Trabuco Hills Hits 8 Homers, Beats Corona

Trabuco Hills had 24 hits, including eight home runs, to hold off Corona, 24-18, in a wild second-round Southern Section Division II playoff game Tuesday in Corona.

The Mustangs scored 13 runs in the second inning to take a 17-3 lead, but Corona scored eight in the bottom of the second and seven in the fourth to take an 18-17 lead. The Mustangs then scored seven in the fifth to take the lead for good.

Steve Sirbu and Jason Mooneyham hit back-to-back homers in the inning, with Sirbu’s home run putting the Mustangs up, 19-18.

The eight home runs by Trabuco Hills was one short of the county record for home runs in a game held by Canyon (1994) and Santa Margarita (1997). Sirbu (four RBI, four runs scored), Mooneyham (two RBI, three runs scored) and Brian Byrne (four RBI, four runs scored) each hit two home runs and Sean Boatright and Ryan Brizendine hit one each. Sirbu went five for five and Boatright and Brizendine had three RBIs each.

“I’ve never been involved in a game like this in my career,” Trabuco Hills Coach Tim Ellis said.

Kyle Allen (7-4) went the final 3 1/3 innings to pick up the victory. Allen has won all three games in the playoffs for Trabuco Hills (20-9). The Mustangs play La Mirada, a 6-5 winner over Palmdale, in the semifinal Friday at Trabuco Hills.

In another Division II game:

Thousand Oaks 4, Woodbridge 1--Chris Cordeiro gave up seven hits, one run and struck out seven to spark the third-seeded Lancers at Woodbridge.

In Division III:

Villa Park 7, Cerritos Gahr 0--Dan Reid pitched a three-hitter with 12 strikeouts for visiting Villa Park (26-2). In the first inning, Reid gave up a leadoff triple, but got two strikeouts and a groundout. Protecting a 1-0 lead in the fifth, Reid again gave up a triple to the first batter, but got a groundout to third, a strikeout and a grounder to short.

Villa Park will play Tustin on Friday.

Tustin 13, Palm Desert 1 (6, mercy)--Chris Hanson hit a three-run home run to end the game and Elias Landeros hit a grand slam in the fourth inning for Tustin. Hanson and Landeros each had five RBIs. Michael Castillo (5-2) went five innings to pick up the win, striking out six.

Los Altos 7, El Dorado 6--Los Altos scored seven runs in the bottom of the fourth inning to wipe out a 4-0 El Dorado lead.

Temecula Chaparral 4, La Habra 1--Catcher Ramiro Godinez drove in La Habra’s only run, in the sixth inning. He had two hits.

In Division IV:

Western 7, Corona del Mar 5--Chris Jackson hit a two-run triple in the bottom of the third and scored when Gabe Reina doubled to put Western (16-12) ahead, 6-0, in a second-round game.

In Division V:

Calvary Chapel 10, Riverside Notre Dame 1--Kyle Christiansen struck out 12, gave up no hits, walked one and hit two in five innings for host Calvary Chapel (20-7).