Van Nuys Birmingham Squeezes Out 3-2 Victory

Jose Aguilar’s squeeze drove in Eric Rueda in the eighth inning and gave Van Nuys Birmingham a 3-2 victory over Van Nuys Grant in an American Legion District 20 baseball game Tuesday at Birmingham High.

Aguilar’s double in the sixth inning drove in Ghram Wintzer from first to pull Van Nuys Birmingham (8-5) even, 2-2.

Right-hander Joey Rubin (2-3) of Van Nuys Birmingham pitched a five-hitter, striking out eight.

Valley Chatsworth 7, North Hollywood 2--Mike Kunes had four hits and drove in three runs, and Steve Kracow hit a two-run single for Valley Chatsworth in a District 20 game at Chatsworth High.

Charles Kenny pitched a five-hitter for Valley Chatsworth (7-2).

Central Valley Cleveland 10, Newhall Saugus Hart 7--Dan Palardy had two of six doubles for Central Valley Cleveland, which had 14 hits in a District 20 game at Hart High.

Max Santillian had a run-scoring double and earned the victory in relief. Justin Sauitt had three hits and drove in three runs.

Chris Coleman had three hits, including a two-run home run, and Jeremy Cailotto had two hits, including a solo home run, for Newhall Saugus Hart (10-4).

Van Nuys Notre Dame 7, Woodland Hills Taft 1--Kevin Jerkens (3-0) pitched a four-hitter and John Puccinelli hit a three-run home run in the sixth inning to break a 1-1 tie for Van Nuys Notre Dame (10-1) in a District 20 game at El Camino Real High.

Justin Wade (2-1) of Woodland Hills Taft (5-5-1) pitched a six-hitter with six strikeouts.

Santa Susana 10, Oxnard 9--Mike Bonderson’s run-scoring single in the eighth inning gave Santa Susana a District 16 victory at Royal High.

Bonderson also hit a two-run home run for Santa Susana (8-3).

Royal 8, Simi Valley 2--Bobby Egan hit a two-run homer and a three-run homer in a District 16 game at Simi Valley High.

Brian Lipman also homered for Royal (11-1).

Agoura 11, Moorpark 7--Matt Bernstein had three hits and Brian Jacobsen drove in five runs for Agoura (9-6) in a District 16 game at Moorpark High.

D.J. Murphy (2-1) pitched 3 2/3 innings of relief for Agoura.

Panorama City 3, San Fernando 1--Adam Kaplan had two hits and scored two runs for Panorama City (6-6) in a District 20 game at Alemany High.

Right-hander John Hubbard (1-0) struck out two and allowed five hits in six innings.

West Hills Chaminade 8, Granada Hills 2--Justin Shore had four hits and R.T. Girch had three for West Hills Chaminade (7-6) in a District 20 game at Granada Hills High.