HIGH SCHOOL ROUNDUP : Sandoval Hurls No-Hitter for St. Genevieve

Jose Sandoval had a peculiar feeling in his right arm Saturday night.

“It’s sore and tired,” he said, “but it feels good.”

Sandoval, a 5-foot-8, 130-pound freshman at St. Genevieve High, pitched a no-hitter in his first varsity start as the Valiants defeated Buckley, 11-1, in a consolation-bracket makeup game of the Los Angeles Baptist baseball tournament Saturday.

“After the first inning I knew I was pitching well,” Sandoval said. “My fastball was getting in the right locations. My curve was not getting over, so I relied on the fastball and changeup.”

Sandoval was called up last week and played two games at second base. On Saturday he was expected to pitch no more than four innings.

“We kept telling him there was no pressure,” Coach Scott Smith said. “Hopefully after a game like this there will be no problem with his confidence.”

The jitters were most apparent during the seventh inning when Sandoval walked the first two batters. After a talk with Smith, Sandoval settled down. Buckley scored its only run on a groundout.

Sandoval struck out four, walked three and hit one. He was aided by a double play, and catcher Sergio Ramos threw out a runner trying to steal.

Sandoval helped himself with two hits, two walks, two runs and two runs batted in. In three varsity games Sandoval has six hits.

Fernando Barba had three doubles, two RBIs and one run for St. Genevieve (4-5).

In other baseball games:

St. Bernard 6, Crespi 5 (eight innings)--Host Crespi committed eight errors in a Mission League game. Travis Carroll reached in the eighth inning on a two-base error and scored the winning run on a squeeze play.

Jim Horacek and Joe Turner each singled in the bottom of the eighth but Crespi (7-3, 2-2) could not score.

Crespi scored two runs in the sixth to take a 5-4 lead. Victor Seper led off with a double and scored on a pair of wild pitches. Horacek singled and scored on Dan Arnold’s single.

Simi Valley 12-14, Chaminade 1-7--Aaron Fischer slugged three home runs and drove in seven runs to guide the host Pioneers (9-2) to a nonleague sweep.

In the first game, Aaron Whitley was three for five with a double, a triple and four RBIs. In the second game, Ryan Briggs was four for four and Kevin Nykoluk went three for four with a homer.

Camarillo 3-5, San Luis Obispo 2-3--Mark Benson notched saves in both games for host Camarillo (7-5), pitching two innings in the first game and facing one batter in the second.

George Lopez’s home run highlighted a five-run first inning in the second game. Greg Raap doubled and Andy Hall tripled.

SOFTBALL

Alemany 4, Palmdale 0; Alemany 18, Little Rock 0--Sophie Contreraz tossed a six-inning no-hitter for Alemany (9-3) in the first game of the Palmdale tournament, then teammate Stacy Hart one-upped her in the second game by throwing a seven-inning perfect game.

Canyon 3, Antelope Valley 2; Canyon 5, Notre Dame 0--Keri Lemasters went five for eight in two Palmdale tournament pool-play games for the Cowboys (7-3).

Hoover 1, Burroughs 0--Nancy Evans hurled a one-hitter and struck out 17 to propel the Tornadoes to a nonleague victory at Burroughs.

Crescenta Valley 9, Downey 0--Stacy Atwood and Danielle Robertshaw combined on a one-hitter for the Falcons (9-0) in the Downey tournament.