Cerro Coso College sent 19 batters to the plate in the top of the ninth inning and scored 13 runs on its way to handing Porterville College a miserable 22-1 loss to open a three-game Central Valley Conference series on Tuesday.
Shaky defense also cost the Pirates dearly as seven errors resulted in eight unearned runs.
Cerro Coso was up 9-0 heading into the final frame before four hit batters and a pair of walks opened the horrendous ninth.
Porterville scored its lone run in the seventh thanks to a RBI single by Jason Romero that scored Lane Page. PC had the bases loaded with no outs but could only manage the one run.
The Pirates totaled 6 hits in the contest, getting a pair from Moses Garza (2-for-4) to lead PC at the plate.
Nico Portillo was credited with the loss. He allowed 5 earned runs and 9 hits over 5 innings. He struck out two and walked two.
Porterville lost its 10th straight game to fall to 1-26 overall and 0-10 in the CVC. The series with Cerro Coso continues on Friday (Mar. 29) in Ridgecrest at 6 p.m. with the finale back in Porterville on Saturday (Mar. 30) starting at 1 p.m.