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    Huntington Beach beats JSerra in nine innings in National High School Invitational final
    • April 2, 2023

    The Huntington Beach and JSerra baseball teams were locked in a pitching duel for eight innings Saturday in the final of the National High School Invitational, which featured 16 of the top high school teams in the country battling for the title in the prestigious tournament.

    The Oilers eventually broke through in the ninth inning, scoring seven runs to beat the Lions 8-1 at the USA Baseball Training Complex in Cary, N.C.

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    It is the second time the Oilers have won the event, the first time was in 2016, and it continued the dominance of Orange County teams in the NHSI. It was the eighth time in 10 years a county team has won.

    The teams Saturday were tied 1-1 after eight innings. JSerra had forced extra innings with a run in the seventh on Charlie Navarro’s sacrifice fly.

    The big hits for Huntington Beach (12-6) in the ninth inning were Aidan Espinoza’s bases-clearing triple that made it 5-1 and Bradley Navarro’s two-run triple that extended the lead to 8-1.

    The game included outstanding pitching from both sides.

    Huntington Beach junior right-hander Tyler Bellerose started and pitched into seventh inning, struck out six and allowed four hits. He was named MVP of the tournament.

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    He was replaced in the seventh by Colin McNiven, and Otto Espinoza went the final two innings to earn the win.

    Brodie Purcell started for JSerra and went three innings. He gave up one run and struck out three. Mcallister Zawistosk, Andrew Padova, Josh Hollis, Jayden Graves and JJ Hollis handled the final six innings. JJ Hollis pitched the final 1 1/3 innings and suffered the loss.

    The NHSI All-Tournament Team included: Tyler Bellerose, Huntington Beach, MVP; Dean Carpentier, Huntington Beach; Trent Caraway, JSerra; Matthew Champion, JSerra; Colin Clarke, Santa Margarita; Ralphy Velazquez, Huntington Beach.

     

    ​ Orange County Register 

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