Vikings take two from Rams to stay atop Coast-North

Cole Murchison went 6-8 with 4 RBI in a pair of games at CCSF. (file photo)
Cole Murchison went 6-8 with 4 RBI in a pair of games at CCSF. (file photo)

Curran Ozawa-Burns clubbed his NorCal-leading 10th home run to lift West Valley to an 11-5 win over City College of San Francisco Saturday at San Francisco St. University. The win was the second in three days over the Rams and kept the Vikings on top of the Coast-North standings at 10-2, 20-12 overall.

The Ozawa-Burns blast came with the score tied 2-2 in the top of the fifth, knocking in Connor Leaverton who had reached on a Ram E6. The Vikings added two more runs in the eighth on a Cole Murchison RBI double and an Evan Meier SAC fly. West Valley put it out of reach with five runs in the top of the ninth, highlighted by a Murchison RBI-single, a Meier two-run double and a two-run single from Jaden Mazzaferro

WVC starter Roman Connolly picked up the win, giving up two runs on five hits with five strikeouts in four innings. Michael Dixson and Lincoln Juarez each had four K's in relief. Murchison finished 3-5 with two RBI and three runs scored, while Ozawa-Burns was 2-4 with two RBI and three runs scored. Meier knocked in three runs.

In the April 7 game, Jacob Dressler broke open a scoreless tie with an RBI double in the top of the eighth. The Vikings would go on to score four more in the eighth: Dressler scored on a wild pitch, Murchison ripped an RBI double and then scored on a passed ball, and Aran Cox delivered a SAC fly that drove in Meier. 

Dressler was a torrid 4-5, and Murchison was 3-3. Starter Cae Cox hurled a scoreless five innings, scattering four hits and striking out four Rams. Jalen Jagdeo pitched a scoreless eighth to pick up the win.

The Vikings host second-place Skyline (23-7, 9-3) Tuesday at Mission College. First pitch is 3:00pm.