High School Baseball Roundup

In other Metro Conference games:

Bonita Vista 8, Castle Park 1--Sophomore Craig Costello doubled with the bases loaded to give Bonita Vista a 3-0 lead in the first inning. Jimmy Ilusorio hit a home run in the third inning and raised his batting average to .454. John Solomon hit a two-run home run in the fifth, his fourth of the season. Bonita Vista improved to 11-12, 5-4. Castle Park dropped to 21-4, 7-2.

Marian 5, Southwest 3--Marian pitcher Leo Ortiz struck out seven in going the distance for his third victory, and he also helped his own cause with a first-inning two-run double. Teammate Jose Iniguez had two hits and an RBI.

Chula Vista 16, Coronado 2--Sophomore pitcher Cesar Martinez picked up his first victory in going the distance. Chula Vista’s leadoff batter, Alex Garcia, knocked in four runs on four hits.

Hilltop 5, Sweetwater 3--Hilltop’s Chad Boyd went two for three, drove in two runs and scored another to lead the Lancers (6-13, 3-6).

Palomar League

Torrey Pines 8, Orange Glen 0--John Lynch threw 113 pitches, struck out 11 batters and flirted with a no-hitter until he surrendered a base hit in the seventh against host Orange Glen. Lynch (1-1) also hit a two-run home run (his second) in the second inning to help Torrey Pines improve to 10-9-1, 3-4. Pete DeFrancesca went two for three. Orange Glen fell to 10-12, 3-5.

Mt. Carmel 2, Poway 1--Two runners, one for each side, were thrown out at the plate in the sixth inning. Mt. Carmel finally won it in the seventh. After John Tejcek opened the inning with a triple, the next two batters were intentionally walked to load the bases. A.J. Forlano then hit a sacrifice fly to score Tejcek with the winning run.

Fallbrook 7, Vista 4--Fallbrook scored all of its runs in the fourth, three of which came in on Erik Larson’s double. Mike Gainsborough went three for four for Fallbrook, which handed Vista pitcher Reggie DeLeon (6-1) his first loss of the season.

City Central League

St. Augustine 6, Hoover 5--Albert Canedo’s grand slam home run in the fifth wasn’t enough to push Hoover over the top. St. Augustine got two-RBI performances from Mike Masudo and Dan McGehee.

City Western League

USDHS 19, LaJolla 5--Tom Shanner (6-0) remained undefeated at the mound for USDHS (16-4, 8-2). At the plate, teammates Steve Walker went two for five with four RBIs, Gavin Millay four for five with two RBIs and Jeff Desjardins three for six with two RBIs. La Jolla dropped to 4-17, 1-10.

Avocado League

Rancho Buena Vista 9, San Marcos 4--San Marcos (5-14, 4-5) had back-to-back home runs in the fifth inning and a two-run homer in the seventh but was unable to hold off RBV (11-10, 4-5). Robert McLeod (6-3) got the victory and went three for five with two doubles and two RBIs.

San Pasqual 15, El Camino 2--San Pasqual took advantage of eight El Camino errors and collected 14 hits. Mike Escarcega, Kevin Herde, Tony Medina, David Goss and Eric Marsh each had two hits for the victors.

Coastal League

Francis Parker 12, Santa Fe Christian 11--Christian (1-6 in league) gave Parker (8-0) a scare by taking a two-run lead into the seventh. In that inning Parker came through with three runs, thanks to triples from William Beamer and Pietro La Greca, to pull out the victory. Mark Applbaum and Bob Ogle homered for Parker.