Prep roundup: Mountain View, Lincoln-San Jose win walk-off thrillers, Granada stays perfect
Baseball
Mountain View 4, Homestead 3
Dylan Wenks walked Mountain View off when he smacked the fifth pitch of his seventh-inning at-bat into right field to drive in Liam Barrett.
Mountain View improved to 4-6, while Homestead dropped to 4-3-2.
Justin Gladfelter got Homestead on the board in the third inning when Jayden Duong hit a single. Barrett answered in the bottom of the inning by driving in one run and stealing home to score another as Mountain View scored three in the frame.
Gladfelter answered in the top of the fourth inning by singling in a pair of teammates. After Barrett struck out eight in 3.2 innings, Brennan Dooley pitched 3.1 perfect innings.
Lincoln 8, Prospect 7
Lincoln-San Jose won a back-and-forth 10-inning thriller when Lorenzo Collazo sent a ground ball deep enough in the infield to score the winning run.
Lincoln improved to 7-0.
Prospect was on the ropes when Panther junior Ehtan Roth drove in one of his team-high three RBIs on a sacrifice fly to tie the game at 6-6. After a scoreless eighth inning, Roth gave the Panthers a one-run lead in the top of the ninth.
Joey Telucci answered back with a line drive into center field that scored teammate Jayden Peters.
Peters then induced a flyout, popup and strikeout looking in a scoreless top of the 10th to set the table for Collazo’s heroics.
Granada 5, Dougherty Valley 0
Pitcher Jake Sekany helped the Matador’s perfect start to the season stretch to eight games after he struck out nine Dougherty Valley batters in four innings.
Granada allowed only one hit in the East Bay Athletic League matchup. Mikey Boyd hit two triples for Granada and ace pitcher Parker Warner showed off his skill with the bat by going 2 for 4 with two RBIs.
Designated hitter Chase Nadeau was 2 for 3 and drove in one run. Five Granada hitters had a double.
Granada improved to 8-0, and Dougherty Valley dropped to 3-7.
Mt. Pleasant 15, Yerba Buena 0
Freshman Ruben Rosales had just one hit and two plate appearances for Mt. Pleasant, but he made them count against Yerba Buena.
Rosales had four RBIs, driving in three on a standup double and then pushing another home on a hit-by-pitch. Josue Parra had three hits for Mt. Pleasant and sophomores Michael Blanco and Santiago Ramirez had three hits each too.
Mt. Pleasant improved to 3-4, and Yerba Buena dropped to 0-6.
De La Salle 7, Dublin 0
The Spartans scored four runs in the first inning and then cruised to an easy victory after pitcher RJ Meyn allowed just two hits and struck out eight in six innings.
The Spartans used the long ball to batter East Bay Athletic League rival Dublin on Wednesday afternoon, with three players hitting homers for the Concord program.
Senior Joe McGee was 2 for 3 with one home run, and Jamie Mullin drove in two runs and also hit a homer.
Max Ghiglieri made the most of his one at-bat, smacking a solo home run. Teammate Ethan Sullivan had two RBIs for De La Salle.
De La Salle improved to 5-2, and Dublin dropped to 5-4.
Encinal 31, Tennyson 1
Encinal scored seven, nine, nine and six runs in just four innings as the Jets routed Tennyson in Alameda.
25 hits helped Encinal pile up those runs, as did 10 Tennyson errors, three walks and two hit by pitches.
Leo Paredes was 5 for 5 with six RBIs, a double and a triple. Angus Olaes was 3 for 5 with five RBIs, and Anthony Wilson and Evan Furuichi each had three RBIs.
All 12 Encinal batters recorded a hit as the Jets improved to 2-5, while Tennyson dropped to 2-5-1.
Palo Alto 5, Los Gatos 0
Palo Alto’s senior infielder Charlie Bates is a top MLB draft prospect, and he showed why in a win over Los Gatos. He was 3 for 3 with a home run and three runs scored, and also had two assists and one putout in the field.
Zach Thom had a pair of RBIs, and Paly starter Vincent Braga struck out four in six innings. Palo Alto improved to 3-5, while Los Gatos dropped to 7-2.
Softball
Willow Glen 13, Leigh 1
The Rams won their fourth in a row and improved their record to 4-3 after star sophomore Alanna Clincy shined from the pitcher’s circle and in the batter’s box.
She struck out eight in four innings, and then had a home run and three RBIs.
Cianna Miranda had two doubles and two RBIs, and Katelynn Dilbeck also had two RBIs. Sophomore shortstop Lea Crawford was 3 for 5 with three RBIs as the Rams piled up 17 hits.
Gunderson 19, Yerba Buena 11
Things looked dire for Gunderson after Yerba Buena scored 10 runs in the first inning, but the Grizzlies kept their composure and scored 12 runs in the bottom of an inning that looked like a halftime score at a football game.
Gunderson then proceeded to outscore Yerba Buena 7-1 over the next four innings to get the win. Gunderson’s Melanie Larlos was 3 for 3, and teammate Breanna Bartek was 2 for 4 with a team-high three RBIs and four runs scored.
Jaelyn Vejar was 2 for 2 with five runs scored for Gunderson, one of six Grizzlies with at least two hits. Yerba Buena scored its 11 runs on just two hits, and was aided by 14 walks issued by Grizzlies pitchers.
Gilroy 11, Westmont 1
Dani Wilson was 2 for 4 with four RBIs as the Mustangs routed Westmont in six innings. Bam Mendoza had three hits, two of those doubles, as Gilroy improved to 8-3 on the season.
Pitchers Jocelyn Ta and Ariela Yslava combined for six strikeouts while allowing zero earned runs. Lauren Brown drove in Westmont’s only run.
Liberty 11, Castro Valley 5
Liberty’s Isabella Rice had three hits, three RBIs and one home run as the Lions defeated Castro Valley.
Liberty teammate Savannah Page also had four hits and three RBIs, and athlete of the week candidate Jewel Cooper had two hits and an RBI. Jayla Morales had two hits for Castro Valley.