CAN CAMARILLO REPEAT OUTPUT?

Byline: Vincent Bonsignore Daily News Staff Writer

Camarillo High School's victory over Royal in Wednesday's Marmonte League baseball opener wasn't a surprise. But the score was.

Even though the Scorpions (5-1, 1-0) are one of the top-ranked teams in the area, their 18-1 victory was a shocker considering Royal hopes to challenge Camarillo for the league title.

The Scorpions sent 13 batters to the plate in the first inning. The first nine reached base. They also scored eight times in the sixth inning.

``We wanted to come out aggressive and that's what we did,'' said Camarillo's Joe Borchard, who had a two-run homer batting right-handed and a three-run homer from the left side.

Borchard, who also pitched five impressive innings for the victory, didn't want to place too much emphasis on the league opener regardless of the score.

``It's just one game,'' Borchard said. ``There are 13 more. We need to stay focused and play hard every time we come out.''

To prove the point, Camarillo plays today against another tough team, Agoura (5-2, 1-0). In other league games, Channel Islands (3-3, 0-1) is at Westlake (5-2, 1-0), Simi Valley (2-4, 0-1) hosts Newbury Park (4-3, 0-1), and Thousand Oaks (2-3, 1-0) is at Royal. All games start at 3 p.m.

Royal coach Dan Maye was frustrated about the big loss but is more concerned about the development of pitchers Mike and Matt Rainer, who reported late to baseball practice after leading the Highlanders soccer team to the Southern Championship.

Both showed effects of the layoff against Camarillo. More impressive was the large number of scouts who came to watch.

``Hopefully by the time we get back from Easter break they'll be rounding into form,'' Maye said.

``We're just not very good right now,'' he added. ``And when a team that's not good plays a quality team like Camarillo they're going to get spanked.''

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Photo: JOE BORCHARD

Scorpians' pitcher hit homers from both sides in Camarillo's 18-1 rout of Royal.