Prep sports roundup: No. 2 St. John Bosco beats No. 1 Orange Lutheran in pitchers' duel
St. John Bosco baseball score two runs in the seventh inning on bases-loaded wild pitch to defeat Orange Lutheran 3-1.
The much anticipated pitching duel between Gary Morse of Orange Lutheran and Julian Garcia of St. John Bosco on Wednesday under the lights at Hart Park exceeded expectations. With both hitting 95 mph, Morse gave up two hits in six innings with eight strikeouts.
Garcia struck out 10 and also gave up two hits, but one was a leadoff home run by Ricardo Hurtado. St. John Bosco (11-2, 5-0) broke a 1-1 tie with three runs in the seventh to defeat Orange Lutheran 4-1.
It was the second consecutive Braves win. Orange Lutheran, which came into the week ranked No. 1 by The Times after winning the National High School Invitational, dropped to 7-3 overall and 0-2 in the Trinity League.
Closer Jack Champlin came in after a leadoff single in the seventh to pick up the save. The Braves loaded the bases with two outs in the seventh, then scored two runs on a wild pitch and added a third on James Clark's single. The teams close out their three-game series in a 1:30 p.
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