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1 3a SATURDAY, MARCH 31, 1990 SD LOS ANGELES TIMES San Diego County HIGH SCHOOL BASEBALL ROUNDUP El Capitan Sets Aside Good-Neighbor Policy DAVIDMcNEW Loe AnjeleiTimn Jim Rodgers and Jason Ficken both went two for four for Mt. Miguel (2-10). Valhalla fell to 7-6-1. Monte Vista 7, West Hllli 3 Monte Vista stole seven bases in a nine-inning game at West Hills. Vern Mullis went the distance and struck out 10 and walked three to pick up the victory (2-1).

Monte Vista (10-3) scored four runs in the ninth. For the Monarchs, Ed-mond Bradley was three for four, scored three runs, tripled and had two stolen bases. Helix 10, El Cajon Valley 0 Chad Young hit a three-run home run in the third for Helix. Young was three for three with four RBIs, and teammates Rob Ippolito got two hits, drove in two runs and scored twice and Tom Grindle was two for four with two doubles and one RBI. Pitcher Eric Nicholson (4-0) struck out 13 for Helix (6-4-1).

Avocado League San Paaqual San Marcos 1 Dave Vejtasa hit an two-run double in the top of the fifth for San Pasqual (3-6-1, 1-0). Also for San Pasqual, Dave Goss went two for four and Ben Duncan went two for three. Eric Morton scored San Marcos' only run on a sacrifice fly. San Marcos is 5-5, 0-1. El Camlno 5, Ramona 4 Daniel Esposito went two for two with a double and an RBI for El Camino (7-3, 1-0).

Teammate Fred Hernandez went three for three with an RBI. Palomar League Rancho Buena Vltta 10, Torrey Plnea 5 Scott Lyons' three-run homer sparked a seven-run first inning for Rancho Buena Vista (5-4-1, 1-0). Lyons ended the day with two hits and three RBIs. Teammates Jason Schmeiser went two for four and drove in three runs and Chris Gorr had a hit and three RBIs. Torrey Pines dropped to 5-5, 0-1.

Mt. Carmel 8, Fallbrook 0 Armando Sanchez hit a two-run homer in the second inning and Chris Chavez added a two-run homer in the fourth for Mt. Carmel. Fall-brook is now 4-4, 0-1. City Eastern League Serra 8, Patrick Henry 2 Jeff Chamberlain went two for four with two RBIs for visiting Serra (5-6-1, 1-1-1).

Mike Miller added two RBIs on one hit for Serra. Patrick Henry is now 5-7, 1-3. Coaital League Santa Fe Christian 6, Parker 2 Alex Boshaw went three for three with an RBI for Santa Fe Christian (2-6, 2-0). On the mound, Boshaw (2-2) had seven strikeouts and gave up six hits and three walks. Trey Call and Danny Barth each went two for four with a double for Santa Fe Christian.

El Capitan never needs much motivation to play rival Santana, which is located less than five miles away. But it got some any way. "I'd be lying if Santana's 10-0 record didn't get our kids a little more fired up than usual," El Capitan Coach Steve Vickery said. Sufficiently motivated, El Capitan put on its hitting and running shoes and walked away with an easy 11-4 nonleague victory Friday over visiting Santana. "We were glad we had a shot at getting them," Vickery said.

"They're our neighbors and we would have had to listen to them all year." After the first inning, it appeared El Capitan (7-4) might be forced to listen to its neighbors as Santana took a 3-0 lead on Ferdi Hollis' three-run home run to left. But after an uneventful first inning, El Capitan sent 14 batters to the plate and scored 10 runs in the second. El Capitan chased Santana starter Tom Weinbrecht with pitcher David Rios' two-run double over the left fielder's head, making it 3-2. Jerry Potts relieved Weinbrecht, but was unable to retire a batter. He immediately threw two wild pitches to score two runs, then gave up a walk, a two-run single to El Capitan's Jim Marchesi and another walk.

Catcher Robert Ervin replaced Potts, but was greeted by a two-run double down the right-field line by Greg Ransweiler. After a sacrifice fly by Jeep Tharp scored Ransweiler, Andy Cleland walked, stole second, advanced to third on a error by the shortstop and stole home. Rios (4-0) settled down after the first inning and did not allow a run until the sixth when he tired. "They say he doesn't have good stuff, but all he does is win," Vickery said. El Capitan scored its last run in the fourth on Cleland's RBI single.

The game was called after innings because of darkness. DAVE McKIBBEN In other nonleague games Qroumont 10, Granite Hills 3 Todd Cady hit two two-run homers, one in the fourth inning and one in the sixth, for Grossmont (12-1). Cady went two for four with four RBIs and two runs scored. Grossmont's Jim Early went two for four with a two-run homer in the sixth inning for. Shane Spencer hit a two-run homer for Granite Hills (6-3-1).

Mt. Miguel 8, Valhalla 4 Jim Hoffman hit a two-run homer in the top of the third for Mt. Miguel to take a 4-0 lead. Scott Lapinski then hit a home run in the fourth inning to begin Valhalla's scoring. SDSU shortstop Brian Grebeck pivots and tries to sidestep BYU's Matt Norman in an attempt to complete a double play Friday night.

Aztecs, BYU Split Pair; Five-Game Streak Ends Again, it was the bottom of the order that got things going. With runners at the corners, Simpson, the No. 9 hitter, came through with a run-scoring single to center off reliever Rusty Filter. The No. 1 and No.

2 batters, Gary Daniels and Matt Norman, then came through with singles, and when it was all over, BYU held an 8-4 advantage and SDSU held no hopes of taking its winning streak to six games. In the first game the Aztecs seemed to do everything right. In that first one, SDSU drew three bases on balls from pitcher Mike Switzer (5-2). All three runners scored and two came home on sacrifice flies, one off the bat of Eric Christopherson and the other from Brian Grebeck. Little things? The two other Aztec runs came after runners were bunted along.

Anthony Johnson, who was seven for 17 last week with four RBIs, layed down the first sacrifice in the second, moving Grebeck to second base. Grebeck later scored on Steve Boucher's single to left. Boucher layed down the other bunt, pushing over Johnson from second to third. Johnson came in aging considering they came from the bottom of the order. In the fourth, Burt Call, the No.

8 batter, drove in one run with a single to center and No. 9 hitter, Brian Simpson, drove in two with a home run to left. Another run scored on a throwing error by catcher Eric Christo-pherson, who was trying to catch Call stealing second base when he threw into center. When the third out was finally recorded by starter Eric Planten-berg, BYU held a 4-2 lead. In the fifth, Christopherson evened it up with a two-run home run that sailed well over the fence in left-center.

It was Christopherson's fourth home run of the year. It was also his second run of the game. In the third, Christopherson, a junior, tripled to center then scored when Brad Gennaro hit a grounder back to the mound. The throw from pitcher Kendall Bennett went to the plate, but Christopherson's hook slide bypassed the tag of catcher Brian Banks. But BYU came back in the sixth with four more.

All four came across after two were out. ByJOHNGEIS SAN DIEGO-When the words "transition" and "rebuilding" appear in a media guide, the team that put it out doesn't expect to have only one loss six games into conference play. Yet, there the Aztecs are, perched atop the Western Athletic Conference at 5-1 following Friday night's doubleheader split with Brigham Young. The Aztecs won the opener, 5-1, and dropped the second, 8-5, ending their five-game winning streak. Because of the doubleheader, each game was shortened to seven innings.

The Aztecs moved to 21 -11 overall and the Cougars went to 15-13, 1-1 in the WAC. "This is the right time to be on a roll," Coach Jim Dietz said between games. "But we're not out of the woods yet. I hate these seven-inning games." Especially after BYU scored four runs in an inning twice in the second game, the first time erasing a 2-0 Aztec lead and the second time turning a 4-4 tie into an 8-4 advantage. The runs were especially dam 1 'Old Man' Scores Late, Sockers Beat Sidekicks on Bill Dunckel's fielder's choice grounder to shortstop.

The Cougars scored their lone run in the fourth. Randy Wilstead came across on Blaine Milne's sacrifice to right. Noteworthy only because it was the first earned run given up by starter Kurt Archer (2-0) since he was moved into the rotation. Archer, a transfer from Lassen Community College in Susanville where he posted an 8-1 record and a 1.93 ERA last year, shut out Sacramento State in his first start and gained a 4-3 victory over Utah last weekend in which all Ute runs came unearned. Early on Archer was having trouble in the bullpen, but before his transition to a starting role, pitching coach Gary Kondratek repaired his delivery.

Archer was throwing almost sidearm. Now he's coming from over the top. "It added four to five m.p.h. of velocity to my fastball and now my slurve breaks downward more," Archer said of the adjustment. He struck out four Cougars and gave up only one walk in allowing six hits.

SEAN M. HAPPEY ForTheTimra the drive of the Sidekicks' Tatu. from the redline to the top of the box and banged one off the glass just above the top of the goal. Then, early in the fourth quarter, he spun and sent a shot that bounced inches wide of the right post with a resounding "thud." Seeker Note! The Sockers have just one game remaining with the Sidekicks, who will play in San Diego April 13.. Midfielder Brian Qaln played in his third consecutive game Friday after missing seven In a row with tendinitis of the groin.

He still isn't back to full speed but said he Isn't feeling pain from injury. Veteran forward Steve Znfal has not suited up since the Feb. 24th game against St. Louis. Defender Geerfe Faraandei increased his consecu-Uve games streak to 123 Friday night.

After tonight's game at Tacoma, the Sockers return home to play Wichita next Wednesday before embarking on a three-game road trip through Cleveland, Baltimore and Tacoma. BIG GAME Top Pitchers Orange Glen By MARTIN HENDERSON POWAY This was supposed to be a pitchers showcase. This was supposed to be the matchup of the year. That's what it was supposed to be. But neither Scott Coleman nor Danny Miller were around for the end of Orange Glen High School's 6-4, nine-inning Palomar League baseball victory over Poway (5-3, 0-1).

That's not to say they didn't try. Miller went 8V6 innings in a losing cause, struck out 13, walked two, allowed 10 hits and gave up five runs, four earned. Coleman went six innings, struck out seven, walked four, allowed seven hits and four earned runs for "No, I didn't think it would be this kind of game at all," said Poway Coach Rudy Casciato. "After Orange Glen scored the first two runs, I thought it might be around there the whole game." Why didn't Casciato think there would be more scoring? Because Orange Glen's Coleman set a San Diego Section record earlier this season by pitching 16 consecutive no-hit innings. Coleman entered with a 1.90 earned-run average and 37 strikeouts in 27 innings.

He had allowed only 10 hits. Miller was no slouch, either. He entered with a 0.59 ERA and 28 strikeouts in 23 innings. But the Patriots struck for two runs in the first inning. Lance Keller and Brian Kooiman singled Stand Aside, Beats Poway to open the game, and Scott Porter doubled home the first two of his three runs batted in.

Kooiman, who singled in the third, eventually scored on Porter's single to make it 3-0. If that didn't have Casciato and the Titans sweating, Orange Glen added another run in the fifth inning when Keller stole home in a first-and-third situation. "We knew Poway was a good ballclub, but we are too," said Orange Glen Coach Ken Walker. "After we scored the first two runs, we knew it wasn't over, though." Coleman cruised into the sixth inning with a three-hitter, but his troubles were about to begin. Brock Marsh and Greg Sorrell singled, and Matt Schwenke launched a 375-foot home run over the left-center-field fence to pull to 4-3.

Two pitches later, Miles Kelly tied the game with an equally impressive shot over the left-field fence. Coleman got through the inning, aided by Orange Glen's third of four double plays. Jim Roby pitched the final three innings. "Our defense has been real sound and we've been able to do those types of things," said Walker. But Poway was not as fortunate.

Two throwing errors by Schwenke, the catcher, on successive sacrifice bunts allowed Gavin McQueen to score and Mike Russ to get into position to score on Scott Tittrington's wild pitch. opportune time for the Sockers, who were coming off two consecutive road losses and beginning to wonder if the progress they had made in winning four in a row had slipped away. Shaky play through much of the second half did nothing to alleviate their self-doubts. "The second half we really played bad," Hirmez said. "But it's about time we played bad and won a game." Though it wasn't much to look at, it was hard to overlook the Sockers' effort.

No one demonstrated that better than rookie forward Wes Wade, who appeared hurling himself in the direction of every Sidekick threat. And it was Wade who tipped the ball away from McCleod and helped Cacho take possession away from Dallas and set up Hirmez's game-winner. Socker Coach Ron Newman will take victories in any form these days. "Wasn't one of our prettier games, was Newman said. "Obviously there was a lot of tension in our team.

"We're playing a little nervous now. They know how important each game is now. We can't afford to lose these home games." Still, the Sockers started out in rather dubious fashion Friday. They were behind before there was time for a second fist full of popcorn. Sidekick midfielder Bruno Ferretti slipped around the Sockers' defense and stuck the ball into the left corner nine seconds into the game.

Midfielder Brian Quinn made MISLWaadHirmez's last-minute goal pushes Sockers to 3-2 victory and into second in Western Division. By DON PATTERSON SAN DIEGO-Waad Hirmez might be getting too old for this stuff, but his teammates on the Sockers aren't about to complain. There were 39 seconds remaining Friday night at the San Diego Sports Arena when defender Cacho knocked the ball away from Dallas defender Wes McCleod and into the path of Hirmez. Hirmez wound up and sent a line drive past goalie Joe Papaleo to give the Sockers (20-23) a 3-2 victory over the Dallas Sidekicks (27-18) before 8,195 and move them into second place in the Western Division of the Major Indoor Soccer League. Socker owner Ron Fowler dropped by Hirmez's locker minutes later, shook his hand and said, "Not bad for an old man." Hirmez, the Sockers' 28-year-old midfielder, isn't exactly within a step of social security, but he has been around long enough to prevent his eyes from getting too wide in a situation such as this.

"I couldn't think twice," he said. "I saw the angle was open so I just hit the ball in the right place." And thus ended a typical Side-kicks-Sockers game here in San Diego. Dallas has won just once in 16 meetings. This one came at an George Fernandez tries to disrupt amends soon after, following goalie Joe Papaleo's deflection off a Wes Wade shot with a shot from just outside the goal mouth that wound up in the back of net and tied the score, 1-1. Branko Segota, whose productivity has taken a giant leap since he was moved from midfielder to forward after the trade for Paul Wright, dribbled his way through traffic and scored off his own rebound to give the Sockers a 2-1 lead early in the second quarter.

Dallas tied it early in the third quarter when forward Willie Mo-lano took a pass off the board from defender Troy Snyder and punched it into the right side. Tatu then came within a whisker of putting the Sidekicks ahead. Twice. First time, toward the end of the third quarter, he dribbled.