College Park combined just enough offense and scoreless pitching from James Voorhies to edge visiting Alhambra 1-0 on Thursday in a Diablo Athletic League Foothill Division game.
Along the way, the Falcons became the first team to score an earned run off ace Cameron Millar all season.
Alhambra’s Arizona commit had a 0.00 ERA through 51 innings this spring when Davin Koepp singled to right with the bases loaded to drive in Vincent Vasel in the home half of the sixth.
Another runner was thrown out at home on the play, and Millar retired the next two batters to keep the margin at one.
But for the second week in a row, Alhambra – ranked 15th by the Bay Area News Group – was unable to provide Millar with any offensive support.
He pitched six scoreless innings in his previous start, but Acalanes scored in the bottom of the ninth off a reliever to win 1-0.
College Park’s victory on Thursday kept the Falcons (10-9, 5-1) in first place in the DAL Foothill, one game ahead of Clayton Valley.
Alhambra fell to 12-8, 2-4.
Voorhies scattered three hits and five walks. He struck out six while throwing 100 pitches.
Millar allowed six hits, walked three and struck out nine.
Liberty 4, No. 9 Pittsburg 1
Liberty handed Pittsburg its third consecutive loss and fourth in five games while completing a two-game sweep of the Pirates in Bay Valley Athletic League play.
The Lions scored two in the bottom of the fifth to take a 2-1 lead and added two in the sixth to finish the scoring.
Chayce Formosa pitched a complete game with 10 strikeouts and Trace Hoover had two hits to help keep Liberty undefeated in league play.
The Lions improved to 13-6, 6-0. Pittsburg is 15-5, 2-4.
Campolindo 6, No. 14 Acalanes 5 (9 innings)
Jack Luster scored on Max Olson’s ground ball to shortstop with the bases loaded and one out in the bottom of the ninth to lift Campolindo to a dramatic win that completed a two-game sweep of rival Acalanes in DAL Foothill play.
Acalanes scored two in the seventh to send the game to extra innings.
Augie Martinez hit a three-run homer in the first inning for Campo. Isaac Copen had a hit and two RBIs for Acalanes.
Campo upped its record to 12-8, 2-4. Acalanes is 11-7-1, 2-4.
No. 16 Clayton Valley 4, No. 10 Benicia 3
Fabian Gomez had three hits and scored a run and Tavion Stafford had two hits and two RBIs to propel Clayton Valley to a win at home over Benicia in a DAL Foothill game. The Ugly Eagles also beat Benicia 6-2 on Tuesday.
Peyton Rowles homered in the rematch for Benicia.
Clayton Valley improved to 16-4, 4-2. Benicia fell to 13-6, 3-3.
No. 8 Heritage 8, Freedom 1
Jason Stevens had a hit and drove in three runs, Trevor Thomas added two hits and two RBIs and JJ Kinnaird pitched five innings of one-run ball to lead Heritage to a win on the road over Freedom in BVAL play.
Heritage is 16-4, 5-1. Freedom is 10-10, 3-3.
Piedmont Hills 8, Sobrato 7
Piedmont Hills, playing at home in San Jose, fell four runs behind in the first inning before storming back with four in the second, three in the third and one in the fourth to turn back Sobrato in a first-place showdown in the Blossom Valley Athletic League’s Santa Teresa Division.
Alex Tran went 3 for 3, knocked in two runs and scored twice to lead the Pirates, who ran their record to 13-8, 12-2.
Dylan Brown had two hits and two RBIs for Sobrato (14-5, 11-3).
Lincoln-San Jose 11, Andrew Hill 1
Lincoln is tied for first with Piedmont Hills in the BVAL Santa Teresa Division after routing host Andrew Hill.
Jayden Peters, Jonas Gamez, Ryan Bernwanger and Lorenzo Collazo knocked in two runs apiece for Lincoln (19-4, 12-2).
Peters also pitched five innings. He allowed one run and struck out seven.
AJ Meraz drove in Hill’s only run. The Falcons are 3-15, 1-12.
Softball
No. 5 Capuchino 3, No. 18 Hillsdale 1
Lola Sierra allowed one run and two hits in a complete-game effort and Avery Motroni had two hits and two RBIs to lead Capuchino to a victory at Hillsdale in a Peninsula Athletic League Bay Division game.
The Mustangs scored single runs in the third, sixth and seventh innings. Hillsdale pushed across its run in the sixth.
Taylor O’Mahony had a hit and an RBI for Hillsdale, which dropped to 13-8-1, 5-5.
Capuchino is 15-6, 8-2.
No. 17 Foothill 5, Granada 3
Trailing 3-0 after three innings, Foothill rallied on the road for two runs in the fourth, one in the sixth and two in the seventh to turn back Granada in East Bay Athletic League play.
Addison Chandler and Sophia Burdick each had two hits for Foothill. One of Burdick’s was a home run. The Falcons broke the tie in the seventh when an error accounted for two runs.
Myra Galzie pitched all seven innings for Foothill, which improved to 13-5-1, 8-3.
Granada fell to 12-9, 6-5.
No. 12 California 4, No. 15 San Ramon Valley 3
Hailey King had two hits and knocked in three runs and Jayda Crosby added two hits and scored a run to lead California to an EBAL victory at home over San Ramon Valley.
The Grizzlies scored three runs in the third to erase a 2-0 deficit.
After SRV evened the score in the fourth, California responded with one in the fifth to complete the scoring.
California (15-6, 9-2) remained tied with Carondelet atop the EBAL standings.
SRV, which got two hits from Sophia Jin, dropped to 13-7-2, 7-4.
No. 2 Willow Glen 10, Sobrato 0 (5 innings)
Lyla Aguayo, Maia Mendoza and Alanna Clincy each drove in two runs as undefeated Willow Glen continued its domination of the BVAL Mt. Hamilton Division with a victory at home in San Jose.
Clincy homered and Aguayo and Mendoza each tripled as the Rams built a six-run lead through four innings and then walked off Sobrato with four in the fifth to complete the run-rule rout.
Sobrato managed just two hits in four innings against Clincy, who struck out nine and walked one.
Willow Glen improved to 19-0, 9-0. Sobrato is 8-8, 4-6.
Carondelet 5, Dougherty Valley 4
Carondelet overcame a three-run deficit, scoring one in the fifth, two in the sixth and one in the seventh to cap the comeback at home against Dougherty Valley in EBAL play.
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Norie Umene’s single drove in Myleiana Lopez from third for the winning run.
Joyal Colquitt, Arielle Henriquez and Karlina Meyer also had an RBI for Carondelet, which ran its record to 11-11, 9-2.
Ava Millert had three hits, including a home run, and knocked in two runs for Dougherty Valley. The Wildcats slipped to 9-8, 4-7.
Newark Memorial 8, No. 16 James Logan 6
Andrea Tall homered and Caitlyn Rose had two hits and knocked in two runs as Newark Memorial held off host James Logan in a matchup between the Mission Valley Athletic League’s top teams.
Newark Memorial led 8-2 when Logan erupted for four runs in the bottom of the seventh. But the Cougars (13-4, 9-1) got the final out to move into sole possession of the first, a half-game ahead of Logan (13-5-1, 8-1).
Janessa Parras had two hits and two RBIs for Logan.
Clayton Valley 6, Benicia 3
Angelina Vargas and Chloe Herico each knocked in two runs as Clayton Valley scored in all six innings it hit to defeat visiting Benicia in a Diablo Athletic League Foothill Division game.
Kloie Ruiz had three hits and an RBI for Benicia, which dropped to 11-9, 3-3.
Clayton Valley is 12-6-1, 6-0.