Capital gains: St. Ignatius wins two

Sometimes a little getaway is just what's needed to turn around the fortunes of a team.

St. Ignatius Prep was sputtering after losing three straight games — two of them when the Wildcats were shut out – when they hit the road Sunday for the Boras Baseball Classic in Sacramento.

A 3-0 victory over San Marin in the morning was followed by a 7-2 victory over Benicia and just like that, St. Ignatius Prep is back to its winning ways and on the winners' side of a bracket that is loaded with some of the state's best ballclubs.

The Wildcats (10-5-2) will face the winner of Tuesday's Mitty-Granite Bay game at 7 p.m. Wednesday.

After dispatching of San Marin, St. Ignatius fell behind Benicia 2-0, before regrouping with a four-run third inning.

Jack Callen led off the inning with a bunt single and advanced to second on a throwing error. An Archer Horn double scored Callen to make it 2-1. Emmett Johnson then delivered an infield single to put runners on first and third. A D.J. Delaney double play grounder tied the score, but the Wildcats were just getting started.

Chase Gordon walked, Bo Shaffer singled and Ryan Rosenthal got to first base on a fielding error that loaded the bases. Atticus Gibson then doubled in two runs to give St. Ignatius Prep a 4-2 lead.

Delaney led off the fifth with a single. After Gordon flied out, Delaney stole second and scored on a Shaffer single. Rosenthal walked to put runners on first and second. Rosenthal stole third and scored on Gibson's sacrifice fly.

The seventh run crossed on a Tycco Giametti single.

Giametti pitched 4 2/3 innings, allowing five hits and two runs.

W: Giametti. L: Brunson. S: McCartney. 2 hits- Horn (S), Johnson (S), Shaffer (SI), Gibson (S), Miyamoto (B). 3 RBI- Gibson. 3B- Roles (B). 2B- Gibson (SI), Horn (SI), Miyamoto (B).

Valley Christian 5, Aquinas 2

The Warriors opened the All Faiths Classic in Las Vegas with a victory over the team from San Bernardino.

Brock Ketelsen and Rohan Kasanagottu combined on a five-hitter. Ketelsen picked up the win by going four innings and giving up four hits and two runs, while Kasanagottu went the final three and allowed just one hit.

Down, 1-0, Valley scored two runs in the bottom of the first inning to take the lead. Ketelsen led off with a walk. Hunter Fujimoto tied the contest with an RBI triple. He scored on a Jordan Ortiz single.

Aquinas tied the game in the fourth inning, but the Warriors (13-4) regained the lead when Ortiz singled. A double by sophomore Logan Mull put runners on second and third. Christian Navarez doubled home both runs to make it 4-2.

Sophomore Colton Hadfield closed out the scoring with a home run in the fifth.

W: Ketelsen. L: Alzega. S: Kasanagottu. 2 hits- Fujimoto (VC), Ortiz (VC), Lopez (A). 2 RBI- Navarez (VC). HR- Hadfield (VC). 3B- Fujimoto (VC). 2B- Navarez (VC), Mull (VC), Lopez (A).

Serra 11, Pleasant Grove 4

Serra opened its Boras Baseball Classic week with a 14-hit attack that featured a three-hit, two-RBI performance from Nate Hui.

Evan Bradshaw, Davis Minton, Tyler Harrison and William Walbridge had two hits each for the top-ranked Padres, who won their Peninsula-leading 16th game of the season.

Serra scored three runs in the first inning on a Hui walk. He moved to second on a passed ball and scored on Bradshaw's single. Bradshaw stole second and scored on a Minton double.

Minton stole third and scored on Jack Armstrong's single.

Richie Calderon scattered six hits and three runs over four innings to pick up the win. Aiden Waters went three innings to earn the save.

W: Calderon. L: Dougan. S: Waters.3 hits- Underwood (PG). Hui (S). 2 hits- Bradshaw (S), D.Mainton (S), Harrison (S), Walbridge (S), Davis (PG), Black (PG). 3 RBI- Bradshaw (S). 2 RBI- Hui (S), Greenspan (S). 2B- Walbridge (S) 2, Meier (S), D. Minton (S), Davis (PG), Underwood (PG), Trillo (PG).

Rocklin 6, Serra 0

The Padres went head-to-head with lefty Joey Lorenzini, the 6-foot-5 Arkansas commit. He showed why he is listed as one of the top pitchers in California.

Lorenzini went five innings, allowing two hits and striking out seven as the Thunder improved to 15-3.

Davis Minton went the first three innings for Serra, allowing two runs on three hits. Ian Josephson pitched two shutout innings, but the Thunder broke it open with four runs against Nate Hui in the sixth inning.

W: Lorerzini. L: D. Minton. 2 hits- Pudge (R), Musz (R). 2 RBI- Brennan.

Sacred Heart Cathedral 10, Menlo-Atherton 7

The Irish stunned the fifth-ranked Bears by scoring five runs in the seventh inning to rally from a 7-5 deficit.

Quinn Middleton and Rohan Kahns led off the frame with walks and Max Matthews singled to load the bases. Evan Liu then tied the game with a two-run double.

Johnny Nepomuceno then untied the game with a two-run single that gave Sacred Heart (9-10) a 9-7 lead. He stole second and scored on a two-out double by Tedford Lewis.

Liu had three hits and drove in three runs for the Irish, while Middleton, Lewis and Nepomuceno had two hits each.

Will Roberts and Ronan Cutright had two hits each for the Bears (12-5), while Jack Molise drove in three runs.

Menlo-Atherton opens a key PAL Bay Division series on Wednesday against Capuchino.

W: Vigo. L: Zaharias. S: Vines. 3 hits- Liu (SHC). 2 hits- Roberts (MA), Cutright (MA), Middleton (SHC), Lewis (SHC), Nepomuceno (SHC). 3 RBI- Liu (SHC), Molise (MA). 2 RBI- Lewis (SHC), Do (SHC), Nepomuceno (SHC). 2B- Lee (MA), Cutright (MA, Molise (MA), Baisman (SCH), Lewis (SHC), Liu (SHC).