Peninsula Prep Baseball
Archer Horn and his St. Ignatius Prep teammates had to wait a few extra days to break the seal on a new season, but they didn't waste any time showing off their talent.
Horn, the senior shortstop, who has signed a letter of intent to play baseball at Stanford in the fall but might draw some interest of the big-league scouts in the months leading up the Major League Baseball Draft, shined brightly in St. Ignatius Prep's 3-2 victory over visiting Cardinal Newman.
He homered in the fifth inning to give the Wildcats 3-2 lead and then came on in relief to record the final five outs of the game as St. Ignatius Prep finally got its season underway.
The Wildcats' opener with De La Salle was cancelled after the De La Salle administration ruled its baseball team had to postpone its first five games after the team violated behavioral policies.
Chase Gordon made the start and was nicked for two runs in more than three innings of work. The Wildcats came back to tie the game in the third. A Gordon single knotted the game at two.
In the fifth, Horn blasted one over the fence the right-field fence at Fairmont Park to give the Wildcats the lead for good and make a winner out of Charlie Stecher. Horn threw 23 pitches and retired all five batters he faced, striking out two.
| R | H | E | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cardinal Newman (0-2) | 2 | 4 | 0 |
| St. Ignatius Prep (1-0) | 5 | 5 | 1 |
W: Stecher | L: Pratt | S: Horn| 2 hits- Gordon (SI), Vozaitis (CN). HR- Horn (SI). 2B- Delaney (SI).
Scotts Valley 4, Valley Christian 2
Valley Christian collected just three hits in a loss to Scotts Valley and fell to 1-1 on the young season.
Bryce McDonnell had a triple and two RBI for Scotts Valley, while Nathan Miller had two hits for the Warriors.
| R | H | E | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Scotts Valley (1-0) | 4 | 6 | 0 |
| Valley Christian (1-0) | 2 | 3 | 2 |
W: McDonnaldd | L: Patel | S: Thompson. | 2 hits- Miller (VC), Cornish (SV). 2 RBI- McDonnell (SV). 3B- McDonnell (SV). 2B- Swanson (SV).
Saint Francis 8, Palma 2
The Lancers shook off their Thursday-night loss to Soquel by beating visiting Palma.
Junior centerfielder Jack Leeper had his first big game of the season, collecting three hits and driving in three runs, while Tanner Wall had a double.
Saint Francis got another strong pitching outing from Antonio Madrigal, who saved Tuesday's season-opening 1-0 victory over Leigh. On Saturday, he made his first varsity start and stuck out three over 3 2/3 innings.
Matthew Moody and Chase McDermott went the rest of the way to preserve the win.
| R | H | E | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Palma (0-1) | 2 | 7 | 3 |
| Saint Francis (2-1) | 8 | 5 | 1 |
W: Madrigal | L: Serrano | 3 hits- Leeper (SF). 2 hits- Bakker (P). 3 RBI- Leeper (SF). 2B- Wall.
Bellarmine 6, Buchanan 5, 9 innings
Emmet Arnot singled home Ollie McNamara in the top of the ninth inning as Bellarmine rebounded from a tough walk-off loss Friday to salvage the two-game series in Clovis.
McNamara, who had three hits, delivered a one-out single in the ninth. After the second out was recorded, he was balked to third and scored on Arnott's second hit of the game.
The win went to Jasper Shih, who pitched two innings of relief, strikout out three. Arnott, the sophomore, threw 3 1/3 innings of relief.
Nate Sutton's squad will play its first home game Friday against Jesuit.
| R | H | E | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bellarmine (2-1) | 6 | 8 | 2 |
| Buchanann (1-1) | 5 | 7 | 3 |
W: Shih | L: Shih | 3 hits- McNamara (Be). 2 hits- Arnott (Be), Finne (Bu), Wafer (Bu). HR- Devany (Bu). 2B- Climer (Bu).
Lowell 5, Terra Nova 2
Aiden James took the loss as the Tigers fell at home to a City school.
Brody Finale had a double for Terra Nova, which fell to 1-1.
| R | H | E | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lowell (1-1) | 5 | 7 | 0 |
| Terra Nova (1-1) | 2 | 5 | 1 |
W: Cook | L: James | 3 hits- Huang (L). 2 hits- Iwamiya (L). HR- Iwamiya (L). 2B- Finale (TN), Huang (L).
Marin Catholic 4, Sacred Heart Cathedral 3
The Irish fell behind 4-0 but clawed their way back before falling by a run in their first loss of the season.
Jacob Vines struck out three in 3 2/3 innings of work but left the game after being tagged with four runs.
Chasin Deninger had three hits for the Irish, while Max Nylander had two hits.
| R | H | E | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sacred Heart Cathedral (1-1) | 3 | 7 | 3 |
| Marin Catholic (0-0) | 4 | 4 | 2 |
W: Kideckel | L: Vines | 3 hits- Deninger (SHC). 2 hits- Nylader (SHC). 2 RBI- Mitchell (MC). 3B- Fromke (MC).
South San Francisco 4, Lincoln 2
Diego Carranza got the pitching decision while Vince Bernal led South City's nine-hit attack with three singles. Adam Keith had two hits for the Warriors, while Giovonni Bernal contributed a double in the season opener.
| R | H | E | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lincoln (0-2) | 2 | 7 | 0 |
| South San Francisco (1-0) | 4 | 9 | 0 |
W: Carranza | L: Wong | 3 hits- V. Bernal (SSF). 2 hits- Keith (SSF). 2B- G. Bernal.
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