The La Cañada High School varsity baseball team shut out host South Pasadena, 1-0, in a nine-inning Rio Hondo League game on Monday.
Sophomore Carson Kelly, who went 2-for-3 with a run and a walk, racked up nine strikeouts over eight scoreless innings and allowed just two hits to earn the win. Sophomore Cash Carroll picked up the save after tossing a scoreless inning of relief with one strikeout, one hit and one walk.
Sophomore Josh Proctor went 3-for-5 with a double and an RBI while sophomore Leon Chen went 2-for-3 with a pair of walks. Junior Justin McCubbin registered a hit and a stolen base, senior Ethan Geller and junior Hayden Dancsecs each had a hit, and senior Alex Higa walked once.
The Spartans lost at Pasadena, 3-2, in a nonleague game last Friday. Geller, who went 2-for-4 with a run and a stolen base, finished with three strikeouts over four innings while senior Daylen Larsen allowed one unearned run on one hit and one walk with two strikeouts over two innings in relief. Chen recorded a hit, an RBI, a stolen base and a walk, junior Luke Raulli tallied a hit, a run and a walk, and Proctor produced a hit and two walks. Freshman Will Park had a base hit while senior Chris Huh walked once.
La Cañada lost at Crescenta Valley High in La Crescenta, 8-2, in a nonleague game last Wednesday. Proctor, who had a hit and a run, had one strikeout in one inning of relief on the mound, Chen registered a hit and an RBI, and McCubbin and Raulli each produced a base hit. Kelly allowed two runs (one earned) on two hits and one walk with one strikeout over four innings while Larsen finished with one strikeout in one inning of relief. Senior Dennis Landon scored once while Higa was hit by a pitch.
The Spartans previously lost a nonleague game at Sierra Canyon High in Chatsworth, 8-2. Chen went 3-for-3 with two RBIs while Larsen pitched two perfect innings of relief with one strikeout. Higa recorded a hit, a run and a walk, McCubbin tallied a hit and a run, and senior Ben Kim walked once.
LCHS (6-11 overall, 3-4 in league) will visit San Marino for a Rio Hondo League game on Monday, April 17, at 3:30 p.m. before hosting Temple City on April 18.
FLINTRIDGE PREP
The Wolves picked up their fourth consecutive victory and sixth in their last seven contests after beating visiting Pasadena Poly, 12-6, in a Prep League game last Thursday.
Sophomore Will Koh went 2-for-2 with a triple, three RBIs, two runs and a walk, freshman Nathan Sanok went 2-for-3 with three runs and a walk, and senior captain John Kully went 2-for-3 with an RBI and a walk. Sophomore Rowan Schaeffer, who had a hit, three runs and a walk, pitched a complete game with five strikeouts to earn the win, senior captain Max Brunngraber recorded a hit, four RBIs and a walk, and sophomore Brian Xu tallied a hit, two runs and an RBI. Freshman Will Grable scored twice, was credited with an RBI and walked once while senior captain Graham DesHotel walked once.
Flintridge Prep previously defeated host Polytechnic, 6-1, in a league game as Brunngraber, who went 2-for-3 with two RBIs and a walk, tossed a complete game with eight strikeouts, one earned run, one hit and three walks. Schaeffer went 2-for-4 with a run, Sanok registered a double, an RBI and a run, and Kully tallied a hit, an RBI and a run. Koh walked twice, scored once and was credited with an RBI, sophomore Calvin Chen and Grable each walked twice and scored once, and DesHotel and Xu each walked once.
The first-place Wolves (11-5 overall, 6-2 in league) visited Nogales High in La Puente for a nonleague game yesterday but it ended after the Outlook Valley Sun’s press deadline; the result will be included in next week’s issue. Flintridge Prep will visit Rio Hondo Prep in Arcadia for a league game on Saturday, April 15, at 6 p.m. before hosting Providence High of Burbank on April 17.
ST. FRANCIS
The Golden Knights have been idle since losing at Chaminade High in West Hills, 1-0, in a Mission League game on March 31.
SFHS has enjoyed modest success this season despite dropping four of its last five contests. The Golden Knights’ fifth-place standing in league with a 7-8 record (10-10 overall) is a vast improvement from last year’s 4-14 finish (6-22 overall).
The Golden Knights could punch their first postseason ticket since 2011 with a strong finish to the regular season against Crespi High of Encino and Notre Dame High of Sherman Oaks later this month.
First published in the April 13 print issue of the Outlook Valley Sun.
