Davis Minton threw 91 pitches Tuesday. He struck out 11 — six more than he had fanned all season — and walked just two.
But the number he’ll remember is zero.
The Serra senior pitched a no-hitter as the Padres — ranked fourth by the Bay Area News Group — breezed on the road in San Francisco over Archbishop Riordan 13-0 in West Catholic Athletic League play.
It was quite a day for Minton and his younger brother, Aaron.
In addition to his pitching dominance, Davis had three hits and scored twice.
But Aaron was the offensive star.
The sophomore went 4 for 4 with a homer, knocked in six runs and scored three runs.
Serra broke the game open with five in the third and added three in the fourth to take an 8-0 lead. Four more runs in the sixth completed the scoring.
The first-place Padres improved to 21-5, 11-2. Riordan fell to 8-16-1, 2-11.
No. 9 St. Ignatius 11, No. 6 St. Francis 1
Leading 2-1 after four innings, visiting St. Ignatius erupted for four runs in the fifth, one in the sixth and three in the seventh to record a stunning rout of St. Francis in a WCAL game.
DJ Delaney went 3 for 3 with a double, a triple and three RBIs and Emmett Johnson had two hits and two RBIs to power St. Ignatius, which improved to 15-8-2, 9-4.
Chase Gordon pitched six innings for the Wildcats, allowing one run and four hits.
St. Francis dropped to 19-7, 9-4.
No. 12 Benicia 5, No. 15 College Park 3 (8 innings)
Benicia rallied for two runs in the top of the eighth after the first two batters were retired, pulling to within a game of first-place College Park in Diablo Athletic League Foothill Division standings.
Beckett Miyamoto’s single to right drove in Coleton Pult to break a 3-3 tie. An error on the play brought in Jackson Habegger to stretch the lead to two.
College Park had pulled even with a run in the bottom of the sixth.
Nash Rubins had two hits, including a home run, and Myles Cooper singled and doubled to help lead Benicia, which ran its record to 14-6, 4-3.
Trent Lanza had two hits for College Park (11-10, 5-2).
Acalanes 3, No. 10 Clayton Valley 2
With a chance to pull even with College Park atop the DAL Foothill standings, Clayton Valley was unable to hold off visiting Acalanes.
The Dons scored a run in the fourth to tie the score and one in the fifth for the final margin.
Austin McMannamon pitched five scoreless innings for Acalanes (12-7-1, 3-4).
Clayton Valley is 16-5, 4-3.
No. 3 Valley Christian 2, Sacred Heart Cathedral 0
Quinten Marsh pitched six scoreless innings, singled to knock in a run in the third and hit a sacrifice fly to drive in another run in the fifth as Valley Christian won at home in San Jose over Sacred Heart Cathedral in a West Catholic Athletic League game.
Valley Christian improved to 20-5-1, 9-4. SHC is 12-14, 3-10.
No. 8 Heritage 7, Antioch 0
Logan Nelson pitched five scoreless innings and Tyler Williams hit a two-run homer to help lift Heritage to a victory at home in Brentwood over Antioch in Bay Valley Athletic League play.
Heritage scored a run in the second, three in the fourth and three in the fifth as it improved to 17-4, 6-1.
Jace Bernard had a hit and knocked in three runs to help lead the Patriots.
Antioch is 8-13, 2-5.
No. 17 Pittsburg 16, Deer Valley 0
Pittsburg scored six runs in the first innings, led by 10 after the third and cruised the rest of the way to snap a three-game losing streak.
Ty Thompson, Diego Deluna and Santino Valle each knocked in two runs for the Pirates, who improved to 16-5 overall and 3-4 in the BVAL.
Deer Valley is 9-13, 0-6.
Softball
No. 3 Liberty 6, Freedom 5 (8 innings)
Kylee McKinney’s single in the bottom of the eighth brought home Maddie Banchieri as Liberty rallied to edge Freedom in a matchup for first place in the Bay Valley Athletic League.
Freedom was two outs from victory in the bottom of the seventh when Kelsie Skaggs hit a two-run homer to center that tied the score.
Isabella Rice and Kaitlyn Macias also homered for Liberty, which improved to 17-4, 7-0.
Jaiden Proctor hit a home run for Freedom (7-8-1, 6-1).
No. 6 Castro Valley 3, No. 13 Alameda 2
Trailing 2-1, Castro Valley scored two runs in the home half of the fifth to beat Alameda and clinch the West Alameda County Conference Foothill Division regular-season championship.
Miley Snellgrove led Castro Valley with two hits and two RBIs. Aaliyah Soderlund had a hit and two RBIs for Alameda.
Castro Valley is 15-3, 5-0. Alameda fell to 13-9-1, 3-2.
No. 5 Valley Christian 7, No. 8 Live Oak 3
Valley Christian found its offense just in time to rally past host Live Oak in a non-league game in Morgan Hill.
The visitors scored two in the sixth to make it 3-3 and four in the seventh to prevail. Sia Marsh homered and drove in three runs and Shyla Paredes also homered to lead the way for Valley Christian, which improved to 17-5.
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Julianna Altamirano knocked in two runs for Live Oak, which fell to 18-2.
No. 16 Clayton Valley 6, Alhambra 5
Chloe Herico’s two-run double in the bottom of the seventh tied the score and a passed ball brought in Victoria Collins from third as Clayton Valley rallied to stay undefeated in Diablo Athletic League Foothill Division play with a win over Alhambra.
Clayton Valley is 13-5-1, 7-0. Alhambra is 12-9, 3-4.
Carondelet 10, No. 14 Foothill 0 (5 innings)
Angela Gates and Norie Umene each drove in two runs and Maia Scholtens scattered five hits and a walk to lead Carondelet to a run-rule rout at home over Foothill in an East Bay Athletic League game.
Carondelet (12-11, 10-2) remained tied with California atop the league standings.
Foothill is 13-6-1, 8-4.
No. 15 San Ramon Valley 5, Amador Valley 4 (8 innings)
Gia Ryan’s two-out double in the top of the eighth knocked in Charlie Callison with the tiebreaking run as San Ramon Valley edged Amador Valley in EBAL play.
Addie Layous had three hits, including a double, and drove in two runs to lead SRV, which upped its record to 14-7-1, 8-4.
Abbie Hiller had two hits and two RBIs for Amador Valley (10-13, 4-8).