OCC’s Allen goes the distance in 7-5 win over Cypress

Sophomore left-hander Kyle Allen pitched his second straight complete

game, allowing four earned runs and striking out seven, to lead host

Orange Coast to a 7-5 Orange Empire Conference baseball victory over

Cypress Thursday.

Allen, who set a school record with 18 strikeouts a week ago in a

4-1 win over Riverside, got into trouble in the first inning. He hit

the first batter, then allowed a single to right. Paul Smyth followed

with a three-run homer to center for a 3-0 Cypress lead.

The Bucs answered with two in the first after leadoff man Tyler

Shaffer walked, Kyle Stanley followed with the first of three

singles, then both advanced on a wild pitch. A passed ball plated

Shaffer and a Ryan Mathes groundout scored another.

The Pirates scored twice in the seventh without benefit of a hit.

Three walks, a hit batter and a sacrifice fly got Allen (5-3) a

two-run cushion he would not let go to waste.

Stanley, who made several key defensive plays at first base,

finished 3 for 5 with a run scored and one RBI. Micah Hazen and Chris

Bullock each had two hits, scored once and had an RBI. Ben Hanna

walked three times and scored twice.

Coast (15-15-1, 7-11 in the OEC) is at Cypress Saturday to wrap up

the three-game season series at noon.

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Orange Empire Conference

OCC 7, Cypress 5

Score by Innings

Cypress 310 000 010 -- 5 6 2 OCC 210 100 21x -- 7 10 2 Keadle, Greenwalt (7), Rourke (7),

Windle (8) and Garcia; Allen and Hicks.

W -- Allen, 5-3. L -- Keadle. 2B -- Fry

(Cyp), Rodriguez (Cyp). HR -- Smyth

(Cyp)

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