Baseball Roundup: Fountain Valley ahead of pack

Barons lead Sunset League with 4-0 record as teams approach second round of league play.

March 27, 2013|By Mike Sciacca

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With spring break a few days away, the Sunset League baseball race is about to complete its first-round of action. It comes to a close Thursday with the league lead on the line.

Through the first four league contests Tuesday, Fountain Valley leads the way at 4-0. The Barons won their fourth outing Tuesday by taking a 6-1 victory from rival Edison. One game back of the lead is Marina which was dropped from a share of first place after Newport Harbor rallied for a 3-2 win. Huntington Beach also was victorious Tuesday by defeating Los Alamitos, 4-1.

Thursday's schedule has Marina playing at home against Fountain Valley in a key game and Huntington traveling to face Edison. Both games start at 3:15 p.m.

Ocean View, which dropped its second-straight Golden West League game Tuesday in a loss to Orange, continues league play at 7 p.m. Thursday against Loara.

Edison: Brian Schales, Dante Capoccia, Philip Knapp and Jake Scott had hits for the Chargers (1-3 league) in their 6-1 loss Tuesday to Fountain Valley.

Edison starts play Monday at the Hard 9 National Classic tournament and face Calvert Hall (Md.) at 10 a.m. at Esperanza High.

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Fountain Valley: Sophomore Hunter Margain (4-0) threw a complete game for his third win of the season and Joseph Secrest and Nick Yang started two big rallies for the Barons in their 6-1 home win over Edison.

Justin Brand went two for three and Brock Lundquist doubled for Fountain Valley, which is 4-0 in league, 10-1 overall, and ranked No. 4 in CIF Southern Section Division 1.

"Hunter was very efficient," Fountain Valley Coach Deric Yanagisawa said of Margain, who threw 85 pitches in a complete game. "Clutch hitting by Nick Yang and base running and execution were huge today."

Yanagisawa said that senior ace Monty Plattner (5-0) will start Thursday at Marina.

Following Thursday's game at Marina, the Barons begin play Saturday at the Anaheim Lions Tournament. They play host to Campolindo at 11 a.m. and Long Beach Millikan at 2 p.m. In tourney play next week, the Barons play host to Woods Cross (Utah).at 11 a.m. on Monday and are home to Salinas at 11 a.m. on Tuesday. The championship game is set for Wednesday.

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Huntington Beach: Logan Pouelsen hit an RBI double in the opening inning and the Oilers started on their way to a 4-1 win over visiting Los Alamitos.

In the second inning, Jarrett Anton delivered an RBI triple and Clint Jack had a run-scoring single as Huntington (7-4, 2-2) increased its lead to 4-0.

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