Baseball
No. 2 Valley Christian 2, Archbishop Riordan 0
In three previous games this season, Valley Christian pitcher Quinten Marsh had been about as dominant as it gets — 15 innings, 31 strikeouts, three walks, one run allowed.
On Tuesday, he had no let up.
In a West Catholic Athletic League opener on the road against Archbishop Riordan, the junior who has committed to Stanford fired a four-hit shutout with 10 strikeouts and one walk as Valley Christian stretched its season-opening winning streak to seven games.
Ranked second behind De La Salle in the most recent Bay Area News Group Top 25, the San Jose powerhouse on pace to rise to No. 1 when the updated rankings are released next week.
The shutout in San Francisco on Tuesday was Valley Christian’s fourth this season. The Warriors have given up just four runs while scoring 40 during their 7-0 start.
They got all the offense Marsh needed in the first inning against Riordan when Jordan Ortiz’s sacrifice fly to right field knocked in Hunter Fujimoto, who opened the game with a single.
Nathan Choi’s single in the third drove in Brock Ketelsen to complete the scoring.
For Riordan, Nathan Zuromski had two hits, Logan Tuman doubled and Rhys Appleby pitched three scoreless innings in relief.
The Crusaders fell to 3-4-2, 0-1.
No. 15 Serra 9, Sacred Heart Cathedral 8
Ian Josephson had himself a game Tuesday. He had three hits, including a home run and a double. He knocked in five runs. He scored twice.
And Serra needed all of it and more to hold off visiting Sacred Heart Cathedral in a WCAL opener.
The Padres built a 9-4 lead through innings, but the Irish scored four in the fifth on Tate Medicoff’s grand slam to center to turn the game into a nail-biter.
Ian Armstrong, Jake Downing, Sammy Rivas and Lucas Schumaker each had two hits for Serra, which improved to 6-1, 1-0.
SHC is 6-3, 0-1.
No. 11 Archbishop Mitty 8, No. 10 St. Francis 3
Trailing by two runs after six innings on the road against St. Francis, Mitty rallied for seven in the seventh to prevail in a WCAL opener.
Andrew Sauceda had three RBIs and Makoa Sniffen drove in two runs as the Monarchs improved to 6-2, 1-0.
Luke DeVine finished with two hits and Tanner Wall doubled and had an RBI for St. Francis, which dropped 3-4, 0-1.
No. 8 Bellarmine 3, No 3 St. Ignatius 0
Ishaan Khambal pitched six scoreless innings and Arkansas-bound Wade Mountz pitched the final inning for the save as Bellarmine opened WCAL play with a victory at home over St. Ignatius.
Evan Tavarez, Calem Filipek and Ishaan Khambal each drove in a run for the Bells (5-0, 1-0).
St. Ignatius fell to 5-2, 0-1.
Berean Christian 2, Alhambra 1
Berean Christian, playing on the road in Martinez, got RBIs from freshmen Ryder Walker and Colton Swift in the seventh inning to beat Alhambra in a Diablo Athletic League Valley Division opener.
Alhambra scored its only run in the first inning on an RBI by Cameron Millar.
Berean Christian improved to 5-0, 1-0. Alhambra slipped to 1-4, 0-1.
Santa Teresa 5, Pioneer 4
Jordan Jackson worked a walk with the bases loaded in the bottom of the sixth to break a 4-4 tie and lift Santa Teresa to a victory over Pioneer in a Blossom Valley Athletic League Mt. Hamilton Division opener.
Joseph Tapia had two hits and scored a run for Santa Teresa (5-3-1, 0-1).
Adam Larson singled and knocked in two for Pioneer (3-5, 0-1).
Foothill 3, Northgate 2
Take Sato-Kreis drove in two runs and Caden Roth allowed one earned run and struck out six in five innings to lead Foothill to a victory at home over Northgate in nonleague play.
Foothill evened its record at 3-3.
Jackson Huffman and Chris Flores each had two hits for Northgate, which dropped to 2-3.
Softball
No. 1 St. Francis 11, Carlmont 1
Jaime Oakland went 3 for 4 with a double and three RBIs and Peyton Tsao homered and drove in three runs to power St. Francis to a six-inning mercy-rule win at Carlmont in nonleague play.
Shannon Keighran didn’t allow an earned run and struck out 10. She scattered four hits.
The Lancers scored seven runs in the first inning and added one in the third and three in the sixth to up its record to 4-0.
Molly Brand had two hits, including a double, for Carlmont (0-3).
Los Gatos 3, Valley Christian 2 (8 innings)
Annika Norquist’s double in the bottom of the eighth drove in Alexa Musser with the winning run as Los Gatos won a thriller at home over Valley Christian in nonleague play.
Musser scored all three of Los Gatos’ runs.
Makenzie Leon and Talia Haskins each doubled and finished with two hits apiece for Valley Christian (4-4).
Los Gatos is 3-0.
Dublin 9, No. 3 Granada 4
Sarah Bull went 4 for 4 with two doubles and scored three runs and Sydney Salazar had two hits, including a double, and an RBI as Dublin opened East Bay Athletic League play with a victory at home over Granada.
Dublin is 2-1, 1-0.
Hannah Temple drove in two runs for Granada, which will no doubt tumble in the next rankings after slipping to 1-3, 0-1.
No. 9 Foothill 10, No. 11 Livermore 0
Marissa Anderson homered, doubled and knocked in five runs and Ellie Novitske had two hits and drove in two runs to lead Foothill to a five-inning mercy-rule triumph over visiting Livermore in an EBAL opener.
Paige Bennett allowed one hit and struck out six as Foothill improved to 6-1, 1-0.
Livermore is 3-1, 0-1.
No. 17 Clayton Valley Charter 4, Northgate 1
Kate Hadley had two hits, including a home run, and knocked in two runs to lead Clayton Valley to a victory at home over Northgate in a nonleague game.
Stella Hanko had a hit and scored Northgate’s only run.
Clayton Valley is 2-1. Northgate slipped to 2-3.