San Diego High School Baseball : Beltran Pitches No-Hitter for Castle Park, 11-0

Sophomore Juan Beltran pitched a no-hitter for Castle Park High School in an 11-0 victory over Marian Tuesday in a Metro Conference baseball game at Marian.

Beltran, who had a no-hitter for 6 innings against Crawford in the Lions-Mike Morrow Tournament, wasn’t even supposed to pitch this season.

“We were not going to rush him (this season),” Castle Park Coach Bob Korzep said. “We had a bunch of seniors who we thought would be pretty good. But our senior guys didn’t pitch the way we thought they would.”

Beltran, a right-hander, is 3-0 in four starts.

The victory stopped a three-game conference losing streak for Castle Park (1-3, 12-6). Alex Amaya had a three-run home run in the fourth and Jose Palos had a two-run homer in the third for Castle Park.

METRO CONFERENCE

Hilltop 8, Sweetwater 2--Leon Hardt pitched a four-hitter to lead Hilltop at Sweetwater (1-4, 4-10). Henry Negrete was 1 for 2 with two RBIs and scored twice to lead Hilltop (4-1, 7-6), which scored six runs in the fifth to take an 8-0 lead.

Montgomery 7, Bonita Vista 1--Montgomery took advantage of nine walks and five errors to defeat Bonita Vista (1-4, 5-12) at Bonita Vista.

Mar Vista 14, Southwest 6--Luis Lopez had a solo home run and a double and Johnny Amaya had two hits to lead Mar Vista (3-2, 10-5-2).

GROSSMONT LEAGUE

Granite Hills 7, Grossmont 3--Kevin Gallup had a two-run home run and Jason DeGroote and Jeremy Kay added solo home runs to lead top-ranked Granite Hills at Grossmont. Mike Raskin struck out five for Granite Hills (5-1, 13-3). Lance Dickson (5-2) struck out 10 and designated hitter Roy Neder went 4 for 4 with two RBIs to lead Grossmont (3-3, 11-5).

Santana 6, El Cajon Valley 0--Bill Reed struck out 14 to lead Santana at home. El Cajon Valley is 2-4 and 5-9.

Helix 15, Mount Miguel 0--Rick Navarro threw a one-hitter for Helix at home. Mount Miguel’s only hit was a bad-hop single in the fifth inning. Joey Appolito went 3 for 4 and scored three runs and Danny Tiumalu was 2 for 2 with two RBIs to lead Helix (4-2, 7-7).

Valhalla 6, No. 2 El Capitan 1--Justin Post held No. 2 El Capitan to three hits to lead Valhalla at home. El Capitan (5-1, 10-5) has lost three straight.

CITY WESTERN LEAGUE

University of San Diego High 11, Clairemont 8--Fourth-ranked USDHS (4-2, 12-4) overcame an 8-1 deficit with a seven-run fourth inning. Clairemont (5-1, 8-7-1) scored three runs in the first and second innings to take a 6-0 lead.