Birmingham by no means wins the West Valley League baseball championship. But the Patriots are actually placing themselves inside putting distance of first place El Camino Real.
They remained one game behind El Camino Real after an 8-0 win over Granada Hills on Tuesday through which Carlos Acuna gave up one hit in six innings and struck out 11. He additionally had two hits. Sebastian Valadez and Toni Mendoza every had two hits and two RBIs.
El Camino Real and Birmingham play a two-game collection starting April 29.
Harvard-Westlake 2, St. Francis 0: Junior Justin Kirchner threw six scoreless innings with 14 strikeouts and Ira Rootman had a house run and two RBIs.
Loyola 9, Bishop Alemany 3: Sophomore Austin Junk had a three-run dwelling run and double and Luca Marucci additionally homered within the Cubs’ Mission League win. Mikey Martinez homered for Alemany.
Chaminade 12, Crespi 5: Bronson Jackson, Isaiah Hearn and Robby Morgan every hit dwelling runs within the Mission League win. Kystan Bell had three hits for Crespi.
St. John Bosco 6, Servite 0: Julian Garcia confirmed off overpowering stuff, putting out 12 with no walks whereas giving up two hits to assist the Braves (17-5, 9-1) stay in first place within the Trinity League. Jaden Jackson had two hits and two RBIs.
Orange Lutheran 6, Santa Margarita 3: The top-ranked Lancers scored 4 runs within the seventh to beat a 3-2 deficit. Hamilton Friedberg had three hits and three RBIs and CJ Weinstein added three hits.
Newbury Park 6, Calabasas 5: Jack Laubacher had two hits and three RBIs within the Panthers’ eight-inning win.
Westlake 5, Thousand Oaks 3: The Warriors stayed in first place within the Marmonte League. Jaxson Necklen hit two dwelling runs and Blake Miller added a house run, double, single and two RBIs.
Newport Harbor 8, Fountain Valley 1: Gavin Guy threw six innings within the Sunset League win.
Huntington Beach 6, Los Alamitos 3: Jared Grindlinger hit two doubles to maintain Huntington Beach unbeaten within the Sunset League.
Gahr 2, Warren 1: Andres Gonzalez hit a two-run dwelling run within the first inning for Gahr.
La Mirada 6, Downey 1: Michael Burgueno went 4 for 4 and Jacob Oropeza contributed two doubles.
San Clemente 4, Aliso Niguel 1: Bob Erspamer gave up two hits with six strikeouts in an entire game.