Oak Park's Zack Thornton limited Malibu to five hits in the first game of a doubleheader at Malibu High on Saturday as the Eagles downed the Sharks by a score of 8-1. The loss snapped Malibu's 10-game winning streak and ran Thornton's record to 6-1.
Aaron Westine limited Oak Park to three runs, one of them unearned, in four-and-a-third innings on the mound, but the Sharks squandered scoring opportunities in the third and fourth innings and never held the lead in the game. Five different Malibu hitters collected hits, but Thornton issued no walks and only two baserunners reached on Oak Park errors.
Aaron Westine delivers to Michael Gwyn in the second inning.
After wasting scoring opportunities of their own in the second and third innings, Oak Park got on the board in the fourth as Jake Whitaker walked with one out. Doug Deakin doubled down the right field line sending Whitaker to third. Brian Kernochan's groundout drove in Whitaker with the first run of the game.
Malibu countered with a run in the bottom of the fourth. Phil Johnson led off with an infield single. Brooks Fitch followed with a base hit to right. After Jason Puklus struck out, Jamie Van Soelen singled down the left field line to drive in Johnson. Jared Weinstock then reached safely on Thornton's error, but Thornton pitched out of the bases loaded jam and coasted the rest of the way, retiring the last eleven batters he faced.
Oak Park, meanwhile, scored two more runs off of Westine in the fifth inning. Max Rosenberg led off with a single, advanced to second and third on wild pitches, and, with Jared Weinstock on the mound in relief of Westine, scored on a passed ball. Matt Alexander, who walked before Westine was lifted, scored on a sacrifice fly when Sharks left fielder Jamie Van Soelen made a diving catch of a line drive off the bat of Ty Muller.
The Eagles scored five runs in the top of the seventh. Sophomore southpaw Jared Weinstock allowed a base hit by Rosenberg and then walked Chad Standrowicz and Matt Alexander before being relieved by Colbie Bell. Rosenberg scored on Ty Muller's sacrifice fly and Jake Whitaker drove in Standrowicz and Alexander with a single to center. With two outs in the inning, Whitaker scored as Brian Kernochan reached on an error. Bell hit Zach Granowitz with a pitch and the scoring was completed when Cory Ott drove in Kernochan with a base hit.
Brett Weinstock, Phil Johnson, Brooks Fitch, and Jamie Van Soelen had singles for the Sharks. Michael Gwyn had Malibu's only extra-base hit, a double to deep center in the third inning.
Aaron Westine, who took the loss, is now 2-1 on the season with a 3.00 ERA.
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