Prep baseball roundup: Bishop Alemany uses

It wasn’t precisely a good starting Tuesday for Westlake’s baseball when its bus acquired caught at the doorway of Bishop Alemany’s athletic advanced. Apparently buses have been trapped before at the same spot, so possibly a signal wants to go up banning buses.

Things only acquired worse, because Alemany’s home-field benefit got here through again and again in a 9-6 Southern Section Division 2 victory. There was swirling wind, so Alemany, understanding how to play balls in the outfield, in the infield and at the plate, made for a irritating ending to Westlake’s season.

There was a misplayed pop fly in the infield for Westlake. There was a home run by Alemany’s Maverick Cederline when he merely hit the ball in the air and it went for a home run thanks to wind over the center-field fence. But the key play was in the fifth inning in what appeared to be a wild pitch with the bases loaded for Westlake.

Except catcher Brody Thompson of Alemany retrieved it off a short backstop, underhanded the ball to pitcher Ricky Gonzalez, who tagged out the runner at the plate to end the risk.

“I can’t believe they sent the runner,” Alemany coach Randy Thompson said. “We couldn’t get out Blake Miller today. There’s things we’re used to at the field. It was a weird day because wind kept changing direction.”

Mikey Martinez of Alemany receives $20 from his grandmother any time he hits a home run. He didn’t receives a commission Tuesday but went three for 4 with two RBIs and did his best as a beginning pitcher for only the second time this season, throwing three innings. Chase Stevenson had two hits and three RBIs, including a home run.

Westlake’s Blake Miller ended his high faculty profession with 4 hits, including a home run. Jaxson Neckien added three hits. Chase Stevenson had two hits and three RBIs for Alemany.

Westlake had the tying run at the plate with two out in the seventh when sidearmer Noah Barrientos acquired a strikeout to end the sport.

Seven Mission League groups out of eight made the Southern Section playoffs, and a method to eradicate them is have Mission League groups face off. That will occur Friday when Alemany hosts Loyola in a Division 2 quarterfinal. Loyola superior with a 7-6 win over another Mission League crew, Chaminade. That leaves only 5 Mission groups left.

Loyola 7, Chaminade 6: Magnus Mayer got here through with a walk-off single in the underside of the seventh in the D2 sport. Wyatt Clougherty had three hits. Alejandro Villegas added two hits.

Corona 6, Corona Santiago 1: The Panthers advance to Friday’s Division 1 quarterfinals. Mason Sims struck out 12 and Anthony Murphy, Joseph Flores and Danny De La Torre each hit home runs. Corona will face Sherman Oaks Notre Dame.

Norco 9, Ayala 2: Zion Martinez had a home run and 4 RBIs to energy the Cougars into the Division 1 quarterfinals. They will face Orange Lutheran on Friday.

La Mirada 11, Huntington Beach 1: Jacob Oropeza threw 5 1/3 innings of one-hit reduction to lead La Mirada to a D1 quarterfinal sport against St. John Bosco on Saturday at 11 a.m. Justin Torres hit a three-run home run.

Cypress 8, Sierra Canyon 0: Pitching, pitching and more pitching. That’s what Cypress has, and it was Drew Slevcove hanging out 11 to set up a Division 1 quarterfinal showdown with Harvard-Westlake on Friday. Tyler Vladic had 4 hits and freshman Ivan Ortiz had three hits

Newport Harbor 4, Great Oak 1: Gavin Guy threw a full sport with 9 strikeouts in a Division 2 sport.

Foothill 3, Servite 0: Caden Lauridsen, youthful brother of USC pitcher Gavin Lauridsen, threw a one-hit shutout in the Division 2 victory. Jaxon Foshay had a home run.

Agoura 3, Garden Grove Pacifica 0: Freshman pitcher Zach Partee threw the shutout and Tyler Starling drove in all three runs for the Chargers in Division 3.

Ganesha 5, South Hills 2: Logan Schmidt completed with 4 RBIs.

Dos Pueblos 10, Edison 7: Mattias Di Maggio had three hits, including a home run, to lead Dos Pueblos.

Yucaipa 17, Royal 2: Zach Scribner hit a three-run home run and completed with seven RBIs.

St. Francis 5, Cajon 2: Bobby Milton and Jake Smith each completed with two hits.

Elsinore 6, Santa Margarita 4: The Eagles dedicated 4 errors and gave up 5 unearned runs in the Division 2 loss. Jacob Farias picked up the pitching victory. Andre Owens and Vincent Milo hit home runs for Santa Margarita.

Moorpark 8, Monrovia 6: Tanner Stotts went 4 for 4 to lead Moorpark, including a home run.

Warren 11, Palos Verdes 1: Josue Evangelista had 4 hits for Warren.

Saugus 11, San Marino 10: Matt Carta had three and Abraham Ramirez for Saugus, which survived a five-run inning in the underside of the seventh.

Mira Costa 6, Redondo Union 3: Kellan Finn had a three-run triple for Mira Costa.