Orange Lutheran (12-3) is the midseason No. 1 team in Southern California high school baseball.
The Lancers completed a four-game sweep at the Boras Classic South on Friday night, winning the championship game 4-1 over Norco.
Orange Lutheran's pitching depth was impressive all week.
Ricardo Hurtado had a single and a home run and Brady Murrietta added two hits. Starting pitcher Blake Killinger was able to contain hot-hitting Norco (15-2), giving up five hits and one run in 5⅓ innings. Jacob Melendez hit his fourth home run for Norco since becoming eligible on March 27.
Orange Lutheran has won two prestigious tournaments in the same year — the Boras Classic South and the National High School Invitational in North Carolina. Perhaps the Southern Section's computer rankings will reflect that feat after the Lancers were ranked No. 51 in this week's Southern Section power rankings.
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Orange Lutheran will face Northern California champion, St. Mary's, next Saturday in the Boras Classic championship game at Santa Clara University.
Corona 7, Newport Harbor 5: A five-run fourth powered the Panthers. Joseph Flores Jr. had a two-run home run and Anthony Murphy added two hits and two RBIs for the Panthers.
Los Osos 4, JSerra 3: A four-run seventh helped Los Osos overcome a 3-0 deficit. The big hit was a three-run home run by Dominic Rodriguez.
St. John Bosco 2, Fountain Valley 1: James Clark had two hits, including an RBI single.
Ayala 6, Gahr 4: Easton Sarmiento contributed two hits, including a home run. Luke Payne threw 3⅔ innings of scoreless relief.
Mater Dei 6, Aquinas 5: The Monarchs opened a 6-0 lead and hung on. Ezekiel Lara had a three-run home run.
San Diego Patrick Henry 4, Huntington Beach 3: Ely Mason had two hits and two RBIs for Huntington Beach.
Arcadia 5, Corona Centennial 0: Andrew Cooper threw the shutout, giving up three hits. Jordan Vogel had a triple and single.
Three strikeouts first inning for Dustin Dunwoody of Royal. Unearned run. pic.twitter.com/AXNOqJCaMr
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Royal 5, Moorpark 1: Dustin Dunwoody struck out 12 in 6⅔ innings.
Banning 9, San Pedro 2: AJ Herrera threw a three-hit complete game. He also had three hits.
El Camino Real 13, Cleveland 1: JJ Saffie had three hits and three RBIs and Jackson Sellz added three hits and two RBIs. Hudson December gave up one run in five innings.
Homerun to go ahead the score was 3-3 then after was 4-3 we ended up winning 4-3 pic.twitter.com/qWwsOAFkcr