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Cole Stune Bunts of Jserra to help advance a runner to the second goal in a match of the Trinity League against Santa Margarita on Wednesday April 23, 2025. (Photo by Jeff Antenore, contributing photographer)
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Cole Stune Bunts of Jserra to help advance a runner to the second goal in a match of the Trinity League against Santa Margarita on Wednesday April 23, 2025. (Photo by Jeff Antenore, contributing photographer)
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San Juan Capisrano – After eight low -score baseball rounds, Santa Margarita scored four points in ninth round to beat Jserra 5-1 in a Trinity League match on Wednesday in Jserra High.
The victory won the three-game season series for Santa Margarita (13-10, 5-6) on Jserra for the second consecutive season. Santa Margarita won the first match in the 3-2 series on a single two points by Carter Enoch.
JSERRA (9-12, 4-7) failed runners in a score position in several rounds, but the retro-election came in eighth round. With runners the first and the second with two withdrawals, Takashi Rutherford chose the left field, but Ben Finnegan threw Jserra’s runner to the marble to stifle the potential success of Balk-off.
Santa Margarita was raised by the Stellar defensive game and opened the match in the ninth round. Chase Marlow drew a promenade loaded with bases to mark the Go-Ahead race with two withdrawals.
In the blow that followed, Notre Dame Commit Warren Gravely IV cleared the bases with a triple who had just passed the outstretched arms of the Jserra central field player to give the Eagles an advance of 5-1.
“It was difficult to come back and win in their courtyard,” said Santa Margarita coach Chris Malec. “Our guys continued to stay in the fight and continued to remain positive.”
Finnegan’s jet at home to preserve the game saved Malec to relive a painful memory. Santa Margarita lost against Jserra in the championship match of Division 1 CIF-SS 2023 in a safe blow in a similar place, but the launch of Finnegan had Malec expired.
“This game was so slow by developing that it was a bit like when you take your bowling and your 8 -year -old ball rollers to five miles per hour and suddenly he got a strike,” said Malec. “I had flashbacks on the CIF game a few years ago and I thought” Oh no “. To get it as quickly as he and having the ball on target was simply incredible. »»
The two starting launchers were excellent and launched Jams. Brennan Bauer de Santa Margarita dispersed seven strokes in eight rounds with an authorized round and five stick withdrawals.
Bauer has been a university contributor for three seasons and approaches 20 career victories.
“He has a four -step mixture and, in the end, he has launched in big games since his second year,” said Malec. “He has a cool and calm behavior and is a competitor on the mound. The experience he left to compete in these environments. ”
Jserra’s left -hander, Otto Graham, has given nine strokes, but only one point on 6 ⅔innings with three stick withdrawals.
Finnegan led the fourth round with a triple for Santa Margarita and scored on a simple Gavin Spiridonoff to give the Eagles an advance of 1-0.
Jserra responded in her half of the fourth round with a Home Run solo from Oregon State Commit Blake Bowen to equalize the match.
Eight players from Santa Margarita recorded sure and four had multi-cut matches. Finnegan went 2 for 5 with a double and a triple. Brody Schumaker has managed two strokes, including a simple lead to start the rally in the ninth round.
The victory of the series was essential for Santa Margarita, who entered the week on a sequence of five consecutive defeats. Santa Margarita was swept away by the Lutheran Orange last week and was excluded in the three games.
“You are fighting for each Trinity League victory,” said Malec. “For children to bounce back and show a certain resilience after a difficult week, it’s just a credit for whom these children are.”
The teams entered on Wednesday on equal place in third place in the League classification behind St. John Bosco and Orange Lutheran. The last match in the series is in Santa Margarita on Friday.
Originally published:
California Daily Newspapers
