Santa Clara captures league baseball title, stretches win streak to 13

SUNNYVALE A special season for the Santa Clara High School baseball association continued Tuesday The Bruins won their th in a row improved to - on the season and clinched the Santa Clara Valley Athletic League s El Camino Division title with a - triumph over second-place Fremont We re feeling really good about ourselves right now that s for sure Santa Clara coach Pedro Martinez declared With wins the group has also equaled the bulk wins by a Santa Clara company in the MaxPreps era since The company which lost in the Central Coast Section Division I championship competition to Archbishop Mitty also had wins postseason included The current gang still has two regular-season games remaining And the objective is to emulate the crew with a deep run into the CCS playoffs Santa Clara s John Kepner throws against Fremont in the seventh inning at Fremont High School in Sunnyvale Calif on Tuesday May Nhat V Meyer Bay Area News Group We ve beat five A league teams including Leigh Martinez mentioned I believe we belong in the discussion of being one of the top teams in the section Fremont - - handed Santa Clara its one El Camino Division loss But Santa Clara - El Camino has now defeated the Firebirds two out of three and gained the tie-breaker should the regular season conclude with an unlikely tie for first place Santa Clara would have to lose its last two and Fremont win its last four for that to take place On Tuesday leadoff batter Jaxton Chao led off the top of the first with a single stole second and scored on a wild pitch His two-out single in the second inning drove home Greg Salgado to make it - Santa Clara s Jaxton Chao scores on a wild pitch against Fremont in the first inning at Fremont High School in Sunnyvale Calif on Tuesday May Nhat V Meyer Bay Area News Group Chao was batting going into the tournament A -for- day made his average plummet to It s not a soft either Martinez mentioned The count stayed - until the fifth when the Bruins scored three runs to make it a five-run advantage Andrew Traffes led off with a shot over the right-field fence for his third home run of the season Catcher Charles Conley and Dominick Chavarria added RBI singles Related Articles High school baseball rankings May Bay Area News Group Top This time Valley Christian gets big hit to top St Ignatius in WCAL play Castro Valley in driver s seat for league crown after notching win over Encinal Prep roundup Foothill scores Santa Clara tops Monta Vista Capuchino pitcher throws no-hitter drives in runs High school baseball rankings April Bay Area News Group Top Five runs was plenty as Drew Diffenderfer went five shutout innings on the mound allowing three hits and no walks while striking out three Diffenderfer coming back off an elbow injury was described by Martinez as the staff ace He improved to - on the season and lowered his ERA to The goal is to keep rolling keep winning Diffenderfer declared Even against the better teams we ve proven we can beat them will beat them Our goal is to go deep and win CCS Connor Armstrong led off the sixth for Fremont with a double He scored on a single by Kevin Koval But Santa Clara reliever John Kepner settled down after that and retired the last four batters he faced on strikes to close out the win Chao Traffic and Chavarria had two hits apiece for Santa Clara Logan Mullins had two hits for Fremont Santa Clara s Andrew Traffas heads to home plate after hitting a solo home run against Fremont in the sixth inning at Fremont High School in Sunnyvale Calif on Tuesday May Nhat V Meyer Bay Area News Group