Peninsula Prep Baseball

Nate Plata, who was called out for missing home plate on Wednesday, made sure he touched it on Friday when he scored the winning run for The King's Academy in walk-off fashion.

A Tip of the Hat -- an homage to the late Merv Harris, the San Francisco Examiner writing legend -- to the top hitting performances of the week.

A Tip of the Hat -- an homage to the late Merv Harris, the San Francisco Examiner writing legend -- to the top pitching performances of the week.

Terra Nova won an out-of-league game on Thursday while Menlo School won its fifth straight game heading into Tuesday's series opener with the Tigers.

Ethan Johnson's apparent seventh-inning grand-slam home run was nullified when an umpire ruled that base runner Nate Plata missed home plate in Sequoia's 10-9 victory.

Top-ranked Serra scored the game's only run on a first-pitch home run by Ian Josephson and then rode the arms of Richie Calderon and David Minton to the 1-0 win over St. Ignatius Prep.

The top batting averages on the Peninsula.

Serra retained its No. 1 ranking after beating St. Ignatius Prep on Saturday, but the Wildcats leapfrogged Saint Francis to jump to No. 2.