Peninsula Prep Baseball
Lightning didn't strike twice. There was no repeat performance for Sequoia, which last year topped Saint Francis in what might have been the biggest win of Mike Doyle's tenure there.
Doyle spent some time this week contacting last year's senior class to remind them of that accomplishment and to credit them for raising the level of play at Sequoia, something that has carried over into this year.
But Friday was a step backward. Pitted against their strongest opponent to date, and one with an axe to grind after last year's 3-2 loss to the Ravens, the Lancers showed no mercy in a 10-0 victory.
The win raised St. Francis' record to 4-1, while Sequoia, also 4-1, suffered its first loss of the year by managing just one base runner. Luke Ostrander's bunt single with one out in the third inning proved to be the only blemish against the pitching trio of Kyle McMillan, Antonio Madrigal and Matthew Moody.
McMillan was impressive, mixing his fastball with a breaking pitch. More important, he filled the strike zone and finished his five-inning stint with five strikeouts.
The Lancers scored a run in the first when Sio Tulua walked with the bases loaded against Mario Fausto. They added two more in the second on Tanner Wall's long double off the fence in right-center field.
That 3-0 lead continued to grow. Aaron Bonini had a triple to right-center field that scored Henry Dommer in the third. Dommer had a two-run double in the fourth and the Lancers broke it open with three in the sixth.
Perhaps the play that best epitomized the kind of night it was for the Ravens came in the fifth when Bonini hit a high pop on the infield off reliver Ollie Connolly. Sequoia's infielders converged and the ball fell between them on the pitcher's mound, allowing a hustling Bonini to slide into second with an infield double.
| R | H | E | |
|---|---|---|---|
| No. 6 Sequoia (4-1) | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| No. 3 Saint Francis (4-1) | 10 | 10 | 0 |
W: McMillan | L: M.Fausto | 3 hits- Bonini (SF). 2 hits- Dommer (SF). 2 RBI- Wall (SF), Dommer (SF), Bonino (SF). 3B- Bonini (SF). 2B- Bonini (SF), Wall (SF), Dommer (SF).
Willow Glen 7, Los Altos 0
The Eagles remained winless, losing their third straight. Sal Soto had a double for Los Altos.
| R | H | E | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Los Altos (0-3) | 0 | 5 | 2 |
| Willow Glen (3-1-1) | 7 | 11 | 0 |
W: Hoover | L: Wood | 2 hits- Rudd (WG), Holmes (WG).2 RBI- Rudd (W), Mudgett (WG). 2B- Soto (LA), Dover (WG).
Santa Cruz 12, Santa Cruz 0
Santa Cruz pounded out 13 hits, while holding Riordan to a single hit, a season low.
| R | H | E | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Riordan (2-2) | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Santa Cruz (1-0) | 12 | 13 | 2 |
W: Fowler | L: Gaenslen | 3 hits- Fusari (SC), Astromoff (SC). 2 hits- Miller (SC), Mohamed (C). 3 RBI- Fusari (SC), Miller (SC). 2 RBI- Mohamed (SC). HR- Fusari (SC).
Bellarmine 11, Jesuit 5
The Bells won their second straight by pounding out 13 hits, including six for extra bases.
Preston Pera had a home run and two RBI, while Vincent Kim, Nathan Chew and Drew McClelland had two hits each. Jasper Shih and Warren Lam drove in two runs each.
The Bells host Oakridge on Saturday at 11 a.m.
| R | H | E | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jusuit (1-2) | 5 | 8 | 1 |
| No. 5 Bellarmine (3-1) | 11 | 13 | 1 |
W: Pera | L: Kane | 2 hits- Walczykowski (J), Hughes (J), Chew (B), Kim (B), McClelland (B). 2 RBI- Pera (B), Shih (B), Lam (B). HR- Tanner (J), Pera (B). 2B- Fox (B), McClelland (B), Arnott (B), Beyah (B), Shih (B).
Menlo-Atherton 6, Woodside 5
The Bears won their first game of the season. Merrick Lee hit his first home run of the season and Joseph Pagee and MJ Ellazar drove in two runs each.
Max Brubacher got the win for Menlo-Atherton.
Cruz Torres and John Tinson each doubled for the Wildcats.
| R | H | E | |
|---|---|---|---|
| No. 12 Menlo-Atherton (1-3) | 6 | 6 | 1 |
| Woodside (3-2) | 5 | 5 | 0 |
W: Brubacher | L: Taylor | 2 hits- Coupe (MA). 2 RBI- Pagee (MA), Ellazar (MA). HR- Lee (MA). 2B- Pagee (MA), Ellazar (MA), Torres (W), Tinson (W).
Santa Teresa 6, Burlingame 4
The Panthers dropped their first game of the year by collecting just two hits, singles off the bat of Slade Flores.
Meanwhile, Santa Teresa had nine hits in the contest, including two each from Diago Sagaae, Josh Gilbreath and Davis Hall.
| R | H | E | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Santa Teresa (2-1) | 6 | 9 | 2 |
| Burlingame (3-1) | 4 | 2 | 2 |
W: Hawk | L: Trautwein | 2 hits- Flores (B), Hall (ST), Gilbreath (ST), Sagaae (ST). 2 RBI- Carson (ST). 2B- Medina (ST), Gilbreath (ST).
Capuchino 21, Mills 2
The Mustangs improved to 5-0 by pounding out 18 hits. Jake Wilson and Jaxon Lazzari had three hits each, while Dominic Fanara had two hits, including a home run, and drove in six runs.
James Ayoob had a triple and drove in four runs, while Jaxon Lazzari had thee RBI for Capuchino, which will play Terra Nova and Saint Francis in its next two games.
| R | H | E | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Capuchino (5-0) | 21 | 18 | 0 |
| Mills (2-2) | 2 | 1 | 5 |
W: Fanara | L: Wong | 3 hits- Wilson (C), Lazzari (C). 2 hits- Douglas (C), Estrella (C), Fanara (C). 6 RBI- Fanara (C). 4 RBI- Ayoob (C). 3 RBI- Lazzari (C). HR- Fanara (C). 3B- Ayoob (C). 2B- Fanara (C), Estrella (C), Lazzari (C), Wilson (C).
Aragon 4, Crystal Springs Uplands 3
Alex Gosselin had two hits and Nick Mazzola drove in two runs for the Dons, who scored a run in their final at bat to break a 3-3 tie and beat their PAL-Lake Division foe.
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