Dan Maye, in his thirty sixth season as baseball coach at Royal Excessive, picked up win No. 595 on Friday, and it was an essential one. The Highlanders improved to 10-1 and 4-0 within the Coastal Canyon League with a 2-1 victory over rival Simi Valley.
Caden Sramek struck out seven in six innings. Brady Hewitt picked up the save. Zach Nagy contributed three hits.
Birmingham 4, Chatsworth 0: In his most spectacular efficiency but in a season of spectacular efforts, freshman pitcher Carlos Acuna struck out 16 with no walks and gave up one hit for the Patriots, who play in subsequent week’s Boras Basic in Orange County.
El Camino Actual 12, Taft 2: Devon Gonor struck out seven in 4 innings for El Camino Actual.
Cleveland 13, Granada Hills 2: Joshua Pearlstein had three hits, together with a house run, giving him seven hits in eight at-bats this week in West Valley League play.
Harvard-Westlake 7, Sierra Canyon 1: Ethan Value and Nate Blum every had two RBIs and Ben Fischler struck out 4 in 5 innings for the Wolverines.
Loyola 5, Bishop Alemany 3: The Cubs bought a three-game Mission League sweep. Walter Urbon hit a two-run dwelling run within the first inning.
Crespi 8, St. Francis 4: The Celts (10-0, 5-0) are off to considered one of their greatest begins in class historical past. Mikey Martinez had two hits and three RBIs and Troy Miller and Gavin Huff added three hits every. Jordan Lewallen had two hits and two RBIs for St. Francis.
Sherman Oaks Notre Dame 2, Chaminade 1: A bases loaded stroll within the backside of the seventh gave Notre Dame the victory. J. Beckett Berg struck out six in six innings for the Knights.
Huntington Seaside 4, Marina 2: The Oilers improved to 6-0 going into their Boras Basic opener on Tuesday in opposition to Aquinas. Jayton Greer homered and CJ Weinstein had two RBIs.
Banning 15, Narbonne 7: Brandon Villarreal had three hits and AJ Herrera had two hits and 4 RBIs for the Pilots.
Glendale 9, Eagle Rock 1: Austin Gonzalez threw a whole recreation for Glendale.
South Hills 7, San Dimas 0: Joseph Moreno struck out 9 in 6 2/3 innings for South Hills.
West Ranch 17, Canyon Nation Canyon 0: Landon Hu had three hits and 4 RBIs for West Ranch.
Valencia 13, Saugus 3: Noah Jaquez had a three-run dwelling run to steer Valencia.
Etiwanda 5, Tesoro 0: Nico Hamilton and Jack Holquin mixed on the shutout for Etiwanda.
Cypress 4, JSerra 3: Greg Prophet obtained a bases loaded stroll within the seventh to interrupt a 3-3 tie for Cypress.
Softball
Granada Hills 8, Downey 3: Addison Moorman threw a three-hitter for the Highlanders. Lainey Brown went three for 3.
El Segundo 7, Crescenta Valley 4: Carter Cswaykus had two RBIs for surging El Segundo (12-3).