BASEBALL ROUNDUP : When 16th and Final Bell Rings, Eagles Left Standing

Bell catcher Jose Lopez was battered and bruised but he managed to get in the last lick.

Lopez, suffering from a sprained ankle and sore forearm, hit the game-winning RBI single in the bottom of the 16th inning to give Bell a 7-6 Southeastern Conference win Thursday at home.

“With all the bad things that happened to me during the game, it felt good to make the winning hit,” Lopez said.

Lopez drove in Frank Montero from third base after Montero singled and advanced on a two-base fielding error by Roosevelt right fielder Elio Zavala.

Despite his defensive troubles, Zavala was four-for-six with one RBI.

Roosevelt nearly scored in the top of the 14th, but second baseman Juan Carlos Rodriguez, who was one-for-three with four walks, was tagged out at the plate by Lopez on Chris Minter’s double.

Roosevelt tied the score at 6 in the seventh when Rodriguez scored on a throwing error.

Records: Bell 13-3, 7-1; Roosevelt 13-3, 6-1.

Banning 5, Crenshaw 4--Cougar senior right-hander Mike McNeely pitched five innings of no-hit ball Thursday, but fell victim to a five-run sixth-inning rally that saw the visiting Pilots pound out four doubles. Pinch-hitter Hymberto Sierra doubled up the middle, driving in Eddie Gonzales with the winning run.

Records: Banning 7-6, 6-2; Crenshaw 6-12, 1-7.

South Gate 4, Huntington Park 0--South Gate’s Alonzo Lopez scattered five hits and fanned six batters in a Southeastern Conference game Thursday at Huntington Park.

Records: South Gate 5-0; Huntington Park 3-2.

San Pedro 12, Washington 0--The Generals managed only five hits off pitcher Omar Esparza and lost a Southern Pacific Conference game Tuesday at home.

Banning 4, Crenshaw 1--Banning right fielder Ed Monzon made a backhand catch and threw to Eddie Guzman for a game-ending double play to put an end to Crenshaw’s rally in a Southern Pacific Conference game Tuesday at Banning.

Carson 4, Dorsey 1--Pitcher Jose Silva struck-out eight batters and picked four runners off base as the visiting Colts shut out Dorsey in a Southern Pacific Conference game Tuesday at Jackie Robinson Field. Dorsey pitcher Reggie Douglas threw a four-hitter, but was hampered by four errors and three unearned runs in the sixth.

Records: Carson 9-8, 6-0; Dorsey 4-7, 1-5.

Bell Gardens 5, Schurr 0--Bell Gardens shortstop Manual Arana had two hits and two RBIs in an Almont League game Tuesday. Lancer pitcher Bill Barajas threw a two-hitter, striking out six.

Records: Bell Gardens 10-8, 5-2.