Peninsula Prep Baseball

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.

Top-ranked Serra bounced back from Friday's loss to Valley Christian to beat St. Ignatius Prep on Saturday in a game that featured two bat flips and a flip of the glove.

It was a day of upsets in the WCAL. Serra and Saint Francis both lost, while St. Ignatius Prep took care of business and now looks to a Saturday game with the host Padres.