Baseball: OCC loses in bottom of the ninth

SANTA ANA - Host Santa Ana’s baseball team laid down two perfect

bunts in the bottom of the ninth, and the Dons tooke a 5-4 decision fromn

Orange Coast College Tuesday in an Orange Empire Conference game.

After a leadoff walk, Santa Ana had two consecutive bunt singles to load

the bases. A sacrifice fly drove in the winning run.

OCC (16-21, 6-14) had back-to-back homers in the first from Eric Wiethorn

and Jason Reuss. Wiethorn, a product of Corona del Mar High, went 3 for 4

at the plate.

ORANGE EMPIRE CONFERENCE

Santa Ana 5, OCC 4

OCC 201 000 100 - 4 11 1

Santa Ana 100 020 101 - 5 9 1

Carey, Canada (7), Brown (7), Parkin (7) and Keller; Weinberg, Thaler (9)

and Gerlach. W - Thaler. L - Parkin, 2-3. 2B - Laws (OCC), Pasillas (SA),

Welch (SA), Alcantar (SA). HR - Wiethorn (OCC), Reuss (OCC), Wilson (SA).