Friday, April 15, 2005

Scouting Report: Oak Park Eagles

The Oak Park Eagles will visit Malibu High tomorrow for a non-league doubleheader against the Sharks. The Eagles are 8-3 overall and 2-0 in the Tri-Valley League following impressive home wins last week against Fillmore (20-2) on Wednesday and Carpinteria (14-4) on Friday.

Sophomore third baseman Chad Standrowicz was 4-for-8 in the two games with a total of 11 RBIs. Against Carpinteria, he had a career day with three homeruns and eight RBIs.

Senior catcher Max Rosenberg leads Oak Park hitters with a .462 average. Junior second baseman Cory Ott is second with a .432 mark.

Junior Zack Thornton has started six of Oak Park's eleven games this season and has a 5-1 record with a 1.40 ERA. Thornton averages five innings per start and one strikeout per inning. He has allowed only sixteen hits in his six starts. Senior Brian Kernochan (1-1, 6.72 ERA) is the Eagles' number two starter. Kernochan was the winning pitcher in last Friday's game against Carpinteria.

As team, Oak Park has a .343 batting average with five homeruns. On the bases, the Eagles are 6-for-11 in steal attempts.

The first game of the doubleheader tomorrow begins at 11:00 a.m.

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