Hart High School, facing a must-win situation to get back in the Foothill League baseball race, posted a 2-1 win over No. 1 West Ranch on Wednesday, leaving it one game behind the Wildcats (7-1). 1) was approached.
Ian Edwards pitched 2 1/3 innings in relief with four strikeouts and no runs. Taj Brar started and had eight strikeouts in 4 2/3 innings. Eddie Gutierrez hit a solo home run, giving him three hits. Nolan Stoll led West Ranch with three hits.
Hart is trying to give retiring coach Jim Ozella a league title in his final season as coach. The Indians (6-2) dominated Saugus in the first two games of league play, won at West Ranch on Wednesday and were forced to force a tie with another win at West Ranch on Friday.
Servite 1, Santa Margarita 0: Austin Boatwright hit an RBI homer in the top of the seventh inning, and Servite dominated second-place Santa Margarita. Myles Scott pitched six scoreless innings and had four strikeouts.
JSerra 8, St. John Bosco 6: Dmitri Susidko led J.Serra with three RBIs and Tyler Dunning had two hits. For St. John Bosco, Zach Woodson had three hits and Owen Stelzer hit a three-run home run.
Foothill 1, Villa Park 0: Noah Macarino hit a sacrifice fly in the first inning, and three Foothill pitchers scored.
El Dorado 3, El Modena 1: For El Dorado, AJ Frausto pitched a complete game with nine strikeouts.
Aliso Niguel 5, San Clemente 2: Jarrett Sabol and Brandon Touch each had two RBIs for Aliso Niguel. Touch hit a home run.
Chaminade 6, Bishop of Alemany 1: Adam Batmanian had a two-hit shutout with seven strikeouts. Ryan Silver had two hits.
Crespi 5, St. Francis 3: For the Celtics, Kristan Bell finished with two hits and two RBIs.
Sherman Oaks Notre Dame 8, Sierra Canyon 1: Dom Cadiz and Levi Sterling hit home runs for the Knights, and Eric Puoziusunas had six strikeouts and allowed one hit in four innings.
Harvard-Westlake 19, Loyola 2: The Wolverines scored 12 points in the fifth inning to take the Mission League victory. Duncan Marsten had four hits and six strikeouts in five innings. Freshman Drew Rico had two hits and three RBIs.
Huntington Beach 11, Edison 1: For the Oilers, Ethan Porter hit a three-run home run and had four RBIs. CJ Weinstein had two doubles.
Los Alamitos 6, Fountain Valley 4: The Griffins (20-5) have reached the 20-win plateau. Gavin Porch hit a home run.
Corona 7, Corona Centennial 3: The Panthers extended their lead in the Big VIII League behind Sam Burgess, who had nine strikeouts in six innings. Trey Ebell had three RBIs. Anthony Murphy and Seth Hernandez each contributed two hits.
Corona Santiago 4, King 2: Tyler Blade, Mathias Fox, Austin-Ray Gamel and Barrett Ronson each had two hits for Santiago.
Birmingham 6, Cleveland 3: Michael Figueroa pitched a complete game victory to lead Birmingham to 8-0 in the West Valley League. Carlos Esparza and Andrew Valdez each had two hits. Ricardo Rodriguez had two RBIs.
Granada Hills 5, El Camino Real 1: The Highlanders remain in second place in the West Valley League. Jackson Lyons had three hits.
Chatsworth 3, Taft 1: The Chancellors won the West Valley League. Francisco Nava hit a two-run home run.
Damian 2, Rancho Cucamonga 1: Nathan Reese replaced Damien and had five strikeouts in six innings. Julian Hines and JT Lovato each had two hits.
Garden Grove Pacifica 8, La Palma Kennedy 0: Matthew Futami had 9 strikeouts in 6 innings. It was coach Mike Kyra's 300th win.
Ayala 11, Alta Loma 3: Eric Hernandez and Jayden Valenzuela each had three RBIs.
Cypress 11, Crean Lutheran 4: John Short contributed two hits and three RBIs for Cypress.
MiraCosta 10, Santa Monica 0: For Mira Costa, Alito McBean had nine strikeouts in five innings, and Lucas Scharmer had three hits and three RBIs.
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Granada Hills 4, Birmingham 0: For Granada Hills, Laney Brown went 4-for-4 and Annabella Ramirez hit a two-run home run. Addison Moorman had seven strikeouts with no walks.
Norco 12, Corona Centennial 2: The Cougars hit five home runs. Savannah Gonzalez hit a three-run home run.
