Prep baseball: Sage Hill prevail

NEWPORT COAST - Three Sage Hill High baseball pitchers combined on

a near-no-hitter Wednesday, as the Lightning defeated nonleague visitor

Whitney, 10-4, Wednesday.

Sage Hill needed just one out to finish the no-no, but a double in the

seventh gave Whitney its lone hit.

Starting pitcher Jordan Salinger tripled in a run to cap a six-run

third, as the Lightning improved to 2-0.

Zach Friedrichs, who earned the win, and Matt Loper also took the

mound. Loper posted the most effective performance with only one walk in

three innings to earn the save.

Both teams committed four errors and received eight walks.

Sage Hill hosts Laguna Beach Friday at 3:15 p.m.

Sage Hill 10, Whitney 4

Whitney 002 001 1 - 4 1 4

Sage Hill 106 012 x - 10 4 4

Yang and Kim; Salinger, Friedrichs (3), Loper (5) and Kornsweit, McKee

(5). W - Friedrichs, 1-0. L - Yang. Sv - Loper (1). 2B - Kim (W). 3B -

Salinger (SH).