.
Tom Manning (2-0) was the victor and Denny Sharp earned the save.
Las Virgenes 5, Newhall-Saugus 3--Las Virgenes’ Josh Morton earned the win and Tom Hoover picked up the save in each player’s first pitching appearance.
Morton’s double in the sixth drove in the tying and go-ahead runs for host Las Virgenes (2-3) at Calabasas High. Las Virgenes’ Tim Wayne was three for three.
Agoura-Oak Park 3, Burbank South 2--Chris Lehman doubled and scored the winning run on Damien Sterling’s single in the bottom of the sixth for Agoura-Oak Park at Oak Park High.
Ed Gillis, Lehman and Sterling each had two hits for Agoura-Oak Park (4-3). Jeff Gibbons (2-2) scattered seven hits and struck out 11 to earn the victory.
North Hollywood 16, Littlerock 10--David Anderson doubled and homered for host Littlerock, which committed nine errors.
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Newbury Park 9, Conejo B 5--Robert Fick doubled in the winning run and also earned the victory in relief for host Newbury Park (2-1). David Lamb, Jason Buckley and Jason Tubb each had two hits for Newbury Park (2-1).
James Bernau and Steve Kulpaca homered for Conejo B.