Six Homers Power Simi Valley to Upset

Six home runs propelled Simi Valley High to a 13-9 victory over Westlake in a Marmonte League baseball game Monday at Westlake.

The Warriors (12-8, 6-4 in league play) countered with home runs by Ryan Cope, Scott Dragicevich and David Williamson, but it wasn’t enough to keep them from dropping into a second-place tie with Camarillo.

For the Pioneers (12-9, 5-5), Todd Sherwin, Andy Gerber, David Land, Andy Karp, Jesse Kozlowski and Bobby Stockwell homered to spearhead a 13-hit attack.

There were 13 extra-base hits in the game, including triples by Westlake’s Joey Cuppari and Simi Valley’s Brandon Vorhees.

In other games:

Agoura 10, Royal 6--Michael Falco’s one-out grand slam capped an eight-run second for Agoura (13-8-1, 4-5-1) in a Marmonte League game at Royal.

David Johnson hit a two-run home run in the fourth to give Agoura a 10-0 lead, but Bobby Egan of Royal (15-5, 8-2) hit a solo home run with two out in the fifth to help the Highlanders avoid a mercy-rule loss.

Royal scored four runs in the sixth and one in the seventh.

Brian Jacobsen (3-2) had three hits for Agoura. He also scattered eight hits and struck out five in giving the Chargers their first complete game.

Van Nuys 5, Monroe 3--Victor Banuelos and Ryan Ennis held host Van Nuys to four hits, but all were for extra bases in a Mid-Valley League game at Van Nuys-Sherman Oaks Park.

Angel Barajas had a run-scoring triple and a run-scoring double, and scored twice for the Wolves (11-11-1, 6-5-1). Jose Avila drove in two runs with a double and sacrifice fly, and Shane Mochizuki had a run-scoring double.

Barajas (3-3) earned the victory in relief of Jose Jimenez, allowing one run on two hits with four strikeouts in three innings.

Canoga Park 3, Reseda 1--Danny Cuellar singled in Jose Santos to start a three-run sixth-inning rally in a Mid-Valley League game at Lanark Park that led to host Canoga Park’s first victory.

Cuellar (1-2) struck out four, walked one and limited the Regents (9-13, 1-12) to six hits.

Chris Lugo had two hits for Canoga Park (1-16, 1-12).

Poly 11, Grant 0--Mark Castardo hit a two-run home run and a run-scoring triple for Poly (13-5-2, 8-3-2) in an East Valley League game at Grant (8-14, 7-6).

Sal Trujillo (3-0) pitched a four-hitter with eight strikeouts.