Rain will probably force high school baseball games to be postponed or canceled Saturday.
Orange Lutheran, in a way, got off to something of a head start Wednesday.
It was water that stopped the Lancers’ game, although it was not from rain.
Orange Lutheran and Gahr were in the 10th inning of their game, a 4-4 tie in the Prep Baseball Report California Preseason Invitational tournament championship at Great Park in Irvine, when sprinklers came on at 11 p.m. due to an automated system.
No park personnel were available to shut off the sprinklers, so the game was stopped. In baseball parlance the game was “called.”
This game is never going to end will it?
Orange Lutheran and Gahr are still tied at 4 in the bottom of the 10th. pic.twitter.com/my3laAETxk
— Manny Alvarez (@MAlvarez02) February 22, 2023
As the game had passed the fifth inning, by CIF Southern Section rule 1515, “A regulation called game with a tie score shall be counted as ½ game won and ½ game lost for each team.”
“Once it goes five innings,” said Orange Lutheran coach Eric Borba, “the game is complete.”
Orange Lutheran junior Ben Reiland was 3 for 5 against Gahr to lead the Lancers offense. Reiland committed to Oklahoma State.
“We pitched really well (against Gahr),” Borba said. “We had to overcome seven errors. We pitched eight pitchers who struck out 10 and they walked only one.”
Orange Lutheran, No. 8 in the CalHiSports.com state rankings, won the PBR tournament opener 4-1 over Redondo, then beat state No. 18 Aquinas 6-1, and in the semifinals state No. 29 Corona 7-2.
Gahr is No. 30 in the CalHiSports.com rankings.
The Lancers are 4-0-1. They opened another Prep Baseball Report tournament that is in Arizona with a 12-5 win over Hamilton of Chandler, Ariz., Thursday.
NOTES
Foothill finished in seventh place in the Prep Baseball Report tournament. The Knights beat Huntington Beach 4-3 in the seventh-place game. Cypress finished in 11th place and Servite finished…
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