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Oxnard edges Vaqueros 6-5 in 10 innings

Noah Villegas went six innings and gave up three runs on five hits with six strikeouts.
Noah Villegas went six innings and gave up three runs on five hits with six strikeouts.

SBCC scored a run in the ninth on Friday to force extra innings but Oxnard got one in the 10th inning to hand the visiting Vaqueros a 6-5 WSC North baseball loss.

Santa Barbara (21-11, 10-8) erased a 3-0 deficit with four unearned runs in the seventh. The Vaqueros didn't have a hit in the inning and Oxnard committed three errors.

The Condors regained a 5-4 lead in the bottom of the seventh. The Vaqueros tied it at 5-5 on a two-out RBI double in the ninth by pinch-hitter Dallas Bacon.

Oxnard put together three straight singles to open the bottom of the 10th off Kit Larson. The Vaqueros threw out a runner at home, then Dustyn Cook delivered a walk-off single to score Daniel Barnett.

The Condors (23-7, 13-5) clinched the WSC North title. The Vaqueros are tied for second with Hancock with two games remaining.

Catcher Patrick O'Brien paced the Vaquero offense by going 3-5. Noah Villegas pitched six innings, giving up three runs on five hits with six strikeouts.

SBCC will play two nonconference games next week, traveling to Riverside on Wednesday at 5 p.m. and West L.A. on Thursday at 2:30 p.m.