Opening Day for the Oxnard College Condors’ baseball team turned out to be a slugfest. The Condors defeated Cerro Coso College 17-6 in game one of the double-header, with the teams combining for seven home runs.

The Condors (1-1) hammered 14 hits, pounding pitching for seventeen runs in the process.

Bryan Wilson, who had the win in game one, and Zack McDonell hit home runs in the first game, while Jake Mahan, Blake Adame and Santos Reyes went yard in game two.

The Condors played well in the second game but a disastrous fifth inning, in which the Condors allowed five runs, put them behind 6-5.

The game was shortened to seven innings, and this proved to hurt the Condors, as they blew a four-run lead to lose game two 6-5.

Condors head coach Jon Larson believed his team played well in the double-header, but the fifth inning in game two proved costly for the Condors.

“We played well,” he said. “Unfortunately [Cerro Coso] had one big inning. It was kind of a bad break for us out there.”

Justin Bricker took the loss in game two.

Despite the disappointing loss in the second frame, Larson feels confident his team will be able to pull it together.

“We played solid defense,” he said. “We should be fine.”