Baseball: Top-ranked Mater Dei wins, 9-1

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The big news Monday is that Mater Dei’s pitching staff finally gave up a run. But the Monarchs (3-0) still beat Riverside Patriot, 9-1, in a quarterfinal game of the Newport Elks tournament.

Derek Campbell had a two-run single, and three Mater Dei pitchers scattered 10 hits. The most impressive was Brendan Rowland, a senior who was the team’s top junior varsity pitcher last season. He threw two scoreless innings of relief.

Aaron Northcraft had two hits, making him seven for nine on the season.

-- Eric Sondheimer