Yucaipa loses National Classic finale

The Yucaipa baseball team lost the fifth-place game of the Anderson Bats National Classic, falling to Esperanza 7-5 Thursday.

Both teams scored four runs in the first inning. Wayne Padgett and Scott Erickson had consecutive doubles in the first inning, with Padgett driving in two and Erickson one.

Yucaipa is now 9-4.

Crespi won the event, defeating Orange Lutheran in the title game.