Jaden Liu hit a walk-off single in the ninth inning to give Servite a 5-4 win over Santa Margarita on Friday in a Trinity League game at Servite High.
Servite (9-4, 2-1), ranked No. 7 in Orange County, won the season series against No. 3 Santa Margarita (11-4, 1-2) for the first time since 2022.
Liu had two hits for the Friars and John Sullivan added two hits with a RBI. Mikey Cabral went 3 for 4 with a RBI and Jack Gogan threw three scoreless innings to get the win on the mound.
Tyler Unter threw five scoreless innings before surrendering a pair of runs in the sixth for Santa Margarita. Chase Marlow went 3 for 4 with a triple and two runs scored. Tyler George had a double and an RBI.
In other games Friday:
In the South Coast League:
Trabuco Hills 11, San Clemente 4: Everett Schweer had an excellent game on the mound and at the plate for Trabuco Hills in a win over San Clemente.
Schweer allowed just one hit and one earned run in five innings to get the win for Trabuco Hills (5-7, 2-1). The junior also went 3 for 3 with five RBIs.
Josh Fitch had a home run with two RBIs for the Mustangs and Daniel Van De Kreeke had two hits including a double.
Owen Goulet had two walks and added an RBI for San Clemente (9-6, 1-2).
Aliso Niguel 3, Tesoro 3 (10 innings): Aliso Niguel and Tesoro played 10 innings before the game was ruled a tie.
Aliso Niguel (10-3-2, 1-1-1) and Tesoro each won a game against each other earlier in the series this week.
Both teams got dominant pitching performances from their bullpens. Freshman Ryan Maguire threw five scoreless innings for Aliso Niguel, allowed one hit and had nine strikeouts. Senior lefty Nick Bull threw five scoreless innings with two hits and five strikeouts for Tesoro.
Hudson Covington had a double with a RBI for Aliso Niguel and Danzel Azuma had two hits. Chase Vlahos had two hits with an RBI for Tesoro and Eli Martin drove in a run.
In the Sea View League:
San Juan Hills 3, Mission Viejo 1: Hudson Doss hit a two-run walk-off home run for San Juan Hills in a league win over Mission Viejo.
Bryce Greinke had a RBI for San Juan Hills (11-7, 2-1) and Brodie Corpuz had two hits. Carson Chmura allowed one run in 5? innings for the Stallions and Alex Landie got the win in relief.
Capistrano Valley 5, El Toro 4: Trey Schild drew a bases-loaded walk to score the go-ahead run for Capistrano Valley in the sixth inning.
Brock Rainis went 2 for 2 with two stolen bases and two RBIs for Capo Valley (5-8, 2-1). Schild also stole a base and had a single for the Cougars.
Torrey Tombleson had a double with three RBIs for El Toro (5-7-1, 1-2) and Brayden Penrod drove in a run.
In the Sunset League:
Newport Harbor 2, Edison 1 (8 innings): Cameron Hatfield drew a bases-loaded walk in the eighth inning to give Newport Harbor the series sweep over Edison.
Keoni Wun had a double with a RBI for Newport Harbor (12-2, 7-2) and Henry Mann added a double. Ryan Williams allowed one run in six innings for the Sailors with four strikeouts and Grant Horsley pitched two shutout innings of relief to get the win.


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