Santa Margarita, attempting to place itself for an at-large baseball playoff berth from the Trinity League, helped its trigger on Friday with a 10-9 win over Orange Lutheran, ranked No. 1 by The Times.
Andre Owens hit a three-run house run for the Eagles (15-10, 4-8), who’ve performed all their league opponents robust however misplaced a number of shut video games. Vincent Milo completed with three hits.
Friday’s recreation was alleged to have little drama after the Eagles took a 10-5 lead into the seventh. That’s when the Lancers got here near a surprising comeback. A two-run double by Milan Rai, adopted by an error, made it 10-8. Brady Murrietta got here by way of with an RBI single, making it 10-9. The Lancers had runners on first and third with two outs when pitcher Griffin Doane acquired the ultimate out on a fly ball.
Rai had three hits and Ricardo Hurtado had two hits for Orange Lutheran (18-4, 6-3), which fell two video games behind first-place St. John Bosco (19-5, 11-1). St. John Bosco closes its common season subsequent week in a three-game collection towards Mater Dei.
St. John Bosco 10, Servite 0: Jack Champlin and Miles Clark every hit three-run house runs. Four St. John Bosco pitchers mixed for the shutout.
Los Alamitos 7, Huntington Beach 4: The Griffins handed Huntington Beach its first Sunset League loss. A 3-run double by Cruz Derrico keyed the win.
Cypress 8, Foothill 5: Ben Martinez drove in 4 runs to assist Cypress full a sweep of Foothill this week.
Ayala 1, Diamond Bar 0: Caleb Trugman threw a three-hit shutout, putting out 11. Ayala scored the sport’s solely run within the prime of the seventh on an RBI single by Elijah Duarte.
Mira Costa 10, West Torrance 3: Kellan Finn had a three-run house run and Connor Collins additionally homered for Mira Costa.
Royal 3, Simi Valley 0: Dustin Dunwoody struck out 14 with no walks and gave up 4 hits for Royal.
Oaks Christian 11, Agoura 3: Oliver Dauskurdas had a house run, single and 4 RBIs. Luke Puls contributed three hits.
Golden Valley 3, Saugus 0: Sean Butts threw 6 2/3 scoreless innings with eight strikeouts.
Castaic 9, Hart 8: Orion Gonzalez hit a three-run house run for Castaic. Hayden Rhodes hit two house runs and drove in 5 runs for Hart.
Softball
Orange Lutheran 8, Santa Margarita 0: Cate Medvitz, Rylee Silva and Carlie Snyder blasted house runs for the Lancers.
JSerra 2, Mater Dei 0: Liliana Escobar threw the shutout, giving up one hit with 12 strikeouts.