Prep baseball: Sage Hill denied, 11-10

CYPRESS - The Sage Hill High baseball team produced a six-run

final-inning rally only to see it fall in the bottom of the seventh when

the Lightning gave up two unearned runs in the bottom of the seventh and

lost, 11-10, to Academy League host Oxford Academy Tuesday.

Sage Hill junior Zach Friedrichs, who went 2 for 3 with three runs

scored and four RBIs, pounded a three-run home run in the seventh to give

the Lightning a 10-8 lead. But the Patriots (6-6, 2-4) answered with

three runs in the bottom of the frame.

The Lightning (6-7, 1-5 in league) finished with eight errors. Tim

Wilkins, a sophomore, went 3 for 5 with a double, home run, a stolen base

and three RBIs.

ACADEMY LEAGUE

Oxford Academy 11, Sage Hill 10 Sage Hill 100 021 6 - 10 8 8

Oxford 032 012 3 - 11 8 2

Friedrichs, Loper (6), Wilkins (7) and Swanson; Baddard, Van Hill (6),

De Los Reyes (6), Thompson (7) and Bassett-Parkins. W - Thompson, 1-0. L

- Wilkins, 3-3. 2B - Swanson (SH), Kornswiet (SH), Wilkins (SH), Thompson

(O). HR - Friedrichs (SH), Wilkins (SH).