SAN JOSE — Los Altos third baseman Darrion Wesley was up with the bases loaded, two out and his group trailing by a run within the prime of the fifth Saturday.
The depend went 2 and a couple of earlier than the lefty swinger fouled off one pitch after one other.
Lastly he noticed one he might put in play and he grounded it up the center into middle subject as two runs scored to provide Los Altos a 4-3 lead over Bellarmine, a lead that held up till the tip of the tightly-contested non-league matchup at Bob Fatjo Area on the Bellarmine campus.
“When I got to two strikes, I was swinging at anything close, swinging at anything in the zone, swinging to protect,” Wesley stated. “They were throwing me a lot of outside pitches that I just spoiled off until I got one down the middle.”
Los Altos pitcher Anders Wooden (18) delivers towards Bellarmine Faculty Prep throughout a baseball sport at Bellarmine Faculty Prep in San Jose, Calif., on Saturday, April 26, 2025. (Ray Chavez/Bay Space Information Group)
Anders Wooden pitched the primary 5 innings for Los Altos and obtained the win. Minesh Jain pitched out of a two-on, no-outs jam within the sixth. Kai MacQuiddy pitched the seventh and recorded his second save in as many days.
“He said, ‘Give me the ball,”’ Los Altos coach Gabriel Stewart recounted. “I said, `No problem.”’
Los Altos improved to 15-4. And defeating a West Catholic Athletic League group made it additional particular.
“Honestly, it feels great,” Wesley stated. “This definitely helps us with our CCS rankings. Also it feels great because they’re from the WCAL, better competition than what we’re used to playing. And I feel we stepped up and got the job done.”
“We’ve got to keep working hard,” Stewart stated. “Whatever our record is in the regular season, the guys have higher ambitions to do some damage in the playoffs. I loved our passion and our engagement today. It was fantastic, an overall, full-team win.”
Los Altos took a 2-0 lead within the prime of the third on a run-scoring floor out from MacQuiddy and an RBI double by Gavin Moore.
Bellarmine (11-10) obtained a run again within the backside of the third on Emmett Arnott’s bases-loaded sacrifice fly.
The Bells — ranked seventeenth by the Bay Space Information Group — took the lead with two within the fourth as Sam Mendoza and Hudson Reid scored on an error and a floor out hit by Arleigh Souza.
Bellarmine pitcher Christian Duarte (27) delivers towards Los Altos Excessive throughout a baseball sport at Bellarmine Faculty Prep in San Jose, Calif., on Saturday, April 26, 2025. (Ray Chavez/Bay Space Information Group)
Left-hander Christian Duarte went the primary 4 innings for Bellarmine. Cael Stout, Alex Delucchi and Vincent Kim threw one inning apiece in aid.
Bellarmine started WCAL play this season 0-5, however has received its final 4 league video games. Offense has been a problem because the group’s .252 batting common signifies. However the Bells have a deep pitching employees that has mixed for a 1.85 ERA.
“It’s been a decent year,” Bellarmine coach Nate Sutton stated. “Obviously our goal is to improve and compete at the end of the year. We’ve overcome some struggles, starting 0-5 in the WCAL. We’re getting better. We’ve got some pitching depth. I’m happy with the progress we’re making.”
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Valley Christian 3, Folsom 1
Quentin Marsh doubled and singled and drove in all three runs as Valley Christian improved to 17-4-1 on the season with the non-league received at residence.
Hunter Fujimoto scored two runs and Brock Ketelson one.
Cole Laubach pitched the primary two innings, adopted by 4 relievers, Mayan Subramanian, Christopher Buck, Quentin Medrano and Forest Zelmer, going one inning every.
Valley Christian, 6-3 at one level this season, has just one loss in its final 13 video games.
Los Altos’ Sly Money (3) dives safely at residence towards Bellarmine Faculty Prep catcher Nathan Chew (8) on a 2 RBI single by Darrion Wesley (8) within the fifth inning of a baseball sport at Bellarmine Faculty Prep in San Jose, Calif., on Saturday, April 26, 2025. (Ray Chavez/Bay Space Information Group)
Los Altos’ Sly Money (3) dives safely at residence towards Bellarmine Faculty Prep catcher Nathan Chew (8) on a 2 RBI single by Darrion Wesley (8) within the fifth inning of a baseball sport at Bellarmine Faculty Prep in San Jose, Calif., on Saturday, April 26, 2025. (Ray Chavez/Bay Space Information Group)
Los Altos’ Enrique Nicolas (4) fields a grounder for an out towards Bellarmine Faculty Prep within the fourth inning of a baseball sport at Bellarmine Faculty Prep in San Jose, Calif., on Saturday, April 26, 2025. (Ray Chavez/Bay Space Information Group)
Los Altos’ Kyle McKinney (2) can’t cease successful towards Bellarmine Faculty Prep throughout a baseball sport at Bellarmine Faculty Prep in San Jose, Calif., on Saturday, April 26, 2025. (Ray Chavez/Bay Space Information Group)
Los Altos’ Enrique Nicolas (4) is out at second as Bellarmine’s Arleigh Souza (20) throws to first for a double play within the fifth inning of a baseball sport at Bellarmine Faculty Prep in San Jose, Calif., on Saturday, April 26, 2025. (Ray Chavez/Bay Space Information Group)
Bellarmine pitcher Christian Duarte (27) delivers towards Los Altos Excessive throughout a baseball sport at Bellarmine Faculty Prep in San Jose, Calif., on Saturday, April 26, 2025. (Ray Chavez/Bay Space Information Group)
Los Altos pitcher Anders Wooden (18) delivers towards Bellarmine Faculty Prep throughout a baseball sport at Bellarmine Faculty Prep in San Jose, Calif., on Saturday, April 26, 2025. (Ray Chavez/Bay Space Information Group)
