HIGH SCHOOL ROUNDUP : San Marcos’ Huberts Discovers the Perfect Mix of Pitches

The plan was for San Marcos’ Jeff Huberts to throw two or three innings Thursday, then give way to the bullpen. But when Huberts had perfect game going after three innings, San Marcos Coach Ron Layton scrapped the plan.

Huberts is glad he did. The junior right-hander went on to throw a perfect game against host Escondido in a 3-0 victory for eighth-ranked San Marcos.

Huberts (4-0) struck out five and only had two three-ball counts. On both occasions, he wound up with strikeouts. The closest thing to a hit off Huberts came on Chris Ellis’ grounder to the hole, but San Marcos shortstop Brian Calloway threw out Ellis by a step.

“He did a real good job of tying us up and keeping us off-balance,” Escondido Coach Bill Kutzner said. “We didn’t even get real good swings. We only hit a couple of balls hard. He served up a lot of room-service ground balls.”

Layton said Chris Young took his usual jaunt to the bullpen in the sixth inning to loosen up. But Layton said Young came back to the dugout and told him, “I don’t think you’ll need me today, coach.”

“He was ahead of all the hitters,” Layton said of Huberts, who threw only 74 pitches. “He was around the strike zone. He was sneaky fast. He’s not overpowering.”

In 19 2/3 innings, Huberts has allowed only two runs and one walk.

Calloway had two hits and drove in a run for San Marcos (11-3, 6-0). Escondido fell to 5-10, 3-3.

Other Avocado League games:

Carlsbad 4, San Pasqual 3--Carlsbad had only one hit but took advantage of four San Pasqual errors. The Lancers (6-11-1, 3-3) scored three runs with two outs in the first on two errors, two hit batsmen and walk. They scored the winning in the sixth on an error by second baseman Brian Moss’ throwing error. Mike Corns (3-4) was the hard-luck loser for San Pasqual (6-9, 3-3). Marin Soto, Ben Duncan and Dave Riffle had RBIs for the Eagles.

El Camino 6, Rancho Bernardo 4--Center fielder Jimmy Reardon hit a pair of two-run homers for Rancho Bernardo (4-12, 2-4), but it wasn’t enough to offset six Bronco errors. The victory was El Camino’s first in the Avocado League and second of the season.

Oceanside 12, Ramona 2--Four players combined for 10 RBIs for Oceanside. Jaime Guzman had four and Fred Warner, James Moore and Glen Brier had two each. Oceanside is 6-9-1, 4-2.

Palomar League

Poway 13, San Dieguito 3--Third-ranked Poway (14-3, 5-1) pounded out 21 hits, including four doubles and back-to-back home runs by Donnie Jones and Miles Kelly, to beat San Dieguito (2-12, 1-5). Each spot in Poway’s batting order had one hit and seven players had at least two. Mike Sharp had four hits and an RBI, Kelly and Brock Marsh had three hits and Marsh had a team-high four RBIs. Phil Portiera and Eddie Thompson each had two hits and two RBIs. San Dieguito is 2-12, 1-5.

Mt. Carmel 3, Orange Glen 0--Scott Tebbetts pitched a three-hitter and Chris Chavez’s two-out, two-run homer in the fifth broke the tie. Andy Owen had three hits for seventh-ranked Mt. Carmel (12-5-2, 5-1). Tebbetts struck out eight and walked one. Pitcher Damon Vinje (2-3) struck out eight and walked one in six innings for Orange Glen (8-6, 1-5).

Vista 3, Torrey Pines 1--Rodney DeLeon threw a three-hitter with 11 strikeouts for Vista (10-7, 5-1). Brian Hochleutner of Torrey Pines (5-11, 2-4) took the loss despite allowing only four hits and striking out eight. Jason Withrow had two of the three Torrey Pines hits and stole a base.

Fallbrook 1, Rancho Buena Vista 0--Aaron Wauschek tossed a four-hit shutout and struck out four for Fallbrook (9-5, 4-2). Jake Marsh singled with none out in the sixth to give Fallbrook its only run. RBV’s Jimmy Hill (2-2) took the loss despite allowing only one run and striking out five in five-plus innings. RBV fell to 7-8, 1-5.

Grossmont 3-A League

El Capitan 2, Helix 0--Sophomore Patrick McMillin (2-2) retired the last 17 batters he faced for his first one-hitter and second consecutive shutout for El Capitan. Dylan Smith hit a run-scoring double in the third inning then scored off a double by Andy Cleland to clinch the victory for El Capitan (10-8, 2-0). Helix is 9-8, 0-1.

Mt. Miguel 7, Monte Vista 6 (8)--Chris Sabala went four for four with two home runs and four RBIs, but it wasn’t enough to lift Monte Vista (7-5, 0-2). Mt. Miguel’s Chris Greene was four for four and scored three times, and Robert Crayton had a homer.

Grossmont 2-A League

West Hills 4, Valhalla 1--Harry Caldwell scattered six hits and struck out seven for West Hills (5-8-1, 1-1). John Hegg went two for three with an RBI and a stolen base for West Hills. Valhalla fell to 10-7, 0-2.

Coastal League

La Jolla Country Day 3, Santa Fe Christian 1--Jamie Blake threw a one-hitter with four strikeouts for LJCD (4-5, 2-2).

Citrus League

Midway Baptist won by forfeiture when Borrego Springs Coach John Acquarelli was ejected in the sixth inning at Midway Baptist.

Borrego was leading, 2-1, when Acquarelli was ejected for arguing a call at first base in the top of the sixth. Since no other Borrego official was available to supervise, Borrego had to forfeit the game.

With the forfeit victory, Midway Baptist moved into a first-place tie with Borrego at 4-1.

SOFTBALL

Avocado League

San Pasqual 1, Carlsbad 0--Senior right-hander Renee Williams (6-3) struck out five in her first no-hitter. With two outs and bases loaded Erin Heinle scored off a wild pitch to give San Pasqual (8-7, 3-3) the victory.