Joe Prior

SERVITE VS MATER DEI

 Servite took a 1-2 loss against Mater Dei to open up Trinity League play.  Ryan Alsworth threw eight shut out innings.  At the end of the 9th, the score was still tied 0-0.  It wasn't until the top of the 10th inning that Patrick Flynn doubled from a hard ground ball.  Thomas O'Cooney then singled from a line drive to advance Flynn to 3rd.  Justin Stream  made contact with the bat with an intense line drive to score Flynn.  The Friars were up 1-0 against the 3rd ranked team in the county.  Mater Dei then felt the urgency to score.  The first batter hit a homerun in the 10th inning to tie up the match-up.  The game extended to the 11th and Servite couldn't get another run on the board.  At the bottom of the 11th Mater Dei scored once more to take the hard fought victory as their own.

SERVITE VS OLU 

Servite defeated Orange Lutheran all in the 3rd inning.  Conner Starkweather hit a solid double to score Justin Stream.  Right after, Joe Prior got a RBI single to score Starkweather.  Olu retaliated with a run of their own at the bottom of the 3rd, but no one else scored the rest of the game.  The Friars defeated the Lancers 2-1.  

SERVITE VS JSERA

The Friars next took on JSerra and defeated them, 6-2 to improve their record to 4-3-1 (2-1 in Trinity).  Patrick Flynn was the key to the Friars victory going 2-3 against the Lions.  JSerra had a run to open the game scoring, but Servite struck at the bottom of the first with key plays by Flynn and Joshua Steele. In the fifth inning JSerra tried to mend the gap by putting another run on the board but Ryan Alsworth got the Lions out of the inning with no more runs on the board.  At the bottom of the sixth Servite put up their final three runs of the match-up.  The final scoring started with a Zachary Huarte single that scored Flynn.  Flynn also got a single to bring O'Cooney home.

 Servite walked on the field knowing that this was the big one.  This game separated them from having a winning record in the Trinity League or becoming the middleman.  Both teams had equal competitive advantages, but at the end Servite walked away with the 3-2 win in extra innings.  The Braves had five hits while the Friars only had four but ended up leaving 11 runners on bases at the end of the day.  Justin Stream had a MVP kind of day, as he doubled in the third inning and homered in the fifth.  Connor Moore and Vince Garcia ultimately out pitched the Braves and led the Friars to a 3-1 record in Trinity and 5-3-1 record overall.    

Servite pitchers Vince Garcia and Connor Moore after Bosco defeat

SERVITE VS WILSONVILLE   Game 1

 
The Friars struggled in the beginning of the match-up, trailing by as much as 5-0 at the bottom of the second inning.  This is when the scoring began for the Friars. Huarte was walked and took the single, then Michael Flynn was walked.  Gabriel Teposte singled off of a fly ball.  With the bases loaded, Aaron Singh approached the plate and was also walked.  This play scored Huarte.  Thomas O'Cooney was then hit by a pitch, which scored Flynn.  Steele was walked which brought Teposte home.  Joe Prior then approached the plate ready to bring more Friars home.  He singled to left field with a line drive and scored Singh.  Patrick Flynn hit a line drive to score O'Cooney. At the bottom of the second inning the Friars had tied up the game 5-5. 

 In the third inning Teposte got to second and advanced to third when Singh singled from a hard ground ball. Steele and Prior were walked and Teposte then scored.  Flynn hit a double, which scored Singh and Steele.  The Friars then led 8-5 going into the 4th inning.  No one scored in the 4th inning and it wasn't until the bottom of the 5th inning that Steele and Prior added another two to the board from a Prior homerun.  Vince Garcia kept up his stellar pitching, shutting out the Wildcats for over five innings.  The Friars had no time to celebrate, as they had to prepare for their second game against the Wildcats.

 
Game 2

With the bases loaded in the first, Patrick Flynn singled up the middle to knock in the Friars first run. Back to back walks by Jack Baggott and McKay Koissian brought two more across the plate for Servite.  A sac fly by Huarte scored another run for the Friars, before Baggott stole home to score the fifth run of the inning for Servite.

The Friars broke the game open in the second, batting through the order and plating 10 runs. Justin Stream and Prior each had two RBIs in the inning, Stream hit a triple and Prior belted a two-run homer over the fence in center field.

Servite added three more to the scoreboard at the bottom of the sixth, when Connor Starkweather doubled to left field.  Evan Giacomini and Russell Terry were also credited with RBIs in the inning.

M. Flynn started the game on the mound for Servite keeping Wilsonville scoreless through four while allowing only two hits. Left-hander Andrew Bornhop entered the game for Servite in the fifth and pitched two scoreless innings.  Teposte finished the game for the Friars retiring the side in the 7th and completing the shut out over the Wildcats 18-0.

 

Joe Prior and Jack Baggott after Wilsonville doubleheader

LIONS TOURNAMENT

Servite defeated Bonita High School, 5-1.  Servite took an early lead in the first, when Patrick Flynn doubled off of a hard ground ball and scored Josh Steele.  In the third inning, Joe Prior hit a homerun (his third in the past three games) and allowed Steele to touch the plate again.  At the bottom of the fifth, Steele hammered a line drive to the left field scoring Russell Terry.  The last scoring play came from a fly ball from Chris Young that brought in Evan Giacomini.  Ryan Alsworth added the win to his record, pitching all seven innings and only allowing one run to pass through in the fifth inning.  Later in the night, they took on Salinas High School and took a close 3-5 loss.  The Friars brushed off after the loss and prepared to take on Lehi High School.  In the first inning, Josh Steele singled from a ground ball.  Prior went up next and hit his fourth homerun of the season to give the Friars a 2-0 lead.  Phenomenal pitching took over as Michael Flynn (Servite) and Cameron Lux (Lehi) allowed no one to cross the plate through the fourth inning. With two outs in the fourth inning McKay Koissian singled.  Chris Young then hit a double and Zachary Huarte hit another double to bring Koissian and Young home.

In the fifth inning, the Friars brought in sophomore pitcher Nigel Ward in for his first varsity appearance.  He took the mound with the bases loaded and ended the inning with no Pioneer runs scored.  Ward allowed no hits and had three strikeouts for his debut.  At the bottom of the fifth inning Steele led off with a double.  After that Patrick Flynn hit a sacrifice fly to bring Steele home and take a 5-0 win over the Pioneers.  Servite played Soquel High School in the Tournament next.   In the first inning, against Soquel, the Friars jumped to take a 6-0 lead over the Knights.  Connor Starkweather hit his first homerun of the season to score  Young and Andrew Bogard.  The rest of the runs came from  Steele, Prior and P Flynn.  In the second inning, Bogard hit a sacrifice fly to score Prior. Rookie Patrick Faley shut out Soquel in the first three innings.  Later in the third inning, Prior hit his fifth homerun of the season, scoring Aaron Singh, Jack Baggott, and Steele to take an 11-0 lead.   In the fourth inning, the Knights scored their first run of the ball game with a hard ground ball by Chris Viall who scored Fabiano Hale.  The Friars came back with another run of their own in the inning when Giacomini hit a hard ground ball to score Singh.  The final score was 12-1 for the Friars in a high scoring game. They played Gardena High School in the final round of the tournament and took a 5-2 loss against Gardena Serra.  

 

Joe Prior and Ryan Alsworth after Bonita victory

Michael Flynn and Nigel Ward after Lehi shutout

Joe Prior and Patrick Faley

SERVITE VS MATER DEI

Varsity Baseball took a tough 7-1 loss to Mater Dei.  Ryan Alsworth started on the mound for the Friars and was able to keep the Friars afloat through the second inning.  Mater Dei started their scoring trend in the third inning, scoring two runs.  Alsworth was able to shut out the Monarchs again in the fourth inning.  Justin Stream hit his second homerun of the season to cut the lead to 2-1.  The Monarchs scored two runs in the fifth to extend their lead to 4-1.  In the sixth inning, Jack McEntee took the mound, and shut out the Monarchs in that inning.  At the top of the seventh, Mater Dei sealed their victory adding three more to the board.   "To beat the number one team in the nation you have to show up and give it your all," said Head Coach Sears.  

SERVITE VS MATER DEI

 Servite took a hard lost battle to Mater Dei.  Pitcher Zach Huarte was able to keep the game scoreless until the 3rd inning.  A questionable call favoring Mater Dei led to a two run inning.  Though the Friars came close loading the bases in the 7th inning, they were unable to capitalize on scoring opportunities.  

SERVITE VS OLU

Varsity Baseball took a hard loss to the Lancers yesterday in extra innings.  Ryan Alsworth took the mound first and pitched four shutout innings.  It wasn't until the bottom of the fourth inning that Joe Prior was scored, with a RBI single by Tommy O'Cooney.  The following inning, the Lancers sensed the urgency to get on the board and threw up their own run.  The game was all tied up until the ninth inning, when the Lancers once again scored.  The Friars responded back with a run scored by a RBI single, compliments of Josh Steele. This took the game into the tenth inning, where the Lancers ensured victory with three more runs on the board.  

SERVITE VS OLU

After the Friars jumped out to an early 2-0 lead, the Lancers battled back to score one in the third and three in the fourth to clinch the victory. A two-out rally from Servite in the second broke the scoreless tie. Michael Flynn reached on an Orange Lutheran error before a single from Chris Young moved him to third. Russell Terry worked a walk to load the bases for Aaron Singh, who ripped a single off the glove of the third baseman to bring in two. The Lancers had their first run in the third, off Servite starter Zachary Huarte to cut the Friars lead in half.  Orange Lutheran wasted no time in tying the game and taking the lead in the fourth as two singles brought in three runs.  Jack McEntee and Michael Flynn kept Orange Lutheran quiet for the remainder of the game but the damage had already been done.  The Friars threatened again in the sixth, loading the bases with only one out but were unable to capitalize when Michael Flynn popped out to the right field and Joe Prior was thrown out at home after tagging up from third.  The Friars went down in order in the seventh as the Lancers clinched the win and the top spot in the Trinity League standings.

Servite was defeated by JSerra on the road, 2-0.  The game was completely shut out until the fifth inning.  Though the Friars came close throughout the game, they couldn't capitalize on scoring opportunities.  In the second inning, the Friars threatened to score but Patrick Flynn was called out at home.  This happened again in the sixth inning where two men were left on base and McKay Koissian was called out at home on a questionable call.