Peninsula Prep Baseball
Top-ranked Valley Christian used its pitching depth to open the season with a 2-0 victory over Elk Grove in a game played under the lights at Santa Clara University.
Quinten Marsh threw five innings of one-hit ball to pick up the victory. He walked three but was able to mitigate any damage by posting five strikeouts.
"My stuff felt good," Marsh said. "It was a good start to the season."
Junior Brock Ketelsen, who, like Marsh, is another Stanford commit, struck out five over the final two innings to pick up the save. He allowed two hits and walked a batter.
Offensively, the Warriors could muster just one hit, but they made the most of Hunter Fujimoto's base hit. The outfielder added three stolen bases and scored a run.
| R | H | E | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Elk Grove (0-1) | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| Valley Christian (1-0) | 2 | 1 | 0 |
W: Marsh. L: Bascherini. S: Ketelsen.
Capuchino 16, Evergreen Valley 1
The Mustangs broke open a relatively close game with an 11-run sixth inning to improve to 2-0, heading into Friday's showdown with visiting Mills.
Senior catcher Lucas Zayac had a pair of doubles – both in that fateful sixth inning – and finished the game with three RBI. Travis Ciardella, Cameron Chin and Anakin Manuel each had two hits.
Chin scored three times and Manuel drove in a pair to provide all the offense pitcher Jordan Estrella would need to pick up the victory.
| R | H | E | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Capuchino (2-0) | 16 | 15 | 1 |
| Evergreen Valley (0-1) | 1 | 4 | 1 |
W: Estrella. L: Burton. 2 hits- Ciardella (C), Zayac (C), Chin (C), Manuel (C). 3 RBI- Zayac (C). 2 RBI- Manuel (C). 2B- Zayac (C) 2, Ciardella (C), Chin (C), Manuel (C).
Sacred Heart Cathedral 5, Mills 1
Cooper Rogers-Lewis struck out nine over four innings to lead the Irish to the 5-1 victory.
Sacred Heart pounded out 10 hits and got big games from Santino Baisman, Chase Deninger and Evan Liu. Baisman had three hits, including a double, while Deninger and Liu had two hits.
Aiden Brown had two hits in a losing cause for the Vikings, who travel on Friday to Capuchino.
| R | H | E | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sacred Heart Cathedral (1-0) | 5 | 10 | 1 |
| Mills (0-1) | 1 | 4 | 1 |
W: Rogers-Lewis. L: Juul. 3 hits- Baisman (SHC). 2 hits- Deninger (SHC). Liu (SHC), Brown (M). 2B- Baisman, Liu (SHC), Deninger (SHC).
Los Altos 3, Saint Francis 2, 8 innings
The Eagles pushed across the go-ahead run in the eighth inning and hung on to spoil a strong season debut from Lancers pitcher Nick Chow.
Saint Francis, which won in walk-off fashion on Tuesday, found itself in another nailbiter.
Chow worked six scoreless innings and struck out 13 but came away without a decision when Los Altos scored twice in the seventh to force extra innings. In the eighth, the Eagles scored on a walk and double by Emmett Heath.
Matteo Pignati had his second straight two-hit game for Saint Francis.
| R | H | E | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Los Altos (1-0) | 3 | 4 | 2 |
| Saint Francis (1-1) | 2 | 2 | 1 |
W: Macquidey. L: Cole.
Mountain View 11, Half Moon Bay 4
The Cougars – undermanned until at least the end of the basketball season – dropped their second straight game to fall to the seventh-place game at the Ted Tamone Memorial Tournament at MacDonald High in Santa Clara.
Half Moon Bay will face the loser of Thursday's Prospect-Santa Teresa game.
Riley Jackson and Ian Lemen each had two hits for the Cougars, while Kai Kung had a double.
| R | H | E | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Half Moon Bay (0-2) | 4 | 6 | 2 |
| Mountain View (1-1) | 11 | 13 | 0 |
W: Pietrofeso. L: Lemen. 3 hits- Blake (MV). 2 hits- Orrock (MV), Blums (MF), Jackson (HMB), Lemen (HMB). 3B- Orrock (MV). 2B- Bandy (MV), Yocum (MV), Jackson (HMB), Kung (HMB).
Santa Clara 3, Sequoia 0
Johnny Kepner went the distance with a one-hit shutout and nine strikeouts in leading the Bruins into the championship game of the Ted Tamone Memorial Tournament. They'll square off against the winner of Thursday's game between Wilcox and The King's Academy.
Santa Clara (2-0) scored two unearned runs in the first inning on a bases-loaded grounder that was got past first baseman Morgan Winfield.
The Ravens' only hit was a triple by senior catcher Logan Mathias.
| R | H | E | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Santa Clara (2-0) | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| Sequoia (1-1) | 0 | 1 | 3 |
W: Kepner L: Hymer.
Aragon 5, Washington 0
Kenta Kane allowed one hit over four innings, while striking out six as the Dons opened the season with the shutout victory.
Kenta Kemmer had two hits, including a double, while Kane added a double.
Aragon (1-0) will host Lincoln, another San Francisco school on Saturday at 11 a.m.
| R | H | E | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Washington (0-1) | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| Aragon (1-0) | 5 | 8 | 1 |
W: Kane. L: Toulos. 2 hits- Kammer (A). 2B- Kammer (A), Kane.
Priory 11, Overfelt 0
Kai Park had three RBI, while Owen Lee drove in two as Priory opened the season with the victory.
Nathan Twan pitched the first inning to pick up the win.
| R | H | E | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Overfelt (0-1) | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Priory (1-0) | 11 | 4 | 1 |
W: Twan. L: Geronimo. 3 RBI- Park (P). 2 RBI- Lee (P). 2B- Park (P)
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