The No. 1-ranked baseball team in Orange County played like it Tuesday in the first round of the Boras Classic South tournament.
Huntington Beach scored five runs in the third inning to beat La Mirada 6-0 at Mater Dei.
The Oilers (15-6), who are the top team in the Orange County Top 25, will play Mater Dei in the second round Wednesday at 6 p.m. at Mater Dei.
Senior right-hander Carson Lane shut out La Mirada (12-5) on two hits through six innings. Gavin Pacheco pitched the scoreless seventh inning for the Oilers.
The Oilers scored the five runs with no outs. Linkin Garcia started the inning with a triple and scored on an error. Aidan Espinoza’s single drove in Ralphy Velazquez to make it 2-0 and Espinoza scored on Bradley Grindlinger’s double.
Colby Turner hit a high-arcing home run over the left-field fence, a frequent occurrence at Mater Dei where the typical onshore air flow crosses from the right field to left field foul pole, for a 5-0 lead.
Garcia’s sacrifice fly later scored Braedon Cheek for the sixth run.
Also at the Boras Classic South:
Mater Dei 8, Corona Santiago 3: The Monarchs (13-5-1) led throughout their first-round win over the Sharks (11-7).
Mater Dei plays Huntington Beach in the second round Wednesday at 6 p.m. at Mater Dei.
Norco 4, Villa Park 0: The Spartans (13-7) lost in the first round to the Cougars (10-8). It’s the fourth straight loss for Villa Park.
Villa Park plays Maranatha (13-3) in a consolation-round game Wednesday at 9 a.m. at JSerra.
Aquinas 6, Cypress 4: The Centurions (16-5) lost their first-round game to the Falcons (13-2). They had won 12 in a row, including the National Classic championship game.
Aquinas, No. 8 in the CalHiSports.com California rankings, plays Santa Margarita in a second-round game at Mater Dei on Wednesday at 3 p.m.
Orange Lutheran 6, Maranatha 2: The Lancers (11-7-1) won their first-round game and will face Norco in the second round Wednesday at 3 p.m. at JSerra.
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