AMERICAN LEGION BASEBALL ROUNDUP : Granada Hills West Doubles Its Pleasure

Granada Hills West swept an American Legion doubleheader Saturday at Granada Hills High, but it was not exactly a twin killing. Not only did Granada Hills West beat different teams, it also did so in vastly different ways.

In the first game, Granada Hills West trounced San Fernando, 10-0, and in the second it edged Granada Hills East, 4-3.

Michael Petruzates led the way against San Fernando. He was two for three with a two-run home run and struck out seven with no walks in a game shortened to five innings because of the 10-run rule. Petruzates is 4-0.

Against Granada Hills East, Bryan Martin scored the winning run on Scott Berger’s single in the bottom of the sixth.

Granada Hills West (7-3) trailed, 3-0, after four innings.

In other District 20 games:

Woodland Hills West 11, Littlerock 1--Terry Morrow and Tad Miyoshi combined to limit visiting Littlerock to four hits in a game at El Camino Real High that was called after eight innings because of the 10-run rule.

Woodland Hills West (6-2) has won four in a row.

Panorama City 14, Burbank South 3--Adrian Lovrich scattered six hits in a game shortened to seven innings because of the 10-run rule. Lovrich (3-0) struck out three, walked two and allowed two earned runs.

Greg Kite hit a three-run home run and had four runs batted in for visiting Panorama City (7-1) in the game at Burroughs High.

Reseda 13, Agoura-Oak Park 12--Bob Bookatz singled in the winning run past a drawn-in infield in the bottom of the ninth at Reseda High.

Reseda (4-5) trailed, 9-2, after 4 1/2 innings but Matt Gorman capped the comeback with a three-run triple that scored the tying and go-ahead runs. Jesse Yeomans (2-1) struck out three in two innings of relief to notch the victory.

Sun Valley 6, Las Virgenes 2--Visiting Sun Valley overcame a 2-0 deficit with three runs in the fourth inning and added single runs in the fifth, sixth and seventh at Calabasas High.

Van Nuys-Notre Dame 15, West Hills 5--Glen Carson had three hits and five RBIs for host Van Nuys-Notre Dame (7-2) in the 6 1/2-inning game. Cesar Hernandez added three hits and Chris Garza (2-0) earned the victory.

Lancaster 19, North Hollywood 9--Visiting Lancaster had 18 hits in seven innings before the game was ended because of the 10-run rule.

Lancaster’s Darrin Derrico was three for five with seven RBIs. Derrico had a three-run triple, two-run double, RBI single and sacrifice fly. George Boykins (five for five, two RBIs, two runs) and Jack Cox (three for five, two doubles, five RBIs) also chipped in for Lancaster (4-3).

Verdugo Hills 7, Sepulveda 4--Mike Parker broke a 3-3 tie in the fifth with a two-run single and J.R. Workman followed with a run-scoring single as Verdugo Hills handed Sepulveda its first loss in eight games.

DISTRICT 16

Simi Valley 21, Newbury Park 4--After managing only one hit in three scoreless innings, Simi Valley (4-4) scored 21 runs and banged out 21 hits in the next five innings at Royal High.

Camarillo 4, Westlake-Royal 2--Jon McMullen slammed a two-out, two-run home run in the sixth inning to back the complete-game pitching of Eric Raba (3-0).