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Toro Baseball Team Goes for the Quick Fix : Colleges: Dominguez Hills Coach George Wing is optimistic that seven transfers will help squad offset loss of key players.

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TIMES STAFF WRITER

The Cal State Dominguez Hills baseball team is undergoing an off-season of change.

Toro Coach George Wing has added seven players to his roster for next season, including three Division I and three community college transfers.

The Division I transfers, all pitchers, are Aaron Charlton from the University of Arkansas, Bert Horn from Chapman and Marc Mosman from Santa Clara. Horn and Charlton will be seniors and Mosman a junior.

The community college transfers are catcher Jose Sanchez from El Camino, outfielder Chris Turley from Rio Hondo and pitcher David Noyes from Cypress. Noyes, who did not play at Cypress, will be a freshman and Sanchez and Turley juniors.

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Raymond Judy, a transfer from National Assn. of Intercollegiate Athletics power Lewis-Clark State of Idaho, is expected to compete for a starting job in the outfield.

Dominguez Hills will also have the services of catcher Keith Tripp, who sat out last season after transferring from San Diego State.

Wing, who hopes to add as many as four more players in the next few weeks, said the newcomers should make up for the departure of several players from last season’s team.

The list of departures includes infielder Greg Bergeron, the leading batter in the California Collegiate Athletic Assn., who transferred to Loyola Marymount.

Pitcher Tom Ball and outfielder Corey Woinarowicz signed with the Angels and designated hitter Ariel Martin signed with the Chicago Cubs.

Pitcher Ken Gajewski, reserve catcher Troy Dunlap and relief pitcher Eric Duncan have received permission to talk with other schools. Bergeron, Gajewski, Dunlap and Duncan will be seniors next season.

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Wing said replacing Bergeron, who batted .403, will be difficult. Gajewski started 13 games and was 6-7 with a 4.60 earned-run average, Duncan was 4-4 with a 6.04 ERA and Dunlap batted .319 in limited play.

“Greg was just a real big player for us,” said Wing, who guided the Toros to a 29-26-1 season. “We’re going to miss Greg’s offense, there’s no doubt about that. But we’re bringing in some new faces and some transfers that we think can help us right away.”

Charlton was 0-0 with a 4.15 ERA in only 8 2/3 innings for Arkansas. The 6-foot-5, 205-pound Horn was a starter for Chapman. Wing compares Horn to former Dominguez Hills pitcher Mark Tranberg, who made the Division II All-America team in 1991 and is playing in the Philadelphia Phillie farm system.

Starting pitchers Scott Veeder and Dan Baker and relievers Randy Hines, Cory Lintern and Tony Velasquez are expected to return.

“I’m very happy with the pitching,” Wing said. “Most of my staff is coming back and I think we have a good nucleus to work with.”

Wing said the offense should benefit from the addition of Sanchez, Turley and Judy. Sanchez started his college career at Pepperdine.

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The Toros also return players such as outfielder Eric Martin, who batted .342 with a team-leading six home runs and 43 runs batted in, catcher Brett Owens and infielders Alfredo Rodriguez and Jesse Espinosa.

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