Baseball: Game takes 66 minutes to complete
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The umpires for Wednesday’s Marmonte League baseball game between Westlake Village Westlake and Newbury Park probably didn’t know what to do with all their free time after a pitchers’ duel between Alex Daley and Jordan Brower required only 66 minutes to complete.
Westlake won, 2-1, on Collin Yelich’s RBI single in the sixth inning that broke a 1-1 tie. Both pitchers threw 65 pitches on the day, and each gave up five hits. Daley (3-3) got the victory to help Westlake improve to 13-12 and 6-6. Newbury Park dropped to 17-9 and 7-5.
Simi Valley Royal (21-5, 11-1), ranked No. 1 in Division 1, clinched at least a share of the Marmonte title with a 10-2 win over Agoura. Justin Greco had three hits and four RBIs.
In the Sunset League, Henry Owens struck out eight, Kyle Jones hit a two-run home run and Christian Lopes had three hits as Huntington Beach Edison defeated Fountain Valley, 12-3. Anaheim Esperanza defeated Los Alamitos, 3-0.
In the Trinity League, JSerra defeated Bellflower St. John Bosco, 12-3. Santa Ana Mater Dei defeated Santa Margarita, 4-2. Orange Lutheran defeated Anaheim Servite, 3-2.
In the Empire League, Andrew Alvarado had four hits in Valencia’s 9-4 win over Anaheim Loara.
In the Foothill League, Scott Barlow struck out seven to help Santa Clarita Golden Valley defeat Canyon Country Canyon, 3-0. JC Cloney threw a complete game and Chris Caldwell and Allen Sarkissian each hit home runs in Valencia West Ranch’s 10-2 win over Newhall Hart.
In the Suburban League, La Mirada defeated Cerritos, 20-2. Nicko Lancaster had four hits.
In the East Valley League, Arleta (23-4) defeated Canoga Park, 12-1, to finish a 12-0 league season. Miguel Perez went three for three and Robert DeSantiago added three hits.
In the Citrus Belt League, Griffin Murphy improved to 10-0 and Brad Burcroff hit a three-run home run to help Redlands East Valley (21-4, 10-1) defeat Yucaipa, 8-4.
-- Eric Sondheimer