Righetti High/s baseball team/s run output against its across-the-street rival matched its hit output Saturday.

Thus, the Warriors swept St. Joseph in a non-league doubleheader at Righetti. The Warriors took the first game 9-3 and the second 5-1.

Righetti (6-2) had eight hits the first game and six hits the second. St. Joseph is 0-7.

The Warriors/ relief pitchers did not get much work Saturday. In fact, they did not get much work all week.

"The starters were so dominant, the relievers just didn/t get a chance to get in much," said Righetti coach Eric Albright. "Rawlin Powell got in an inning Thursday, and David Lohman pitched an inning and two thirds today." Ben Grover went the distance in Righetti/s win Tuesday.

No relief pitcher made an appearance for Righetti in game two Saturday. Senior Josh Thomas tamed the Knights on a complete-game, 88-pitch, four hitter. The second game took just one hour, 27 minutes.

Righetti starter David Lohman worked 5 1/3 innings in the opener.

Though Albright obviously liked what he saw from his starters, "What happens when they falter and the relievers have to come in, and they haven/t been on the field in two weeks?," said Albright.

"We/ll get them ready," he vowed. "We/ll get them in the pen."

Everyone on both teams needs to be ready now, because Righetti and St. Joseph both open play in their leagues Tuesday. Righett is at Atascadero at 3:30 p.m. in a PAC-5 League opener, and St. Joseph plays at Santa Ynez at the same time in both teams/ Los Padres League debut.

"The defense and hitting have been really good for us 7 the pitching is secondary right now," Thomas said. Righetti/s defense wasn/t good all the time Saturday 7 the Warriors made three errors the first game and two the second.

Righetti had enough offense to make its errors inconsequential. Righetti got all the runs that it would need in the second inning. With two outs, the Warriors collected three consecutive singles. The first two were RBI hits by Chris Mathews and Tim Trefts.

Blaine Wilson gave Righetti its last run with a solo homer in the sixth. He hit a three-run homer in the sixth inning of the first game. The Warriors broke that one open with a five-run sixth.

Though Righetti was the team that swept Saturday, St. Joseph/s Bobby Fystro sounded like the happier coach. Sophomore Vince Dupuis/ pitching performance was a big reason why.

Dupuis held the heavy hitting Warriors to six hits, and not all of those hits were hard hit.

"He pitched a great game," said Fystro. "He got called up from the junior varsity for today.

"He won a varsity spot today."

Fystro figured his hitters would be up against it against Thomas, who struck out seven. "He/s a great pitcher," Fystro said. Thomas consistently got his fastball over low in the strike zone, and his off-speed stuff was working too.

St. Joseph/s hitters helped him out by golfing at some low pitches. Brian McConkey singled in the fifth for the Knights/ first hit.

Brian Pease/s two-runs single in a three-run sixth in the opener was the Knights/ most timely hit. St. Joseph had no extra base hits.

Albright didn/t seem to think the Warriors/ play was as dull as the overcast weather that ushered in the first day of spring, but he didn/t think Righetti/s play was razor sharp either.

"I thought we came out a little flat today," he said after telling his team, "This performance today won/t win our league."

AG 6-4, Alemany 3-9

MISSION HILLS 7 The Eagles (5-2) settled for a split, losing the second game 9-4 after winning the first 6-3.

Erik Morrison and Gil Buenrostro doubled for the Eagles in the first game. Chad Brown doubled for Arroyo Grande in the second.

The Eagles open PAC-5 League play at 3:30 p.m. Tuesday at home against Paso Robles.

Cabrillo 31-15, Mission Prep 5-0

SAN LUIS OBISPO 7 Besides all the hitting and scoring the Conquistadores (4-4) did, second-game Cabrillo starting pitcher Evan Fields allowed just hit and struck out seven in his six innings of work.

Four home runs were included in Cabrillo/s hitting feast in the opener. Brian Stieber hit a grand slam in the sixth inning. John Jennings hit two solo home runs for Cabrillo, and Isaac Simmons had one.

In all Saturday, Simmons was 4-for-6 with two home runs and two doubles. He drove in seven runs, scored seven more and walked four times.

Chris White had five hits for Cabrillo in the opener. Brett Jones had three, and Simmons and Lydell Sargeant each had two. Simmons, White and Sargeant all doubled.

Matt Hansen was 4-for-4 in the second game and double for Cabrillo. Simmons hit a three-run home run in the third and Ryan Dampier hit a solo homer in the seventh.

Dampier, Hansen, Simmons and Mike Baldridge doubled for Cabrlllo, which hosts Morro Bay at 3:30 p.m. Tuesday in its league opener.

Softball

RHS 5-3, SM 2-0

Strong pitching carried the day for the Warriors (7-1) as they swept the Saints 5-2, 3-0 at Santa Maria in a non-league doubleheader.

Jenna Maiden allowed four hits in the opener, and Carissa Segura hurled a two-hit shutout in the second game. Segura struck out 10.

Tabitha Taylor, Ana Acevedo and Jessica Rogers all had two hits for Righetti in the opener. Taylor and Acevedo each drove in a run. Acevedo doubled twice.

Sophia Beltran hit a two-run home run for Santa Maria in the sixth inning.

Kari Overholtzer/s double for Righetti accounted for the only extra base hit of the second game. The Warriors (1-0 PAC-5 League) host San Luis Obispo at 3:30 p.m. Wednesday in a PAC-5 game.

College baseball

Hancock 5, Oxnard 3

Like home runs? You would have loved this Western State North Conference game at Hancock.

Jimmy Van Ostrand and Jason Carlson hit solo home runs on back-to-back pitches for the victorious Bulldogs in the second inning. Oxnard had two back-to-back solo homers in the seventh inning, then Carlson answered with a solo homer in the eighth.

Oxnard came up short even though the Condors outhit Hancock (6-2, 9-5) 15-9. Jerimiah Ventresca (2-0) pitched the first six innings for Hancock to earn the win.

Hancock plays a WSC North game at 2 p.m. Tuesday at Santa Barbara.

Santa Barbara 6, Cuesta 4

SANTA BARBARA 7 The Vaqueros wiped out a 4-1 deficit against the Cougars (3-5, 5-9) by scoring five times in the eighth in another WSC North game.

Wes Pereira and Mike Brown had two hits each for Cuesta. Both doubled.

March 21, 2004