Serra rallies to top Foothill

Riley Lim, who this week signed a letter of intent with the University of Pacific, allowed three runs over five innings to pick up the victory as the Pades won their third straight game.

Down 2-0, Serra scored four runs in the fourth inning to take the lead for good. William Walbridge started the rally with his second home run of the season, a solo shot.

Jack Wessell had two hits and drove in two runs, while Donovan Friedland drove in three runs.

Freshman Michael Ohman picked up his second save by striking out the only batter he faced, George Schmidt, who represented the tying run.

W: Lim | L: Hoenninger | S: Ohman | 2 hits- Wessell (S), Flora (F). 3 RBI- Friedland (S). HR- Walbridge (S). 2 RBI- Wessell (S). 2B- Schmidt (F), Minton (S), Wessell (S).

Los Gatos 15, Mountain View 4

Jeff Schwan sat down his pitching staff last week following a 12-0 loss to Saint Francis and told them the game would get a whole lot easier if they could fill the strike zone.

The strike zone remained a moving target on Wednesday for the Spartans, who opened the SCVAL-De Anza Division season with a 15-4 loss to visiting Los Gatos that was highlighted by five pitchers issuing nine walks and hitting seven batters in a contest that took nearly three hours to complete.

Friday's game figures to be better for Mountain View, which will send Brennan Dooley, its top pitcher, to the mound, but finding someone to throw strikes is now one of the dilemmas facing Schwan and his team

Los Gatos had no problem with that on Wednesday, not with Ethan Williams on the mound. The senior went four innings and, while he worked himself into some jams, he found his way out, thanks to his ability to miss bats.

After giving up a leadoff triple in the bottom of the first, he struck out the next three hitters, two of them looking, to escape the jam.

The Wildcats scored three in the first without getting a hit. Four walks, two hit batters and two errors plated the runs. They broke it open much the same way in the second inning by scoring nine runs as Mountain View used three pitchers in the inning.

The lone hits for Los Gatos in the second were an RBI single from Max Thomas and a bases-loaded bunt by Beau Musser where Thomas eluded the tag to score the run.

Brady Simon, who was hit twice in a game against Menlo School two weeks ago, was hit three more times on Wednesday. Jackson Fitzpatrick had a two-run double and a sacrifice fly.

W: Williams | L: A.Huang | 2 hits- Tsuroka (MV), Mo'Unga (MV). 3 RBI- Fitzpatrick (LG). 2 RBI- Fowler (MV). 2B- Fitzpatrick (LG), Fowler (MV).

Sacred Heart Cathedral 9, Head-Royce 1

The Irish climbed above .500, thanks to pitcher Zach Stallworth and a hitting attack that found extra bases.

TJ Hurley had two hits, including his first home run of the season, while Chasin Deninger drove in two runs.

Jacob Vines had two doubles, while Max Nylander added a triple.

W: Stallworth | L: Goldfarb | 2 hits- Vines (SHC), Hurley (SHHC), Sanger (HR). 2 RBI- Deninger (SHC). HR- Hurley (SCH), Goldfarb (HR). 3B- Nylander (SHC). 2B- Vines (SHC) 2.

Wilcox 4, Dublin 2

Eliah Laureles allowed two runs over six innings of work to pick up the road victory for the Chargers, who won their third straight game.

Bishop Roque and Dylan Jackson had two hits each for Wilcox, which is eyeing a big SCVAL-De Anza Division series against Los Gatos that begins next Wednesday.

Romel Carrasquilla Cruz got three outs in the seventh to pick up the save.

W: Laureles | L: Weiss | S: Carrasquilla | 2 hits- Adams (D), Roque (W), Jackson (W). 2B- Adams (D).

Menlo School 6, Riordan 3

Jackson Flanagan and Fletcher Cahill held Riordan to three runs, while Chuck Wynn and Zach Roeder hit home runs for the Knights, who came out on top against a WCAL opponent.

Wynn and Roeder had three hits each. Roeder drove in three runs, while Wynn had two RBI.

The Crusaders, who had dropped two of their last three games, got two hits each from Dante Curmi and Logan Tuman.

W: Flanagan | L: Tuman | S: Cahill | 3 hits- Wynn (MS), Roeder (MS). 2 hits- Curmi (R), Tuman (R). 3 RBI- Roeder (MS). 2 RBI- Wynn. HR- Wynn (MS), Roeder (MS). 2B- Wynn (MS), Carson (MS), Fong (R), Tuman (R), Hernandez (R), Curmi (R).

Leigh 7, Menlo-Atherton 4

Owen Coupe had a home run and three RBI, while Ryder Kelly had two doubles and MJ Ellazar two singles, but it wasn't enough for Menlo-Atherton, which dropped its fifth game in six outings.

The Bears, who have played arguably the best schedule on the Peninsula, will look forward to the start of the PAL-Bay Division season, where they'll open with Burlingame next week.

Aiden Phillips had three hits for Leigh, while Cooper Low drove in four runs for the Longhorns, who bounced back nicely from Saturday's loss at Riordan.

W: Beaudoin | L: Coupe | 3 hits- Phillips (L). 2 hits- Kelly (MA), Ellazar (MA). 4 RBI- Low (L). 3 RBI- Coupe (MA). HR- Coupe (MA). 2B- Kelly (MA) 2, Brubacher (MA), Low (L).

Woodside 16, Uplands 6

John Tinson, Anderson Comfort and Charles Dalrymple had two hits each for Woodside, which got another strong pitching performance from Colby Fernandez to improve to 5-2.

W: Fernandez | L: Abad | 2 hits- Tinson (W), Comfort (W), Dalrymple (W), Abad (U), Campana (U). 3 RBI- Campana (U). 2 RBI- Tinson (W), Taylor (W), OOrtiz (W). 2B- Comfort (W), Ortiz (W), Dalrymple (W), Taylor (W), Uchida (U), Kim (U).

Capuchino 2, Terra Nova 0

Logan Arceo struck out Wes McDougal with the tying runs on base and two outs in the seventh inning as Capuchino shut out the Tigers and remained the last unbeaten team on the Peninsula.

Arceo came on in relief of Jordan Estrella, who allowed four hits over 6 1/3 innings for the Mustangs. He struck out two.

Terra Nova junior Jesse Martinez pitched well enough to win in his first start of the season. Martinez allowed a run, while striking out five in six innings of work.

Dominic Fanara had two hits for Capuchino, which will host No. 2 Saint Francis on Friday night.

W: Estrella | L: Martinez | S: Arceo | 2 hits- Fanara (C). 2B- Douglas (C), Fanara (C).

Los Altos 9, Santa Clara 2

Wes Calhoun had three hits, including a double, while Sean Hamby had a triple and a single in Los Altos' first win of the season.

W: Warton | L: Tesmale | 3 hits- Calhoun (LA). 2 hits- Hamby (LA). 3B- Wood (LA), Hamby (LA). 2B- Calhoun (LA).

Palo Alto 14, Homestead 0

Ian Johnston allowed just two hits in picking up the win and the Vikings had their biggest offensive showing of the season in the shutout victory that kicked off the De Anza Division season.

Rex Martin had three hits and drove in four runs, while Jackson Sims had two hits and drove in four.

Greg Lee had two hits, while senior catcher Carter Bader had two RBI.

W: Johnston | L: Lohitsa | 3 hits- Martin (PA). 2 hits- Sims (PA), Lee (PA). 4 RBI- Sims (PA), Martin (PA). 2 RBI- Bader (PA). 2B- Martin (PA) 2, Bader (PA), Lee (PA), Sims (PA), Wu (PA).

Aragon 6, Fremont 5

Sean Tam, Saxon Lucia and Nick Mazzola had two hits each as the Dons pounded out a season-high 12 hits to even their record to 3-3.

W: Harris | L: Kowal | S: Wright | 2 hits- Ramirez (F), Lucia (A), Mazzola (A), Tam (A). 3B- Thornton (A), 2B- Wright (A), Mazzola (A).

Mills 5, Harker 0

Tino Janke pitched a complete-game shutout, allowing just two hits, while striking out nine for the Vikings, who evened their record to 3-3.

Tyler Yuan had two hits for Mills, while senior centerfielder Nick Lafon added a triple.

W: Janke | L: Jain | 2 hits- Yuan (M). 3B- Lafon (M). 2B- Delima (M).