The Ventura College baseball team hit into four double plays and saw its 11-game win streak end this afternoon, 9-3, against visiting Moorpark.

Jon Villareal went 2 for 5 with two runs scored and two RBIs. Daniel Nimoy went 2 for 5 with a run scored and an RBI. Mario Landeros went 3 for 4 with two runs scored and an RBI.

Ventura was 11-0 in April and had won the teams three previous meetings.

Third-place Ventura (23-12, 11-9) still leads the fourth-place Raiders (16-19, 9-11) in the WSC North standings.

Garrett Rau was 4-for-5 and starter Blair Walters pitched six strong innings as the visiting Ventura College baseball team won its 11th straight game this month, 7-2, over cross-county rival Moorpark Saturday afternoon.

Rau, who broke Jose Vargas' year-old school record for career hits Wednesday, added a pair of doubles, three RBIs and two runs scored. The Camarillo High product had 11 hits in 15 at bats in three wins last week.

Walters allowed just a pair of hits through five innings until he ran into trouble leading 3-0 in the bottom of the sixth.

Moorpark's Daniel Nimoy and Cliff Quick singled with one out and scored on a double by Mario Landeros.

With the tying run on second, Walters induced a pop out to end the threat.

Max Javate, James Pinto and closer Nolan Rudman provided three innings of scoreless relief as the Pirates' lineup poured on the four insurance runs in the seventh and eighth innings.

Quick was 2 for 4 to pace the Moorpark offense.

Rau got the Pirates off on the right foot, leading off the game with a double and scoring on Rey Garcia's RBI groundout. He made it 2-0 in the fifth with an RBI double off the centerfield wall, which plated catcher Mike Yingling from first base.

LaVoie, batting second behind Rau, was 1 for 2 with three walks, meaning the top two hitters in the Pirates' order reached base eight times in 10 plate appearances.

A showdown for third place in the Western State Conference's North division Tuesday afternoon developed into Ventura College's biggest baseball win over rival Moorpark College.

A.J. Gallardo and Rey Garcia combined for six hits and nine runs scored and Ryan Plum allowed one run and six hits in seven innings as host Ventura battered Moorpark, 29-1, to win its sixth straight WSC North game.

Plum (2-1) scattered six hits and walked one, a severe contrast to the eight Raider pitchers who combined to allow 17 hits, 13 walks and nine hit batsmen.

Ventura's Colin LaVoie scored four runs without an official at bat. He was walked three times and was hit twice.

Gallardo and Garcia were both 3 for 4. Garcia added a two-run home run. Moorpark's Harrison Kain was 3 for 4 with the lone RBI.

Ventura (11-6, 6-3) opened the day a game behind WSC North leaders Cuesta and Hancock and a game ahead of the Raiders (8-12, 4-5).

Previously, Ventura's best day against Moorpark had been the 11-0 win at the tail end of last season. Moorpark swept a two-game series with Ventura in 2002 with wins of 24-8 and 36-12. It also defeated Ventura 23-2 in 1978.

The largest margin for a Ventura win remains 32-0 over Compton in 1984. Second baseman Dave Patterson was 6 for 6 that day. His son, third baseman Tyler Patterson, picked up an RBI as a late substitution Tuesday.

The two teams play again Thursday at Moorpark.

Moorpark opens this weekend in the Bakersfield tournament, leading off at 4:30 p.m. today against Irvine Valley and face Sequoias Saturday afternoon and Long Beach City Sunday morning.

The Raiders return their entire starting infield of first baseman Daniel Payne, second baseman Harrison Kain, shortstop Jonathan Villareal and third baseman Daniel Nimoy.

"The question mark is our pitching because we don't have any returning starting pitching," said coach Mario Porto.

The bullpen, however, will be packed by heralded Royal High product Cliff Quick, who will also play some infield.

Moorpark's early season schedule is brutal.

"I like throwing guys in the fire," said Porto.