Genovese and Enneking combine for four scoreless innings at Quartz Hill

Steven Genovese struck out the side in the second and Tennysen Enneking followed with two hitless innings, while Tyler Lord went 2-for-3 with the RBI that made it 2-0. A two-run homer in the eighth sent Quartz Hill past Valencia 4-2 in nine innings.

Valencia's pitching kept a nine-inning game in Lancaster close on Saturday, allowing Quartz Hill one run through seven innings before an eighth-inning home run decided it.

Steven Genovese struck out the side in the second and allowed one hit over two innings to start. Valencia scored first in the second: Tyler Lord singled, Santino Cascione reached on catcher's interference, Bodie Johnson was hit by a pitch, and courtesy runner Alex Bramson scored on Ryan Nguyen's double-play grounder. In the fourth, JT Gurne was hit by a pitch and scored on Lord's single for a 2-0 lead.

Quartz Hill got one back on a steal of home in the fourth. Tennysen Enneking followed with two hitless innings and two strikeouts, Brady Ruffner, Bodie Johnson, and Braden Cianci turned a 6-4-3 double play to end the sixth, and Charles Goodman set down the side in order in the seventh. A two-run homer in the eighth put Quartz Hill ahead, and they added a run in the ninth.

Lord finished 2-for-3 with the RBI single, and Ryan Nguyen handled ten putouts at first base. Next up is Birmingham on Saturday.

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FreshmanL 2-6 vs Granada Hills

Brenner strikes out four and Olsen follows with two scoreless

Aaron Brenner struck out four in the first two innings and Grant Olsen followed with two scoreless, keeping Granada Hills to two runs through six. Eight Valencia pitchers worked the nine innings and struck out 12 between them, matching the eight Granada Hills arms who did the same to Valencia. Chase Costella, Eric Patterson and Tyler Gontmaher each turned in a scoreless inning of their own, and Gontmaher's was the first of his career.

A three-run homer in the seventh broke it open, and Valencia answered in the bottom half. Kellan Laroe was hit by a pitch and scored when Jackson Wertz's single was misplayed at third, and Wertz came home on a passed ball. Laroe, Wertz, Landon Page and Brenner had the four hits off a staff that gave up nothing else all morning, and Taye Park, Dominik Tapia and Gontmaher each stole a base.

The defense closed with a double play in each of the last two innings, Costella to Caleb Cook in the eighth and Augie Johnson to Laroe in the ninth. Granada Hills won 6-2 on the JV Field.

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