Oracle Magic: Cougars walk off Sequoia

Riley Jackson's walk-off single in the bottom of the seventh gave Half Moon Bay a 3-2 victory over the slumping Ravens in a game that was played at Oracle Park.

Jacob Couto reached base on an error to start the seventh. One out later, he moved to second on a Cole Giannini base hit. After a Lane Giannini walk loaded the bases, Jackson singled to end the contest.

Jackson had two hits and two RBI, while also picking up the victory in relief of Kai Kung, who made his second start of the week. Kung threw five scoreless innings and struck out eight batters.

Morgan Winfield, who injured his pitching arm last month and has been limited to one-third of an inning on the mound since, made the start for the Ravens and threw four innings.

Sequoia has lost six of its last eight games.

W: Jackson | L: Pagnotta | 2 hits- Jackson (HMB). 2 RBI- Jackson (HMB).

Carlmont 3, The King's Academy 1, 10 innings

SUNNYVALE – With two weeks to go, it's safe to say the PAL-Bay Division won't be decided until the final pitch is thrown.

Carlmont stayed in the hunt for the crown with a 3-1 victory over The King's Academy in 10 innings. The victory completed a series sweep for the Scots and knocked the Knights out of the top spot they occupied at the start of this week.

Vishnu Lyer led off the top of the 10th win a single. He was bunted to second by Connor Chow and moved to third on a balk. Caden Stinson then lofted a fly ball into shallow right field that King's first baseman Tyler Huff caught with his back to the plate, allowing Lyer to score the go-ahead run.

A double by Nate Werbinski plated an insurance run.

Levi Wellman, who threw four scoreless innings of relief and got the victory, pitched a scoreless 10th inning.

Both teams got strong pitching from their starters on Friday. Carlmont's Jacob Shinseki allowed just a run in six innings while striking out four. Knights' starter Dominic Myung allowed just a Wellman home run in five innings of work.

King's tied the game in the bottom of the sixth when Nate Plata led off with his second of three doubles – the senior catcher had four hits – that bounced over the fence in left-center field.

He moved to third on Myung's line drive single to left and scored two pitches later when Myung broke for second on a pickoff play and the ball was mishandled at second by the Scots.

Shinseki got out of the jam with a strike-out-throw-out double-play. The Scots turned another double-play in the seventh when Wellman got Justin Cho to ground in a pitcher-to-shortstop-to-first double play with the winning run in scoring position.

W: Wellman | L: Kinoshita | 4 hits- Plata (TKA). 3 hits- Lyer (C), Attard (C). 2 hits- Werbinski (C), Chan (C), Wellman (C), Kinoshita (TKA). HR- Wellman (C). 2B- Chan (C), Wellman (C), Werbinski (C), Lyer (C), Plata (TKA) 3.

Burlingame 2, Capuchino 1

Mark O'Grady went six innings, allowing a run on five hits while striking out four to pick up the victory at Oracle Park.

The win allowed the Panthers to maintain their lead in the PAL-Bay Division standings.

Slade Flores had two hits, including a double, while Grayson Howard had a triple.

For Capuchino, Jaxon Lazzari had two hits, while Dominic Fanara had a triple.

W: O'Grady | L: Fanara | S: Trautwein | 2 hits- Flores (B), Lazzari (C). 3B- Howard (B), Fanara (C). 2B- Flores (B).

West Catholic Athletic League

St. Ignatius Prep 4, Serra 3

Atticus Gibson's leadoff home run off Kelley Crawford in the top of the seventh inning broke a 3-3 tie and provided the Wildcats with a run that would allow them to split the series with Serra and snap a three-game losing streak to the Padres.

Gibson had two hits in the contest, as did Archer Horn, while Ryan Rosenthal added a home run.

AJ Wineinger picked up the save by notching two strikeouts in the seventh.

William Walbridge had two hits for the Padres, who saw their four-game winning streak get snapped.

W: Rhein | L: Crawford | S: Wineinger | 2 hits- Walbridge (S), Horn (SI), Gibson (SI). HR- Gibson (SI), Rosenthal (SI). 2B- Hui (S), Walbridge (S), Wineinger (SI), Gordon (SI), Church (SI).

Valley Christian 9, Riordan 0

Colton Hadfield had three hits and drove in three runs, while Logan Mull, celebrating a birthday, returned to the Warriors lineup with a home run and two RBI for the Warriors, who shut out the Crusaders for the second time in three days.

Nathan Miller and Nathan Choi had two hits each for Valley.

W: Kim | L: Williams | 3 hits- Hadfield (VC). 2 hits- Miller (VC), Choi (VC). 2 RBI- Mull (VC), Hadfield (VC), Graham (VC). HR- Mull (VC).

Bellarmine 5, Mitty 3

Vincent Kim – who had three hits on Tuesday, including a solo home run that sent the game into extra innings, where Bellarmine would prevail – was at it again on Friday.

He drove in two runs and hit another home run as Bellarmine completed the sweep of their San Jose rivals.

Drew McClelland had two hits, while Emmet Arnott notched the victory.

W: Arnott | L: Johnson | S: Suba | 2 hits- McClelland (B). 2 RBI- Kim (B). HR- Kim (B). 2B- Mak (M), Allen (M), Chase (M), Manago (M), Arnott (B), Chew (B).

Saint Francis 1, Sacred Heart Cathedral 0

Sione Tulua's bases-loaded walk with two outs in the bottom of the seventh forced home Henry Dommer and provided the only run of the game in an epic pitching battle between two of the best hurlers in the WCAL.

Combined, Kyle McMillan and Jacob Vines threw 13 2/3 innings and allowed three hits and an unearned run, while striking out 11.

McMillan, the Saint Francis junior, got the win by allowing just two hits and striking out six as the Lancers posted their 15th shutout victory of the season.

Vines probably deserved better, but his night will be remembered for walking the last three batters of the game. He struck out five and the only hit allowed was single by Landon King.

In the seventh inning, Dommer reached first on an error. Walks to Aaron Bonini and Bennet Simon loaded the bases for Tulua, who worked a third straight walk to end the scoreless deadlock.

W: McMillan | L: Vines |

SCVAL-De Anza Division

Los Gatos 20, Santa Clara 2

Blake Mordaunt paced a 22-hit attack with four hits, including a home run, double and five RBI for the Wildcats, who moved a step closer to another De Anza Division crown.

Max Thomas and Trenton Welsh had three hits each, while Jackson Fitzpatrick, Nicky Gangemi, Lane Newman and Chase Frolich had two hits each.

Frolich drove in two more runs, while Brady Simon had a home run and three RBI.

W: Obertheir | L: Sanchez | 4 hits- Mordaunt (LG). 3 hits- Thomas (LG), Welsh (LG). 2 hits- Frolich (LG), Gangemi (LG), Fitzpatrick (LG), Newman (LG). 5 RBI- Mordaunt (LG). 3 RBI- Simon (LG), Newman (LG). 2 RBI- Frolich (LG). HR- Mondaunt (LG), Simon (LG). 2B- Mordaunt (LG).

Wilcox 6, Mountain View 2

Sophomore Josh Porda remained unbeaten by striking out six over six innings of work for the Chargers, who won their eighth straight game.

Samuel Martinez, Ryan Cabildo, Preston Jetson and Bishop Roque had two hits each. Cabildo and Roque drove in two runs each.

Zander Yocum had two RBI for the Spartans.

W: Porda | L: Dooley | 2 hits- Martinez (W), Cabildo (W), Jetson (W), Roque (W). 2 RBI- Yocum (MV), Cabildo (W), Roque. 2B- Roque (W).

Los Altos 4, Palo Alto 3

Anders Wood went the distance, allowing just three hits while striking out four as the Eagles remained in the hunt for a Central Coast Section tournament berth with a big victory.

Mason Morgan proved the big hit for Los Altos with a three-run homer in the bottom of the sixth inning that rallied the Eagles back from a 3-1 deficit.

Sal Soto had two hits for Los Altos, while Dylan Robinson had two hits, including a home run, for the Vikings, who had their six-game winning streak snapped.

W: Wood | L: Newman | 2 hits- D.Robinson (PA), Soto (LA). 3 RBI- Morgan (LA). HR- Morgan (LA), D.Robinson (PA). 2B- Fung (PA), Altschuler (LA).