Scots face injury after defeat

SANTA CLARA – More urgent for Carlmont than Tuesday's 8-2 loss to Wilcox on Tuesday was the shoulder injury sustained by Henry Massey in the top of the third inning while diving back into first base on a pickoff play.

Coach Ryan Hamilton wouldn't speculate, but there's a chance the senior right-hander might be facing a stint on the sidelines.

Massey is considered a key piece to Carlmont's pitching rotation.

He worked just two innings – giving up three runs, two of them earned, on three hits – to the hard-hitting Chargers (3-1), who advanced into the winner's bracket of their own tournament with the victory.

The difference in this game was twofold: Wilcox made the place defensively and came through with big hits when they got runners in scoring position.

The Scots (2-1), who committed two fielding errors, stranded 10 runners on base and had just one hit – a first-inning double by Zach Luzzo that gave them a 1-0 lead – with runners in scoring position.

Three Things We Liked

• Both teams swung the bats. The two teams combined for 19 hits – 11 by the Chargers – and stepped into the box with an aggressive approach. The Scots may have been overly aggressive, swinging at the first pitch seven straight times to start the game.
• Wilcox first baseman Jacob Prettol looks the part. The 6-foot-4 senior is big and hulking in the No. 3 spot of Wilcox's potent batting order. His double to deep right-center field in the first inning tied the contest. He added another run-scoring hit in the sixth inning.
• Luzzo didn't take a bad swing all day. He doubled in the first inning. Singed in the third and line out to shortstop. He took a called third strike in the seventh on a 3-2 pitch, but was convinced the pitch was low. The kid is seeing the ball right now. And hitting it.

Play of the Game

The Scots trailed 3-1 in the top of the third, but had the bases loaded with no outs. Grant Goetz hit it on the money, but right at third baseman Dylan Jackson, who started a second-to-first double play that all but ended the rally.

He Said It

"If we're making good contact being aggressive is fine. I just thought as the game went on, we weren't adjusting. We were just out in front too much. We've just
got to be able to adjust to that faster." – Ryan Hamilton, Carlmont coach.

Up Next

Carlmont drops to the loser's bracket of the Mike Hazlett tournament. It will face Hollister on Thursday at 3 p.m., while Wilcox will take on No. 1 Valley Christian.

W: Laurels. L: Massey. 2 hits- Massey (C), Luzzo (C), Tiandas (W), Prettol (W), Forster (W). 2 RBI- Prettol (W). 3B- Forster (W) 2. 2B- Massey (C), Luzzo (C), Dunne (C), Prettol (W), Padilla (W).

Valley Christian 12, Hollister 2

The Warriors bats awakened on Tuesday. Meanwhile, their pitching was just as lethal as usual.

Quinten Marsh and Brock Ketelsen combined on a no-hitter in the game called after five innings by the run rule. Of the 15 outs the recorded, 12 of them came by strikeouts, including nine by Marsh. Ketelsen struck out the side in the fifth inning.

Hunter Fujimoto provided the game's final blow – a two-run homer that gave the Warriors (3-0) a 10-run lead.

Ketelsen and Fujimoto had two hits each, while Marsh drove in three runs with a double.

Colton Hadfield chipped in with a double for Valley Center, which advanced into the winner's bracket of the Wilcox tournament and will meet host Wilcox on Thursday night at MacDonald High.

W: Marsh. L: Mendoza. 2 hits- Fujimoto (VC), Ketelsen (VC). 3 RBI- Marsh (VC). 2 RBI- Fujimoto (VC). HR- Fujimoto (VC). 3B- Ketelsen (VC). 2B- Marsh (VC), Hadfield (VC).

Burlingame 5, Aragon 4, 9 innings

Pinch-runner Kai Watanabe scored the go-ahead run from first base in the ninth inning on a double by Liam Philibosian, who had two hits, including the game-winner.

Roberto Beltranena walked three times and stole three bases for the Panthers, who remained unbeaten.

Keith Matye has three hits for the Dons, who lost their second straight game. Adi Shanker had two hits.

W: Armstrong. L: Kanne. 3 hits- Matye (A). 2 hits- Phililbosian (B), Shanker (A). 2 RBI- Phililbosian (B), Shanker (A). 2B- Phililbosian (B), Shanker (A), Matye (A), Kammer (A).

Menlo-Atherton 5, Riordan 2

The Bears won their third straight game by keeping the Crusaders off the scoreboard for the first six innings. Jack Molise and Tyler Rosenthal combined for six shutout innings, with eight strikeouts.

Molise picked up the win by going the first four innings, striking out five.

Nate Zuromski's seventh-inning two-run single prevented the Crusaders from getting blanked.

Masataka Shudo had two hits and drove in a pair of runs for the Bears, while Ryder Kelly, a newly minted commit to UC-Davis, and Merrick Lee had two hits each.

For Riordan (2-1-1), Santino Williams, Zuromski and Keoni Ordonez had two hits each.

W: Molise. L: Parenti. 2 hit- Williams (R), Zuromski (R), Ordonez (R), Lee (MA), Kelly (MA), Shudo (MA). 2 RBI- Zuromski (R), Shudo (MA). 2B- Shudo MA), Kelly (MA), Ellazar (MA).

Los Gatos 5, The King's Academy 1

Los Gatos played its first home game of the season and washed away the bad taste left by Saturday's 6-1 extra-innings loss to Serra with a victory over a The King's Academy.

Brady Simon had three hits for the Wildcats (3-1), while Rowan Smith drove in a pair of runs.

The Knights dropped their second straight game despite a two-hit game from Ethan Johnson.

W: Elliott. L: Castro. S: Oberthier. 3 hits- Simon (LG). 2 hits- Johnson (TKA). 2 RBI- R. Smith. 2B- Musser (LG).

University 8, Terra Nova 7

The Tigers led, 7-6 going into the bottom of the seventh but fell victim to a walk-off defeat for the second time in less than 24 hours.

This one might have been more painful than Monday night's defeat at No. 4 Capuchino.

University scored six runs in the sixth and seventh innings to record the come-from behind victory and the Tigers (0-2-1), who find themselves still searching for their first victory after three close calls.

Joseph Donati had his best game of the year for Terra Nova, collecting three hits, including his first home run of the season, while also driving in two runs.

Wes McDougal, who took the loss also had three hits, while Aiden James added two hits and drove in a pair.

W: Gebhart. L: McDougal. 3 hits- Messenger (U), McDougal (TN), Donati (TN) 2 hits- Hartigan (U), Nash (U), Grisso (U), Parcella (U), Wilson (TN), James (TN). 2 RBI- Donati (TN), James (TN), Parcella (U). HR- Donati (TN). 2B- Derby (TN), Gebhart (U), Nash (U), Chee (U).

Amador Valley 10, Bellarmine 5

The Bells lost for the first time this year despite another big game from Evan Tavarez, who had two hits, including a double.

DJ Dunne and Luke McNeil had two hits each for Bellarmine.

Christian Duarte, a Santa Clara commit, suffered his first loss of the season, going just three innings.

W: Baptiste. L: Duarte. 2 hits- Whalley (AV), Columbo (AV), Maiorana (AV), Taverez (B), Dunne (B), McNeil (B). 2 RBI- Robertson (AV), Foley (AV) Whalley (AV). 2B- Columbo (AV), Whalley (AV), Robertson (AV), Tavarez (B), Dunne (B), Rockwood (B).

Acalanes 4, St. Ignatius Prep 4

The Wildcats had their second straight game called by darkness with the game tied. As a result, No. 2 St. Ignatius Prep has a record that reads more like a soccer team: 1-0-2.

St. Ignatius Prep will look to snap is string of ties on Thursday when it travels to Santa Rosa to face Cardinal Newman.

Junior Archer Horn had his best offensive showing of the season, collecting a double and hitting his first home run of the season. Chase Gordon added two hits for the Wildcats.

2 hits- Goddard (A), Horn (SI), Gordon (SI). HR- Horn (SI). 2B- Horn (SI), Gordon (SI), Asadorian (A), Gonzales (A), Goddard (A), Folsina (A).