Moorpark was cruising to an easy, 12-1, home victory with two outs in the ninth inning, when the Raiders pitching suddenly collapsed. East LA batted around to get nine runs but eventually fell to the Raiders 12-10.

Freshman starter Wyatt Berg pitched six strong innings, giving up just one run, for his second win of the season. Freshman Jake Eaton followed with two shutout innings. Closer Alex Rodarte got the first two batters he faced in the ninth, hit a batter, and couldn’t find the plate again. Five runners came home before he was replaced by Brian Marberry, who also had trouble with control. Meanwhile, the Huskies kept chipping away and added four extra runs.

“The pitcher tried to be too fine,” said catcher Ryan Mulville. “It was pretty ugly. All he had to do is throw the ball over the plate. We were playing a great game as a team until things fell off the rails a little bit.”

The Raiders struck first when Garrett Kueber walked in the bottom of the first, stole second, and Thomas Luevano’s single brought him home. Parker Hindle increased Moorpark’s lead with a solo inside-the-park home run in the second. Later in the inning, designated hitter Dalton Duarte had a base hit, stole second and came home on Kueber’s two-base hit.

“I was running when the ball hit the fence, then hit [the outfielder], and that’s when he ran into the fence,” said Hindle, describing his home run. “It was a little tiring [running the bases] at the time, but it feels good. It got a little close at the end, but a win is a win, and I’m happy we could get it.”

The Huskies got a run with catcher Joshua Carrasco’s two-base hit to start the fifth. He was advanced to third, and came home on an infield out. However, Moorpark responded and blew the game open with six runs in the bottom of the sixth. Terrell Tate’s two-base hit drove in two runs, but the killer blow came from Mulville’s bat when his two-base hit cleared the bases for three additional runs.

Moorpark added its final three runs in the seventh. Riley Conlan’s base hit drove in one run, and he later came home on a wild pitch. Later, Mulville’s base hit drove in the Raider’s final run.

“[Rodarte] gets the first two guys in the top of the ninth, is 0-2 on the next guy, hits him, and then the roof caved in,” Coach Mario Porto said. “It was a good game for us until that last inning. It’s a matter of confidence that you can throw a strike, and you’ve got seven guys behind you to allow them to make a play.”

The Raiders are now 4-1 on the season and will host L.A. Valley College Thursday at 2 p.m.