Jordan Kingston of Calabasas strikes out 10 in win over ECR

As the clouds cleared Saturday morning, letting the solar come by way of for the opening day of highschool baseball, Calabasas pitcher Jordan Kingston stood on the mound maybe asking himself the place he might conceal after two hit batters and an error within the first inning left him with the bases loaded and none out towards El Camino Real.

Coach Thomas Cassidy, who’s as laid again as they arrive, slowly walked to the mound for a fast speak. All the thrill of opening day and taking part in towards your former youth baseball rivals had Kingston too amped.

“He said, ‘Calm down and play catch,’” Kingston mentioned.

Kingston proceeded to get two strikeouts and a groundout to flee the inning. He’d retire 11 in a row and strike out 10 in 6 1/3 innings with no walks in a 3-1 victory over El Camino Real and star left-handed pitcher Oscar Lopez.

“A little nervous at the beginning but once I settled in, it was good,” mentioned Kingston, a 6-foot-4, 245-pound junior right-hander.

Nate Castellon hit a house run within the first inning for Calabasas and Matthew Witkow had an RBI single. Beating Lopez is at all times an accomplishment. He had seven strikeouts and one stroll in six innings.

Trabuco Hills 1, Garden Grove Pacifica 0: Noah Barrett and Gavin Madrid mixed for the two-hit shutout. Ryan Luce went two for 2.

Birmingham 9, La Cañada 0: Gavin Taylor went 4 for 4 with two doubles to energy the Patriots. Vince Cervantes and JB Dalumpines every had three hits.

Westlake 10, Chatsworth 2: Nolan Johnson contributed two hits and two RBIs for Westlake.

Oaks Christian 5, St. Francis 4: Finley Buckner had a walk-off triple for the Lions within the seventh.

Los Alamitos 6, Palos Verdes 0: Wyatt Madison hit a two-run residence run and Jake Evans completed with two hits and two RBIs.

Arcadia 9, Damien 1: Ian Hoffstetter struck out 9 in 5 innings for Arcadia.

Chaminade 3, Bishop Amat 0: Miles Ghossein threw 4 2/3 innings of shutout ball for Chaminade and Greg Rangel had two hits.

Cleveland 5, Camarillo 2: Kevin Vazquez had two RBIs for Cleveland.

Burbank 4, Sylmar 3: Freshman Alex Martinez struck out six in 5 innings for Sylmar.

South Hills 10, Don Lugo 3: Sterling Patrick struck out 10 in 4 innings for South Hills and Oregon State commit Paul Vasquez hit two residence runs and completed with 5 RBIs.

Taft 3, Viewpoint 2: The Toreadors gained on a walk-off hit.

Hart 9, Paraclete 3: Troy Cooper struck out eight in 4 innings for Hart.

Oxnard Pacifica 9, San Fernando 5: Javier Alvarez had two hits and two RBIs for the Tigers.

Agoura 5, Saugus 3: Will Michelman had two hits and two RBIs for Agoura.

Beckman 4, Brea Olinda 3: Isaiah Kapur delivered a walk-off double for Beckman.

El Rancho 1, Royal 0: Justin Cardenas threw a two-hit shutout.

Long Beach Poly 1, Laguna Beach 0: Lucas Scott threw the nine-inning shutout for the Jackrabbits.

Capistrano Valley 2, San Juan Hills 1: Owen Geiss threw 5 shutout innings for Capistrano Valley.

Sherman Oaks Notre Dame 6, Stockdale 2: Oliver Boone struck out seven in three shutout innings and Justin Lee struck out eight in 4 innings for the Knights.

Moorpark 4, Sun Valley Poly 1: Jacob Shannon-Wilkerson had three hits for Moorpark.

Narbonne 10, Verdugo Hills 0: Vandross Callahan had eight strikeouts in 4 innings for Narbonne.

Great Oak 7, King 1: Braden Wauschek struck out 4 and walked none in 5 shutout innings for Great Oak.

Quartz Hill 8, Granada Hills 1: Logan Reddemann had 9 strikeouts and no walks to guide Quartz Hill.

Santa Monica 0-1, South Torrance 1-0: Santa Monica break up the doubleheader, getting a mixed shutout from Sean Bowker and Colin Jones within the nightcap.

West Ranch 9, Rio Mesa 2: Sophomore Landon Hu and junior Brett Ishikawa every had three RBIs for West Ranch.

Thousand Oaks 1, Ventura 0: Steven Gormley and Cole Blommer mixed for the shutout. Grant Rodriguez drove in the one run.

Softball

Villa Park 5, La Palma Kennedy 1: Auddrey Lira accomplished a doubleheader sweep for the Spartans, placing out six. Earlier Villa Park defeated San Juan Hills 12-1. Claire Duckworth had three hits.

Norco 3, Los Alamitos 0: Marley Goluskin struck out seven within the victory.

Esperanza 2, Garden Grove Pacifica 1: Jenna Gober drove within the successful run in a gap upset. Mia Sanchez struck out seven.