Baseball
No. 5 De La Salle 8, Monte Vista 5
The Spartans bounced back after a tough loss to Jesuit-Carmichael on Saturday by rallying from three runs down to beat Monte Vista on Wednesday in an East Bay Athletic League game.
After De La Salle took a 2-0 in the first inning, Monte Vista answered with five in the third.
Matteo Congdon’s RBI double to left field scored Luke Claussen and Brad Ballard to cap off the Mustangs’ big inning that made it 5-2.
But it was all De La Salle after that.
Alec Blair’s three-run homer in the fourth inning have De La Salle a 6-5 lead. Then in the fifth, senior Joe McGee hit a two-run shot to right field that scored Max Ghiglieri, tacking on two more runs for the Spartans.
De La Salle improved to 13-4, 7-2. Monte Vista dropped to 12-8, 4-6.
No. 9 James Logan 8, Mission San Jose 5
Mission San Jose came close to pulling off the upset and capturing its first win of the season, but the Colts held strong late to win their ninth consecutive league game.
James Logan led 6-1 through four innings behind strong pitching from Evan Yau. The junior pitched 3 2/3 innings and struck out four on 40 pitches.
The Warriors responded by scoring four runs in the fifth to cut the deficit to just a run. Vinhson Nguyen’s single to the gap in left field scored three runs to make it 6-5 heading into the sixth.
After the Colts scored a run in the bottom half of the sixth inning to give them a three-run cushion, Jesus Vasquez struck out three straight batters in the seventh to end the Mission Valley Athletic League game.
James Logan is 15-3, 9-0. Mission San Jose dropped to 0-18, 0-9.
No. 6 Los Gatos 11, Cupertino 1
The Wildcats scored 11 runs on 13 hits in a blowout win over Cupertino in Santa Clara Valley Athletic League De Anza Division play.
Los Gatos senior Carter Johnstone was 3 for 3 with three RBIs and a home run. Donovan Freed had two hits and two RBIs.
Sophomore Ethan Williams pitched six innings, allowing just a hit while striking out seven batters.
Malachi Perez scored Cupertino’s lone run on a sacrifice bunt from sophomore Brandon Chang.
Los Gatos (18-3, 7-2) extended its winning streak to eight games. Cupertino is 4-13, 0-8.
No. 2 Granada 2, Dublin 0
The Livermore school could only muster up two runs, but that’s all it needed as pitcher Jake Sekany was brilliant on the mound in this EBAL game.
The junior pitched a two-hitter, striking out eight in a complete game.
Junior Tommy Brown knocked in Granada’s only runs in the third inning when his single brought home Tyler Kardy and Nate Brown.
Granada improved to 20-1, 9-1 while Dublin dropped to 9-12, 4-7.
Oakland Tech 30, Fremont-Oakland 0 (four innings)
The Bulldogs scored 30 runs on 18 hits and cruised to their eighth Oakland Athletic League victory.
Rass Robinson went 4 for 6 and had four RBIs. Issac Estow, Vernard Scott, Elias Thompson, David Granger and Mike Martin each had three RBIs.
Kalen Thomas threw a one-hitter and struck out seven for Oakland Tech, which improved to 13-6, 8-0.
Fremont is still winless at 0-8, 0-7.
Softball
No. 1 St. Francis 14, Presentation 0 (five innings)
Senior Kate Munnerlyn and sophomore Hailey Nguyen combined to throw a no-hitter as the Lancers improved to 18-0.
Munnerlyn, who started the game, struck out seven on 42 pitches. Nguyen came in relief in the fourth inning and struck out three on 40 pitches.
Freshman power hitter Peyton Tsao had two home runs and three RBIs. Rebecca Quinn and Shannon Keighran each had a homer.
St. Francis is 4-0 in West Catholic Athletic League play. Presentation dropped to 5-11, 1-4.
No. 9 Gilroy 12, No. 20 Sobrato 0
The Mustangs scored five runs in the first inning and didn’t let up.
Ariela Yslava pitched a complete-game shutout for Gilroy, allowing just two hits and striking out seven.
Bam Mendoza had two doubles and four RBIs and Jocelyn Ta had a home run.
Gilroy, which improved to 16-5,10-2, remained in first place in the Blossom Valley Athletic League Mt. Hamilton Division.
Sobrato (12-10, 6-6) dropped to fourth in the standings.
Granada 8, No. 11 Foothill 7
In a back-and-forth EBAL game, Granada scored enough runs late to beat Foothill on the road.
Foothill led 7-6 after the fifth inning, but that was the last lead the Falcons would have.
Madison Hom’s RBI triple scored Alecsis Phillips to tie the game after the sixth.
Hom came up big again in the seventh when she scored Sarah Deplitch to give Granada an 8-7 lead.
With the Matadors needing three outs to seal the victory, sophomore Ella VonBergen retired three of four batters she faced to end the game.
After a slow start to the season, Granada has won five straight games to improve to 10-9, 6-5. Foothill (12-7, 5-6) has dropped back-to-back games.
