Lightning edged, 7-6

Sage Hill School junior Tim Wilkins went 4 for 4 with two doubles and

a home run and pitched six-plus innings, leaving the game with his

team in front, 6-4. But host Oxford Academy rallied for three in the

seventh to post a 7-6 Academy League baseball win Friday in Cypress.

The winning rally started with a dropped fly ball to center field

and a hit, to bring on a reliever for Wilkins.

A two-run triple by Juan Thompson followed to tie the game at 6-6.

After Sage walked two intentionally to load the bases and set up a

force, a single up the middle won it for the Patriots, who improved

to 10-0, 5-0 in league.

It was the second straight one-run league loss for the Lightning,

which fell to 3-4-1, 2-3.

Sophomore David Packard also homered for the visitors, who had six

extra-base hits among their eight hits on the day.

Oxford had two homers among its 10 hits.

Sage Hill committed three errors, but only one Oxford run was

unearned.

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Academy League

Oxford 7, Sage Hill 6

Score by Innings

Sage Hill 101 040 0 -- 6 8 3

Oxford 010 021 3 -- 7 10 0

Willkins, Loper (7) and Kornsweit; Bedard,

Florido (4), Swanson (6) and Florido,

Bassett-Parkins (4). W -- Swanson. L --

Loper, 0-1. 2B -- Wilkins (SH) 2, Dempsey

(SH), Salinger (SH). 3B -- Thompson (O).

HR -- Wilkins (SH), Packard (SH),

Bassett-Parkins (O), Kishaba (O)

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