Sequoia tops Carlmont in Bay showdown

Morgan Winfield had two hits, including his fifth home run of the season, and two RBI as Sequoia returned to PAL-Bay League competition with a 5-2 victory over visiting Carlmont.

Mario Fausto also homered and had three hits, while scoring three runs for the Ravens, who improved to 9-3 on the season.

Garrett Johnson and Mario Fausto combined to hold Carlmont, which entered the game riding a four-game winning streak, to five hits. Johnson went the first four inning, allowing two runs and four hits, while striking out one. Fausto allowed a hit, while striking out two in three innings of work.

Ryan Weiss had a solo home run for the Scots in the fourth inning, while Mikey Nishikawa had an RBI single that closed Carlmont's deficit to two, 4-2.

Nate Werbinski went six innings for Carlmont. He scattered eight hits and struck out four.

The two teams will meet at 4:30 p.m. on Friday at Carlmont in the second game of the series.

W: Johnson | L: werbinski | S: M.Fausto. 3 hits- M.Fausto (S). 2 hits- Winfield (S). 2 RBI- Winfield (S). HR- M.Fausto (S), Winfield (S), Weiss (C). 2B- M.Fausto (S), Werbinski (C).

St. Mary's 1, Saint Francis 0

Sometimes, you just have to tip your hat to the opponent. Dax Hardcastle, a 2025 MaxPreps all-American who will be playing baseball at Mississippi State in the fall, was dominant on Wednesday.

The St. Mary's of Stockton senior allowed just two hits – doubles by Gino Cappellazzo and Jack Leeper – while striking out 15 in the Rams' 1-0 victory over the Lancers at the rain-plagued Boras Family Classic in Sacramento.

"He was really good," said Saint Francis coach Erik Wagle. "He threw strikes and really commanded his change-up in any count, so our hitters weren't able to sit on any pitch."

The loss snapped Saint Francis' winning streak at 10, the longest on the Peninsula this season. In addition, St. Mary's fifth inning run off Ethan Tang snapped the Lancers streak of innings without giving up an earned run at 64 1/3 innings.

Leeper had two more stolen bases for Saint Francis and now has 23 this season.

The Lancers' second game of the day – an afternoon affair with Oak Ridge – was rained out. Los Gatos got two innings in against Whitney, while St. Ignatius Prep was also rained out.

W: Hardcastle | L: Tang | 2 hits- Labarthe (SM). 2B- Cappellazzo (SF), Leeper (SF), Labarthe (SM).

Granite Bay 11, Serra 2

The Grizzlies have opened the Boras Family Classic with victories of Los Gatos, St. Ignatius Prep and now Serra. This one was never close as Granite Bay handed the Padres their most lopsided loss of the season in a winner's bracket semifinal.

With the win, Granite Bay will take on St. Mary's of Stockton for the tourney crown.

Junior Kolby Clair made his first appearance of the year after having his right arm surgically repaired. He went an inning and took the loss, but Wednesday was a step forward for him.

Freshman Michael Ohman led the Padres with two hits.

W: Boese | L: Clair | 2 hits- Jones (GB), Ohman (S). 3 RBI- Miller (GB), Tetz (GB). 3B- Miller (GB)

Mitty 10, Menlo-Atherton 4

The Monarchs won their second straight out-of-conference game, thanks to a strong pitching performance from Jay Kim and a two-RBI performance from catcher Ethan Chase.

Ryder Kelly and Max Brubacher had two hits each for the Bears. Kelly, the senior second baseman, had a double and drove in two runs.

W: Kim | L: Ho | 2 hits- Kelly (MA), Brubacher (MA). 2 RBI- Chase (M), Kelly (MA). 2B- Chase (M), Kelly (MA).

Capuchino 13, South San Francisco 6

The Mustangs spotted South City a 6-0 lead after two innings but came roaring back with a seven-run third inning to advance to the Saturday's championship game of the South San Francisco tourney.

Jordan Estrella and James Ayoob paced Cap's 16-hit attack with three hits, each, while Jaxon Lazzari and Cole Douglas had two hits apiece.

Ayoob and Lazzari drove in three runs each.

Vince Bernal had three hits for the Warriors.

W: Rodriguez | L: Munsayac | 3 hits- V.Bernal (SSF), Estrella (C), Ayoob (C). 2 hits- Lazzari (C), Douglas (C), Tejada (SSF). 3 RBI- Ayoob (C), Lazzari (C). 2 RBI- V.Bernal (SSF). 2B- V.Bernal (SSF), Ayoob (C), Estrella (C), Wilson (C), Lazzari (C).

Homestead 6, Mountain View 4

Spencer Jones had three hits, including two doubles, while Isaiah Cho had two hits and Jayden Duong added a triple as Homestead won for the fifth time in its last seven games.

That was more than enough offense for Ajay Lohitsa, who picked up the pitching victory.

Jackson Blake had two hits, including a double, and drove in two runs for the Spartans. Zander Yocum had two hits as well.

W: Lohitsa | L: Tokunaga | 3 hits- Jones (H). 2 hits- Cho (H), Yocum (MV), Blake (MV). 2 RBI- Blake (MV). 3B- Duong (H). 2B- Jones (H) 2, Blake (MV).

Palo Alto 6, Santa Clara 1

Ian Johnston allowed just one run over five innings of work as Palo Alto got back in the win column with a 6-1 victory over visiting Santa Clara.

The loss was the Bruins' 11th straight setback.

Johnson struck out seven and allowed just four hits for the Vikings.

Rex Martin had two hits, while Dylan Robinson and Justin Fung had doubles to pace Palo Alto's seven-hit attack.

The same two teams will play a 4 p.m. game on Friday.

W: Johnston | L: Tesimale | 2 hits- Martin (PA). 2B- Robinson (PA), Fung (PA).

Los Altos 11, Wilcox 3

Los Altos pulled off the first shocker of the SCVAL-De Anza Division season by winning convincingly at Wilcox.

The Eagles pounded out nine hits, including two each by Jonah Altschuler, Sean Hamby and Ryan Wharton.

Samuel Martinez and Ryan Cabildo had three hits each for the Chargers.

W: Very | L: Carrasquilla-Cruz | 3 hits- Martinez (W), Cabildo (W). 2 hits- Roque (W), Altschuler (LA), Hamby (LA), Wharton (LA). 3 RBI- Lara-Espinoza (LA). 2 RBI- Wood (LA), Wharton (LA), Calhoun (LA). 2B- Wood (LA), Jain (LA), Cabildo (W) 2, Martinez (W).