COLLEGE BASEBALL ROUNDUP : Torrid DeTolve Takes Glendale to Playoffs - Los Angeles Times
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COLLEGE BASEBALL ROUNDUP : Torrid DeTolve Takes Glendale to Playoffs

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Glendale College beat visiting Bakersfield, 6-4, Saturday in a Western Conference finale to earn a berth in the WSC’s Shaughnessy playoffs, and freshman right-hander Rock DeTolve recorded his eighth consecutive conference victory.

Glendale (20-16, 12-8 in conference play), which recovered from an 0-4 start to tie for fourth, will play host to Oxnard on Tuesday at 2 p.m.

In Glendale’s three-run seventh, Mike Regan doubled in a run, John McCoy singled in a run and Jim Aiwasian drove in a run with a sacrifice fly.

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Valley 4, Moorpark 3 (12 innings)--Tim Weir hit run-scoring triples in the 11th and 12th innings to bring Valley back from a 3-2 deficit in a WSC game at home.

With none out in the 11th, Weir knocked in Joe Ishikawa, who had doubled, to tie the score, 3-3. An inning later Rob Kostenbader scored the winning run when Weir lined a shot down the right-field line.

Arnie Aguinaga (3-4) picked up the win in relief of Kostenbader for Valley (8-25-1, 5-15).

Oxnard 5, Santa Barbara 0--Oxnard pitcher Joe Canfield (8-6) allowed just two singles in going the distance for the Condors in a WSC game at home.

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Canfield struck out three and walked one. No Santa Barbara runner advanced past first base.

Tim Johnson and Chris Gaston each went three for three for Oxnard (20-18, 12-8). Gaston had two RBIs.

The Master’s 10-0, UC San Diego 4-4--Sheldon Sparks had three hits in the opener to lead Master’s (21-16) in a nonconference doubleheader at home.

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Cal Lutheran 9-15, La Verne 7-4--Blake Babki hit three home runs for the day and drove in the winning run in the opener to lead Cal Lutheran (28-7) to a nonconference sweep at home.

Babki was five for eight, drove in five runs and scored five runs. He has nine home runs.

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