Baseball: It’s a Royal-Oxnard tourney final
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The championship game of the Royal tournament is set after the host Highlanders and Oxnard each won their semifinal games on Friday. They will face off Saturday at 7 p.m. at Birmingham.
Tyler Abbott threw six innings of no-hit ball and Ydmar Gomez added another inning of no-hit ball to lift Royal (4-0) past Culver City, 10-0.
Oxnard (3-1) defeated Montclair Prep, 2-1. Jayson Balades struck out 10 for Oxnard.
San Juan Capistrano JSerra (4-1) defeated Corona, 11-3. Clay Williamson hit a home run and Reed Reilly didn’t allow any earned runs in four innings on the mound. Austin Hedges and Bret Dahlson had two hits apiece.
Sherman Oaks Notre Dame (2-2) defeated Verdugo Hills, 9-5. Freshman Jack Hartman struck out one, walked none and allowed six hits in 6 1/3 innings.
Arleta defeated San Fernando, 9-4. Down, 4-1, with two outs in the seventh, Arleta put together five consecutive hits to tie the game and scored five runs in the eighth to win. Ryan Sanchez had a three-run triple.
Redlands East Valley will play Chino Saturday in the championship game of the Chino tournament. East Valley (4-0) defeated Damien, 12-3.
-- Eric Sondheimer