Prep sports roundup: Santa Margarita stays tied for first place in Trinity League
Santa Margarita is going strong in the Trinity League baseball race.
The Eagles (16-6-1, 7-3) remain tied for first place with Orange Lutheran after scoring two runs in the top of the seventh inning to earn a 5-2 win over Servite on Tuesday.
Three straight runs with the bases loaded broke a 2-2 tie. Cade Townsend struck out 10 in 5-2/3 innings. Chris Saucedo had a shutout in the sixth inning and Brennan Bauer had a shutout in the seventh. Gavin Spiridonov finished with two RBIs. Santa Margarita has defeated Orange Lutheran twice in a three-game series, so if it remains tied, the Eagles have the tiebreaker to be No. 1 in the league in the Division I playoffs.
Lutheran Orange 7, Mater Dei 2: Vinny Hudson had three RBIs and Josiah Hartshorn and Gabe Fraser each contributed two hits in the Lancers Trinity League win.
St. John Bosco 3, JSerra 2: Macade Maxwell and Noah Everly each had two hits for Brave. Jack Champlin threw 4 2/3 innings of scoreless relief.
Crispi 6, St. Francis 1: Freshman Justin Kim tossed a complete game and Troy Miller recorded two hits to lead the Celts. Julian Weiss had two RBIs.
Sherman Oaks Notre Dame 2, Sierra Canyon 0: Nate Kugler delivered a no-hitter and Dom Cadiz and John Trainor had RBI doubles for Notre Dame. Freshman Sean Barrow gave up one run in 5-1/3 innings for Sierra Canyon. Kugler, who lost 1-0 to St. Francis last week, struck out six and walked two.
Bishop Alemany 3, Chaminade 2: Jacob Ortega had a strikeout in the seventh for Germany. Nolan Morey and Isaiah Hearn had two hits each for Chaminade.
Harvard-Westlake 7, Loyola 2: Bryce Rainer contributed a home run, a double, a single, and two RBIs and finished the game on the mound with two innings of scoreless relief, striking out five. Augie Lopez came home and doubled for Loyola.
Bishop Amat 6, Lasalle 2: The Lancers scored four runs in the seventh inning to break a 2-2 tie. Miguel Pérez finished with three hits. Aaron Sandlin gave up two runs in six innings.
Arlington 8, Patriot 2: Arlington improved to 20-2.
Calabasas 6, Oaks Christian 1: Matthew Whitko had two hits and Jordan Kingston struck out nine in six innings for Calabasas.
Westlake 5, Newbury Park 2: Will Kaczynski had four RBIs to help the Warriors stay tied with Calabasas for first place in the Marmonte League. Andrew Haberman threw six innings.
Beckman 6, Woodbridge 1: Isaiah Kapoor had a double in two runs and finished with two hits to Beckman. Zach Ireland threw a complete game.
Jar 13, Norwalk 1: Ryan Rodriguez had two hits and three RBIs.
Corona del Mar 3, Laguna Beach 1: Stevie Jones (8-1) threw two no-hitters for Corona del Mar.
South Hills 3, Al Jouz 2: Matt Manzo had the two-run winning single for South Hills.
Softball
Garden Grove Pacifica 2, Placentia Valencia 0: Bryn Nally struck out five and did not walk. Kanya Braj was hit twice.
Orange Lutheran 9, Santa Margarita 3: Brianne Weiss hit 14. Zara Minero had four RBIs with two doubles.
This story originally appeared on Los Angeles Times.
