LOS ANGELES — In the series rubber match between former coaching mates with their mentor looking on, Occidental College head baseball coach Luke Wetmore's Tigers used a big second-inning cushion to cruise to a 14-7 win over Austin College.

Wetmore, Austin coach James Rise and former Oxy coach Jason Hawkins — all members of the baseball coaching staff at Occidental in 2009 — were back at home plate at Anderson Field on Sunday, only this time wearing different colors.

Rise made his first trip back to Occidental as the head coach of the Kangaroos since leaving for the job two years ago and Hawkins, Oxy's manager from 2008-2011 before he accepted an assistant coaching opportunity at NCAA Division I UC Santa Barbara after last season, took a break from his new team to make the trip down the 101.

The trio exchanged handshakes and jokes, and posed for a few pregame photos before "Hawk," as he's referred to in Oxy baseball circles, threw out the first pitch.

Once the reunion ended and the game started though, things were less friendly, especially for the visiting Kangaroos.

Oxy strung together 13 hits, scored multiple runs in four different innings and went through four Austin pitchers.

The Tigers (5-3) offensive onslaught started with them batting around for a six-run second and continued with runs in every inning until they went scoreless in the seventh.

"I'll take it. It was a lot of fun to play against him and have Hawkins here win or lose," Wetmore said. "That's what it's about especially at our level. The storylines and the relationships that you build."

The Kangaroos (1-6) picked up one run in the third, three in the sixth, two in the seventh and one in the ninth to make the score more respectable, but never really got back into the game.

"It was a great opportunity to get a lot of reps for a lot of people. Little bit sloppy on both sides," Wetmore said. "But a ton of quality reps and a lot of opportunity for young guys."

Pedro Aldape (Sherman Oaks) was 3 for 3 with two RBIs and two runs scored for the Tigers. Aldape hit a blooper to no-man's-land in shallow right field that scored Anthony Salsedo (Tracy) and Victor Munoz (La Verne) in the second inning.

Scott Hong (Los Angeles), Oxy's leader in slugging percentage (.800) doubled in the fourth inning, making it seven of eight games this season that he's had at least one extra-base hit. Hong finished 2 for 5 with two runs scored.

Harry Keyte (New York) went 4 innings allowed just three hits and an earned run in four innings as Oxy's starter. Mitch Margolis (Calabasas) pitched a scoreless fifth with one strikeout for the win.

Oxy opens up conference play with a weekend series beginning at Redlands (3-1) on Friday.

For Wetmore, who played baseball and football at Redlands, it will be another reunion or sorts, this time a trip back to his old stomping ground. Game 1 is at Redlands on Friday at 2:30 p.m.