Prep Baseball Roundup: Aidan Martinez Returns From Tommy John Surgery For Birmingham

Two years aft Tommy John room connected his correct elbow, Aidan Martinez returned to nan mound for Birmingham High connected Monday successful nan closer’s domiciled and responded pinch 3 strikeouts and 3 walks and nary hits successful 1 1/3 innings successful nan Patriots’ 7-4 triumph complete Ventura successful nan Easton tournament.

It’s different affirmative improvement for a Birmingham squad that already has 2 productive starters successful sophomores Carlos Acuna and Nate Solis. Freshman Ivan Rivera started connected nan mound for Birmingahm against Ventura.

“He’s getting amended each day,” coach Matt Mowry said of Martinez. “He looked good. He was conscionable a small rusty. He has a bully limb and is going to thief america out.”

There was a little hold earlier nan crippled erstwhile Ventura High went connected lockdown erstwhile a constabulary pursuit of a imaginable stolen conveyance ended extracurricular of nan school, pinch suspects getting retired and moving into nan schoolhouse earlier being captured.

Villa Park 12, Downey 3: Aiden Young had an RBI double and Gunner Santillo had 3 hits for Villa Park.

Bishop Alemany 1, Culver City 0: DC Ravago threw a one-hit shutout pinch 7 strikeouts for 3-0 Alemany, which hosts Oaks Christian successful nan Easton tourney semifinals Wednesday.

Calabasas 5, Rio Mesa 4: Connor Kingston sewage retired of a bases loaded business successful nan seventh to prime up nan prevention for Calabasas, which faces big St. Francis connected Wednesday successful nan Easton tourney semifinals. Evan Barak had 2 hits and 2 RBIs.

Cleveland 6, Camarillo 4: Josh Pearlstein had 2 hits and 2 RBIs for Cleveland.

Agoura 4, Mira Costa 3: Tyler Starling contributed 2 hits for nan Chargers.

Valencia 2, Oxnard Pacifica 1: Dexton Otton threw 4 scoreless innings for nan Vikings.

Dos Pueblos 9, Granada Hills 3: Liam Shea gave up 1 deed and nary runs successful 5 innings for Dos Pueblos, which had a six-run 2nd inning.

Simi Valley 6, Highland 4: Andrew Nicklaus had 2 doubles and 3 RBIs for Simi Valley.

North Hollywood 7, Taft 6: Despite scoring 5 runs successful nan seventh, Taft couldn’t travel backmost from a 7-1 deficit.

Westlake 9, Chatsworth 1: Holden Backus vanished pinch 3 hits and 3 RBIs for Westlake.

Arcadia 6, San Dimas 2: Peter Cuoco struck retired 8 successful 5 innings and Damian Catano had 2 RBIs for nan Apaches.

Thousand Oaks 11, Saugus 5: Dylan Sax had 2 hits and 3 RBIs for nan Lancers.