Reports From LBCC
 

The Long Beach City College baseball team suffered a 10-3 loss to visiting Irvine Valley College on Tuesday at Joe Hicks Memorial Field in an opening game of a three-game non-conference series.

 

The loss snapped LBCC’s modest three-game winning streak and dropped the Vikings to 10-14 overall. Irvine Valley moved to 7-17 with the win.

 

Long Beach outhit Irvine Valley by an 11-8 margin, but couldn’t manage much off IVC starting pitcher Cody Fitzgerald.

 

After being shutout for the first seven innings, the Vikings were finally able to tally a run in the bottom of the eighth and two more in the ninth before chasing Fitzgerald just an out away from the complete game.

 

The Vikings had the bases loaded with two outs in the ninth, but IVC reliever Austin Alva was able to get Randy Guite to ground out to end the ball game.

 

Guite led the Vikings at the plate, going 3 for 5. Cory Buchheim was 2 for 5 with a RBI double in the eighth and a run-scoring single in the ninth. Kenny Uyetake (2 for 4) plated the Vikings other run with a ninth-inning RBI single.

 

Jared Smith took the loss for LBCC to fall to 1-4. He allowed seven runs and seven hits in just 4 2/3 innings.

 

Fitzgerald picked up the win to improve to 2-4 overall. He allowed three runs and 11 hits in 8 2/3 innings. Micah Gorman (1 for 3, 2B), BenAgredano (2 for 4), Drew Williams (1 for 3, HR), and Edgar Zamora (0 for 4) all drove in two runs each for IVC.  

 

Long Beach and Irvine Valley continue their three-game series on Thursday (Apr. 1) at IVC, with the series finale scheduled for Friday (Apr. 2) back at LBCC. First-pitch is set for 2 p.m. on both days.