Santa Clarita Sports Report: April 9, 2015 – The College of the Canyons baseball team beat LA Valley College, 3-2, in a Western State Conference game.

COC scored two runs in the ninth inning to win the game. Jose Haros tripled and drove in a run for COC.

The COC baseball team improved to 16-12 and 8-5 in conference.

The College of the Canyons softball team dropped a pair of games in a doubleheader against Citrus College.

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COC lost the first game, 7-5, and the second game, 5-3. It was third loss in the past four games for COC.

Lauren Anderson hit a two-run home run in the first game for COC. Kaitlyn Shreves was 3-for-4 and drove in two runs for COC in the second game.

The COC softball team is ranked No. 4 in Southern California and No. 5 in the state. They are 22-7-1 and 10-5 in the Western State Conference Blue Division.

In the NBA, the Lakers lost to the Denver Nuggets, 119-101. The Lakers have lost five games in a row and seven of their past eight.

They play the Minnesota Timberwolves on Friday.

In the major leagues, the Dodgers‘ Adrian Gonzalez went 4-for-4 with his first career three-homer game, giving him five home runs in the series, to power the Dodgers to a 7-4 win over the Padres Wednesday night at Dodger Stadium.

The Dodgers hit the road for the first time this season and travel for a weekend series against the Arizona Diamondbacks, first game of the three game series is scheduled for Friday with first pitch at 6:40 PM.

Listen to the game live on KHTS AM 1220 with pregame starting at 6:10 PM

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In the NHL, the Kings take on the Calgary Flames tonight in a game with playoff implications.

The Kings trail the Flames by two points for the final playoff spot. The Kings have only two games remaining.

The winner of the tonight’s game could secure the final playoff spot.

Listen to the game between the Kings and the Flames tonight on AM 1220 KHTS.

The puck drops at 6:30.