Corona Santiago hands Corona its first baseball defeat behind Troy Randall

Corona baseball is receiving some competition in Big VIII League play this season. Norco is supposed to be the Panthers’ main competition, but it was Corona Santiago that handed the Panthers their first loss on Monday.

Troy Randall had three hits and pitched three scoreless innings of relief in a 6-2 home victory. The teams play again Wednesday in Corona, with ace striker Pence on the mound for Santiago.

Santiago (10-2) took advantage of a rare outburst from Corona starting pitcher Mason Sims, who walked four in two innings. Randall and starting pitcher Ben Lewis held Corona’s top four hitters hitless with eight strikeouts.

Cleveland 6, Chatsworth 2: The Cavaliers continued their march toward third place in the West Valley League. Max Salazar had three hits. Joshua Pearlstein pitched a complete game with five strikeouts.

Taft 9, Grenada Hills 7: The Toreadors scored three runs in the ninth inning for a West Valley League victory. Nathan Swinson homered and Julian Antolin recorded three hits and three RBIs. Max Szczech had four hits, including a home run, for Granada Hills.

Garfield 10, Huntington Park 0: Omar Martinez had two hits and two RBIs and Michael Agredano struck out six in 3⅔ innings for Garfield.

Sylmar 6, Kennedy 4: Rickee Luevano homered and Timmy Sepulveda had three hits.

South Hills 4, San Dimas 1: Marc Morales pitched three scoreless innings of relief for South Hills.

Loyola 12, Paramount 2: Jack Murray contributed three hits for the Cubs.

Etiwanda 19, Los Osos 5: Angel Mejia finished with three hits and seven RBIs, including a grand slam.