Notre Dame and Bishop Alemany combine for 19 walks, seven hit batters in Mission League baseball opener on Wednesday.
Ryan Limerick would follow with a two-run double and Madden Ocko an RBI triple to highlight a five-run sixth. Levi Sterling came on in the seventh to pick up the save with three strikeouts.Notre Dame coach Tom Dill, in his 31st season, has seen his share of strange games, but Wednesday’s was close to the top.
“To think one of of the best pitchers doesn’t get an out in the first inning and gives up six runs . . . when I got up in the morning, that’s not what I was thinking,” he said.Brandon Luu of Villa Park and Oscar Lopez of El Camino Real are two of the many left-handed pitchers making an impact this high school baseball season.
Pitchers Erik Puodziunas, Nate Kugler and Sterling limited Alemany to two hits over 61/3 innings of relief pitching. The teams resume their three-game series on Thursday at Alemany. Meanwhile, Harvard-Westlake suffered a 5-4 Mission League road loss to St. Francis. Holden Deitch had two hits and two RBIs. Xander Douglas got the final two outs with the tying run on base for the save. First-year St. Francis coach Shaun Kort used to be a Harvard-Westlake assistant.
In a nonleague game, West Ranch defeated Granada Hills 12-5. Matt Lloyd homered for West Ranch and Mickey Murr had three hits and three RBIs.
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