Cuesta baseball falls to Moorpark

The Cuesta College baseball team lost 9-5 to Moorpark at home Thursday after giving up four runs in the third inning and never recovering.

Dustin Miller stole home in the first inning to give the Cougars (14-14, 9-7 Western State Conference North Division) an early 1-0 lead, but Moorpark came back to score four runs in the third and another four in the fifth inning for an 8-1 lead.

The Cougars cut the lead to four after a pair of runs in the eighth inning but couldn’t get any closer.

Josh Falco went 2 for 3 with a pair of runs for the Cougars, and TK McWhertor went 2 for 5 with a RBI.

This story was originally published April 9, 2015 at 11:26 PM with the headline "Cuesta baseball falls to Moorpark."