Baseball: Top two teams go down in Orange County upsets

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Friday will be known as the day the Nos. 1 and 2 teams in The Times’ baseball rankings went down to defeat in Orange County.

Unbeaten Santa Ana Mater Dei couldn’t handle Santa Margarita and UCLA-bound Trayce Thompson, who hit two home runs in a 4-2 victory. Robert Kelly struck out 10 for Santa Margarita (7-3, 3-0), which took over first place in the Trinity League. No. 1 Mater Dei is 9-1 and 2-1.

In another upset, No. 2 Capistrano Valley was beaten by Tesoro, 8-1, in a South Coast League game.

-- Eric Sondheimer