Loper earns two wins for Sage Hill

Sage Hill School junior Matt Loper earned two pitching wins, helping

lead the Lightning baseball team to a fifth-place finish in the Sage

Hill Spring Classic Friday.

Tim Wilkins went 2 for 4 and produced the game-winning RBI with a

two-out single in the seventh inning for Sage Hill’s 6-5, fifth-place

semifinal win over Viewpoint of Calabasas. Jordan Salinger, Matt

Kornswiet, Zack Shockley, Bryan Kornswiet and Zach Milder each had a

2-for-3 performance, leading the Lightning (6-7) to an 11-1 victory

over Western Christian.

Michael Morgan provided an RBI double that started Sage Hill’s

six-run fourth.

Carey baffles Mustangs

* Westminster pitcher Robert Carey went the distance Friday and

delivered a 5-1 victory over Costa Mesa in a Golden West League

matchup. Carey had control throughout the game, striking out 10

batters without allowing a walk.

“He threw as well as anybody has against us all season,” Costa

Mesa Coach Doug Deats said. “He was dominating.”

Westminster (11-8-1, 4-2 league) received a jolt of offense in the

fourth inning when junior Brian Gump belted a two-run home run to

give the Lions a 4-0 lead. Costa Mesa (8-9, 3-3) responded in the

bottom of the inning when Daniel Cooper scored on Andrew Sanford’s

single to right field. Sanford, who went 2-2, was the only Mustang

with multiple hits in the game. The junior also stole a base.

Wolverines shut out Tars

* Newport Harbor High was unable to find an answer for the hot

bats of Aliso Niguel Friday in a 7-0 loss. The Wolverines (11-7, 6-1

league) scored three in the second inning, sparked by a two-run home

run by junior David Ruiz. Joshua Jackson hit a solo homer in the

third inning and Andrew Ross knocked a dinger in the fifth.

Newport Harbor (9-7, 3-4) was lead by junior Greg Miner, who went

2-3 with a double.

Eagles leave 7 on base

* Estancia High baseball coach Jon Green said his team could not

come with a big hit in the Eagles’ 6-0 Golden West League loss to

host Orange Friday.

The Eagles (2-13, 0-6 in league), who host Los Amigos Wednesday,

left seven stranded. Cullen Crom went 2 for 3 and Eric Scheafer had a

double.

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Golden West League

Orange 6, Estancia 0

Score by Innings

Estancia 000 000 0 -- 0 5 0

Orange 003 021 x -- 6 11 2

Young and Hauser; Welsh and Lawrence. W --

Welsh. L -- Young, 0-5. 2B -- Scheafer

(E), Gerbasi (O), Welsh (O).

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Sea View League

Aliso Niguel 7, Newport Harbor 0

Score by Innings

Newport 000 000 0 - 0 6 2

Aliso 131 101 x - 7 8 0 Keehan, McLean (3) and Sanchez; Bradley,

McKibben (7) and Ross. W-Bradley. L- Keehan.

2B -- Ross (AN), Rose (AN), Jacksn (AN),

Jasper (NH), Miner (NH). HM -- Ruiz (AN),

Jackson (AN), Ross (AN).

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Golden West League

Westminster 5, Costa Mesa 1

Score by Innings

West. 101 200 1 - 5 8 1

Mesa 000 100 0 - 1 5 0

Carey and Cutspec; Peterson, Cooper (7) and

Benson. W -- Carey, 4-3. L -- Peterson, 5-2.

2B -- Felix (W), Cooper (CM). HR -- Gump

(W).

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